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This is very promising. Meanwhile here, the Gang of Five -- Tooshtoosh's clutch, now on their own in the world -- eat their wheat and as much of LimpyChick's wheat as they can.

Just not feeling isolated helps new owners. BYC long-timers understand this. Let's go through a little check list: the two emus are not outright ill they are not alarmed or pacing the fence or doing anything else that indicates stress -- except not eating! they are drinking you are prepared to...

'but the female keeps chasing them' Of course! If I were a dinosaur capable of eliminating that sheep in a milli-second, I'd sure run away!! Vegies? Well, other members here on BYC mention spinach (silverbeet). But I don't know because my birds are on auto-pilot. I always mention fruit because...

Wild emus don't show heat distress, Mark, until about forty Celsius -- they pant, and poke their wings out. So, yes, 'heat wave' by UK standards; but it should be well well 'within the range' of your birds. And they're drinking? Food? I know nothing about captive-emu nutrition. But a perennial...

You gave a good initial description of the two birds' behaviour : 'pacing, looking on edge.' Are they still that way? Are they both drinking? Does their poop look normal? In my humble opinion, 'treats' should be fresh (or dried) foods. That is, not junk food. [However, my birds regularly...

'They love grapes.' 'My' emus are wild. So the food/treats thing is different. But there's a feral grape vine that resides here within a clump of shrubs. Both adults and chicks will enthusiastically punch their way into the thicket -- right up to their toosh feathers -- to get at the grapes. SE

I'm sure you know some of this -- and we'd love to see photos of your rheas. There aren't a lot of rhea owners on this thread, but: get a bit of every emu treat you can think of -- dried fruit, chopped veg, some wheat or lentils and go sit quietly with them, and see if they'll eat the treats...