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Date Posted: 20:50:26 02/13/08 Wed
Author: Dennis
Author Host/IP: unio-cas1-cs-45.dial.bright.net / 209.143.16.175
Subject: Mean and nasty female flyers

I have two females I got in 2002 I think. These are the more
brown colored females. They had no babies the first five
years I had them. There has been 3-4 litters total between
them so far. The male that was with them finally died of
old age last year at about age 14. I always thought he was
rather mean to the females about the food and treats etc..
I think I know why now. They are helions. I put a new male
in with them that was about ten years old. I found him dead
in a nest box a few weeks later. I put a one year old male
in with them and never seen him out of his nest box. I
found him dead about three four weeks later. I left them
alone a few months and put two new males in the cage with
them. These guys were cage mates and I thought they would
keep each other company till everyone settled in. I have
only seen these two out of the nest box once. One of the
females attacked them and chased them till they got back
in the nest box. Then she stood guard awhile and would
attack again if they so much as peeked out. The males
are scared to death of the females. The females use a
box at the top of the cage and the males are on the bottom.
I now wonder if the first two males were too afraid to
leave their box to eat and drink.
What is really weird about these two is that the few
babies they have had were the nicest, most calm, babies
I've ever had. I kept one of the baby males last year to
set up a new pair of yearlings as breeders. Anytime I put
my hand in that cage, he jumps on my hand and is as well
behaved as if handled all the time. Nothing like mom.
These two females remind me of Mary's female that never
gets along with her male Mr. Peepers. These are the only
two I've ever seen behave this way.

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