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Date Posted: 06:07:58 02/14/08 Thu
Author: Bill
Author Host/IP: 70-59-78-191.mpls.qwest.net / 70.59.78.191
Subject: Re: Mean and nasty female flyers
In reply to: Dennis 's message, "Mean and nasty female flyers" on 20:50:26 02/13/08 Wed

I once knew a couple of ladies like that. Thats another story. I agree with Joan - get them away from each other.


>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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Replies:

  • Re: Mean and nasty female flyers -- S. Patterson, 08:07:43 02/14/08 Thu (bas9-toronto12-1177700918.dsl.bell.ca/70.50.74.54)
  • Re: Mean and nasty female flyers -- Joan, 11:45:52 02/15/08 Fri (cache-mtc-af02.proxy.aol.com/64.12.117.66)
  • Re: Mean and nasty female flyers -- Dennis, 12:53:49 02/18/08 Mon (unio-cas1-cs-9.dial.bright.net/209.143.16.139)
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