Recent content by hilleharris

So have mine! 2 weeks now! I continue to feed them on chick crumbs plus mixed grit and periodically greens etc. Fresh water with apple cider vinegar. Talk to them , tell them they are great and have not followed a friend's advice to show them a cleaver . They are all ex bats and 2 have been...

Hi I dont think they were actually eating the trea - like yours, they "painted" the branches black. They were also making their way down and that is when I decided to wrap sticky insect tape round the trunk. They got stuck on them and the branches are all clear again. I have other fir trees...

I have recently acountered the same conundrum - I wrapped sticky bug tape round the trunk which stopped the bugs transferring to other nearby plants and 3 days later, all bugs had disappeared from the branches - the bands were covered in the bugs. I have consulted a tree surgeon and a gardener -...