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i had a berman ragdoll cross it wouldnt leave me alone i took him in as he was dumped i desexed him got his injections and after about 6 months found him a very loving home he did my head in constantly wanting my atention i did love him but im not one to be constently around things even a cat as he was like a child he lives in a high rise apartmont in the citty now and is very very spoilt as he should be his name changed from miska to **** cat to charlie i hope you enjoy your new friend kaz

okay i think its time to bring this informative post back we seem to be getting a lot of people having breeding problems and asking alot of questions that this just answers please read it all not just what i have coloured it is very good read with some importaint and good points

um i would not use this method as its not fool proof birds neaks are pretty strong specially chicks and sometimes even if you know what your doing that method does not work also if you use enough force the head can come off not a pretty sight their is much nicer way than that I agree with GB. This method is one that doesnt work always as it should. I wont use it either. One of the things I am trying to avoid in this topic is actually discussing how to euthenase a bird. WHY ??? Because in the past on this forum, it meets with HUGE HUGE horrible results. People dont wont this kind of discussion here and get too upset over it. So we dont. Many a memmber when faced wuth the inevitable has PMed me for advice and thats where I will give advice for euthenasia when I have to. i also would give my method if really need be but i agree with kaz its beter left for pm and rarly is it needed realistically

um i would not use this method as its not fool proof birds neaks are pretty strong specially chicks and sometimes even if you know what your doing that method does not work also if you use enough force the head can come off not a pretty sight their is much nicer way than that

I see, Kaz is right, it does upset people. I'm sorry about that, joy4me. i actually think people should know how to put a bird down in the right way but im not about to go saying as i dont want to be the one to upset others but relly if it needs to be done their is humain way of doing it and the birds feel nothing it does not involve knocking on the head or water car fumes or anything else of that nature if you ask your vet they will be more than happy to let you know how its done correctly with no pain or suffering to the bird

cock cock cock cock :hap: yet ***** cat is not allowed my experience was quiet funny i think being female and in the bird breeding fancy you need a humor or you wont last long i did try to relate to the birds as boy and girl birds but i was asked to please express the correct terminology its okay because i later heard one member likes his birds loose

Hi Splat, suggestion, absolutely drown him, wet to the bone then put him in the show cage, where hopefully he'll sit on the perch till he dries out. that is what i do clearwing it works for me so far drowned as a rat they sit still on perch sorry for themselves then preen themselves dry i then leave them for a few hours before removing them back to holding cage

budgie terminology can be a funny t :raincloud: hing as i found when i joined my club :raincloud: at times it can sound quiet wrong in alot of aspects but bring with it a very funny conversation to have to try and hold a straight face through like for example when i first joined i was asked what i looked for in a good cock ....??? for someone like me who doesnt get out much or socialize this was rather imbaressing and quiet hard to answer with a straight face specially when i wanted to use the right wordings the answer was quiet amusing i thought . a nice long thick cock with good tall stance a wide head and frontal blow try saying that to 3 men you dont even know and holding your face

well looks like im going to be feeding a deformed lacewing for its whole life im going to need to start vitamizing soft food as it wont even eat bread or anything it just waits for me to siringe feed it twice a day grr

lead poisoning will do that to him darl it will be touch and go for a few weeks as his body dispels the toxins if he reacted to the meds also his bodys got to fight this also hes doing great just keep him warm tell him how much you love him and how your going to make him a great indoor bird tree when hes well (nothing like bribery as incoragment ) just do as you are doing and the little ones a fighter so he may pull through also hows your water mabe boil all his water or pure water filtered mabe small traces of lead in that thats building toxicity up a bit again

I wouldnt put breeding pairs all in together as you will have heartache, possible deaths, definitely fights, smashed eggs and maybe maimed or killed babies. HOWEVER...with that cage you can divide it through the middle creating a top section and a bottom section and have one breeding pair in each section with their own nestbox. i did exactly what you said their kaz and the only probblem i had was cleaning the bottom cage as i just moved the bottom grate up to devide it also just place something to stop the tops birds mess falling onto bottom birds

Baby grand daughter Mischa Claire born at 11:01pm 24th February weighing almost 9 lbs. oh joy to the world an angel is born

now thats dedication clearwing fantastic and all for a very well rewarded effort

well she is and very strong its quiet funny really as she has bet all odds a fighter like myself i guess lol ive met my match

okay a update on my lacewing chick its names now fred fred as she looks like a big cave man fred still needs dayly feeds still wont eat seed but i can not put her down as my daughter has decided to do a sharlots web on me and im not allowed to kill it just because its deformed shes in love so she now feeds fred and i just mix the food she lives in her room and still has no cage but we brought to other babys both flightless from other breedings and now i have three random budgies walking the halls but shes in i must admit shes a bit cute although very ugly she comes running out to kitchen every time she hears the jug boil as she knows her foods comming i do lunch time feed while daughter at school she is happy and cherps still gives addatude and often just walks up to you and just stares like a puppy till you give her a rub so thats fred i will get picture of her when i find my camra yes i lost it grr shes healthy bar she just wont eat for herself oh and she did have fm so... i remember someone saying she looked like a molter they got someones advice (opinion) for me they were spot on

i handle my chicks from day three on i give each one a quick look over when their 1 week i start checking their mouth for food mum may of left stuck to their beak tops and under tongue for same stuck in bottom beak as if you do not clean this out the beaks deform

thats a good idea apples one a line or carrots

we could always do what one person remarked to me at show when i passed comment on a fantastic yf hen and her fantastic all over features and posture stance behaving perfectly as a show bird is expected the person when i asked their opinion as a intermediate breeder on this bird commented and i quote , that bird hum whats so good about that bird (me speaking:>the whole overall bird and come on look at that stance and behavior . person im quoting :> hum its called super glue ...said as they placed head in air and walked off talk about bad showman ship some people i just don't understand very sad for someone like me to hear an aptitude like that spoken about someone elses bird even more so when it was clearly a great bird infact many other i spoke to said second best bird in show by their acount this was judges and breeders alike so maybe maybe we could glue the birds to the perch :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

you could make little paper beaks for them instead of party hats

i would say macka that the d cups would have been placed in after the placings and judging was finalized as you are not permitted to take pics till then i didnt however know you could put paper on bottom we have a seed filled bottom cage and it must be of a certain mix im not sure what yet but its not aloud to be just any seed think it must be your clubs seed i think also from what i have experianced we do not gather the birds around near where awards are taking place all birds just stay where they are exept a few are moved that are best in show extra but still not near the awards you have to look at birds before awards start to see the champions extra thanks for pics guys i took some from the uniteds show on sunday but not near as many or as good :bliss:

bravo i am very exceptionally happy to hear your mother was willing to take on the responsibility of nibbles it is people like your mother and yourself that these little feathered friends need in their lifes they are so delicate and as can not tell us whats wrong its up to us to be awear of their change in personality this not only helps in one bird situations but also in large flocks its not hard to learn to know every bird you have and read its little personal trates hope he recovers fully fast your a star :star: you and your mum

lol that be right i did tell you she was a bitter ...oh did i fail to mention that lol hows the other hen going i bet shes dieing to meet with harry

well i just started show training the tip i got was put the birds in holding cages in pairs of two to three then before placeing them in the show cage spray them with water to soked then place in show cage so the can dry off and preen themselfs this way they releate the cage to quiet time for themselfs to preen themselfs clean with no hassles then when compleatly dry place back in the holding cages do this every day till the water rolls off the bird like a duck then its in its best feather and quiet in show cage so far this is working for me i place marbles in cage floor if the bird runs along bottom and i paint the cage wire with stop bite if their a bar chewer they get sprayed twice a day and sit in the cages about 2 to 3 hours both times a day so 6 hours all up

it wouldnt of made it over here either splat so dont feel bad for its death as it could of hurt someone else as well as your beloved baby dog its better disposed of