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by birdluv
Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:21 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: knocking no more but depressed
Replies: 2
Views: 1074

knocking no more but depressed

Thanks for all your answers. I brought the bird to an avian vet and he was necropsied. She said the female did NOT kill him He basically had a heart attack..Lovely. Femalre is quite depressed in nest box. Never layed eggs, she is eating and drinking. I have purchased a nice LARGE cage and I am going...
by birdluv
Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:39 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: knocking no more
Replies: 2
Views: 1229

knocking no more

Knocking tonight again.. up until 45 minutes ago.. So i then go downstairs and open the nest box to peek and she killed him!! WHY? and could this have been prevented or was it inevitable? They have been a bonded pair for a couple of years.. I feel horrible.. what happens if she lays eggs in the next...
by birdluv
Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:09 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: knocking
Replies: 1
Views: 1110

knocking

what is this knocking all about? constantly by the male I beklieve./. Also when I looked in the box all shavings have been shoved to side.. Do I need more of something else maybe? are these signs of getting near time? These birds are very flighty back and forth(the male) in and out of nest box..Help...