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I never realised Jenene how much hard work it is but after running around after my new ones just this afternoon I'm amazed you raise so many! We don't mind if you aren't around much Jenene as long as you keep up a steady supply of photos

I couple of my cocks will sit with the hen in the box, if he's not misbehaving in there I wouldn't worry

I'll have to PM you tomorrow, I'm not sure what's there to go but they would most likely be opalines and probably green or grey. Will PM

Also you could put a post on petlink explaining that you wish to rescue a budgie

Bright clear eyes, no discoloration above the cere (although some can get this at certain times of year with no ill health), not fluffed up and most importantly a clean bum. A healthy budgie should be bright and chirpy and when walking into an aviary full of budgies you should notice that they will quiet down briefly but then will resume their chatter.

Geez jwancia, you must have paid a fortune for the privilege of that little guy! I have no issue with buying from a pet shop either as long as the animals concerned are well cared for and the staff give good advice to their customers. Mainly I object to the exorbitant prices charged

In that size and with three males no worries

Hi Chris. Keep in mind that any budgie you get now needs to be kept separate from your current one for at least a month on quarantine. Are you looking for tame bird/s and baby or adult? If you are looking for an adult/s I may have a couple for sale at the moment but they are aviary birds not tame. I am near Heidelberg

Even if you got another one now you would need to keep them seperate from each other on quarantine for atleast a month before introducing them so no matter what she'll have to wait

Thanks Kaz, it sounds then that at this stage one chick with it isn't a reason to not breed them again. Given all the dramas I have had with this clutch it may simply be something to do with dietary issues, etc. I might try the pressure idea for a few days and see if it makes a difference and then take it from there. The main thing would be to correct it enough for her to feed comfortably when she is bigger, perfection isn't an issue

The inos and the cresteds are sitting on new eggs so I am hoping for a better outcome this time around, with the cresteds especially I will be taking no chances this time around, the sightest inkling of trouble and I'll be crop feeding chicks. Worried about the chances of more scissor beak issues in the next clutch now though...

Wow, it is interesting that it has been bad for everyone prior to these clutches I have never lost even a single chick so it's very disheartening when this starts to happen. I've never even seen a mop in the flesh! Did they survive? I am consoling myself by picking up two tame baby ringnecks this arvo to make me smile

That's the way it looks Kaz, I still don't have a working card reader so can't upload a photo but I would say scissor beak. Is that a reason to not breed that pair again? I would be devestated if I can't breed them again as they are my first crested pair I am starting to feel that many issues are coming from inexperienced maiden pairs, I have decided that for all but my super reliable pairs I am going to do a top up feed at least once a day with Neocare to give them a boost.

Oh no it can't Neat. We lost another chick today, for no apparent reason, he was the younger f my pied clutch, had a nice full crop and looked perfectly healthy, he actually looked like he had be squashed Plus I've just been inspecting them all and I have noticed that the crestbred chick seems to have a slightly wonky beak, like it one side of it is growing faster than the other side

If it's cere is brown and crusty it may simplybe a hen Photos will be gret though. Can you tell us whether it has iris rings (the white ring around the pupil of the eye) as this helps to indicate age too

No, unfortunately not and since we don't seem to have rats anyway it's probably not really worth the cost

I have to speak to the bank first about pre-approval, hoping to go on Thursday

We have had those plastic safety traps set up for months and haven't caught a single one! That is the only reason we have now resorted to baits. I spent an arm and a leg in order to get the safety containers for the baits so my kids couldn't touch them plus I bought another trap that can catch up to ten at a time. So far I have caught 4 in the trap, all have been baited first plus the one I pulled out of the ringneck aviary the other day, think we are getting there gradually now

Having worked for a coucil vet who did the pound euthanasias of feral cats, etc and having chased one that got out in the surgery I would say definately get a trap!!! Trust me when I say catching it is one thing, keeping a grip on it as it tries to claw your eyes out is something else altogether

If you speak to the council that should loan you a cat trap

If it lost it very early on (in the first few days) the bones would have been very soft, not much differnt to docking the tail of a tiny pup. She sounds like she's a maiden queen as a more experienced mother should have done a better job of raising her kittens. She may have even been overzealous and chewed the leg off during the birth

Your hubby sounds just like mine who hates cats but secretly snuggles my cat Poor baby missing the leg, was it born that way or does it have an injury? Could be an indication of a bit of feral cat inbreeding going on there

Looks like a hen to me

I feel like I have a plague all of a sudden The baits seem to be working though, so I'll just stick with them for the time being and hope they settle down.

Hahaha, I know exactly what will happen, you'll get one and you'll so far in love that next thing ou know you'll be buying a property with a bigger yard just so you can fill it with averies What? You don't think it can happen? Talk to my hubby who's about to buy me 10+ acres in the country just so I can live with my birds