Comments on: 12 Months of Philippine Bird Keeping http://www.finchme.com/2008/07/31/12-months-of-philippine-bird-keeping/ Your Philippine Online Guide to Everything Finch Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Greg http://www.finchme.com/2008/07/31/12-months-of-philippine-bird-keeping/#comment-493 Greg Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:16:33 +0000 http://www.finchme.com/?p=156#comment-493 Just an update on the update. "Snake-bait" my pet mouse is still happily living in his cage in the aviary so I guess I did find all the holes. The young cut-throats have long since been sold and the next nest is almost ready to sell and the parents sitting again. The shaft-tails all turned out to be zebra-finches! The bird I saw sitting and feeding has partnered with a female zebra-finch and she is obviously going off behind the shaft-tails back. The Gouldians had 2 sterile nests before I introduced "Fertivit" and now they have youn as does a second pair. A purchased a second pair of stars and they have made a nest in a fern by the side of the aviary so I guess I'll know if this lt can raise it's own young soon. I've still had no luck getting the munias and Java sparrows interested in nesting so any advise woul be appreciated. I need to get a replacement for the owl-finch that died too but they are damned expensive and unsexable. Just an update on the update. “Snake-bait” my pet mouse is still happily living in his cage in the aviary so I guess I did find all the holes. The young cut-throats have long since been sold and the next nest is almost ready to sell and the parents sitting again. The shaft-tails all turned out to be zebra-finches! The bird I saw sitting and feeding has partnered with a female zebra-finch and she is obviously going off behind the shaft-tails back. The Gouldians had 2 sterile nests before I introduced “Fertivit” and now they have youn as does a second pair. A purchased a second pair of stars and they have made a nest in a fern by the side of the aviary so I guess I’ll know if this lt can raise it’s own young soon. I’ve still had no luck getting the munias and Java sparrows interested in nesting so any advise woul be appreciated. I need to get a replacement for the owl-finch that died too but they are damned expensive and unsexable.

]]> By: Greg http://www.finchme.com/2008/07/31/12-months-of-philippine-bird-keeping/#comment-412 Greg Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.finchme.com/?p=156#comment-412 Well It seems that Finchme has resurrected itself. Thank you to whoever is taking the time to do this. Just an update on the aviary. I had to import the Coopex from Australia and had no problems with it. The ants are gone and the new brush is installed. I repaired as many holes as I could find and I did find a snake but now two weeks on I'm missing my owl cock so I suspect that I haven't found all them all. Until I can get going with a caulking gun I've placed a mouse in cage in the aviary. The theory is that the snake will be able to go through the bars of the cage but after consuming the mouse will be stuck in the cage. That's the theory but the practice may be different. With a nest of newly hatched cut-throats and gouldians &shaft-tails sitting they may present a more tasty target. Well It seems that Finchme has resurrected itself. Thank you to whoever is taking the time to do this.

Just an update on the aviary. I had to import the Coopex from Australia and had no problems with it. The ants are gone and the new brush is installed. I repaired as many holes as I could find and I did find a snake but now two weeks on I’m missing my owl cock so I suspect that I haven’t found all them all. Until I can get going with a caulking gun I’ve placed a mouse in cage in the aviary. The theory is that the snake will be able to go through the bars of the cage but after consuming the mouse will be stuck in the cage. That’s the theory but the practice may be different. With a nest of newly hatched cut-throats and gouldians &shaft-tails sitting they may present a more tasty target.

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