hi i have recently gone and bought a pair of water whisler ducks and a pair of grass whistler ducks ...i was just wondering about breeding requirements
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those names are the same as what we go by here, so not sure exactly which species you got. I have all the basic care listed in the first few pages of this thread though, covers them all by groups. There is one just for the tree ducks, (whislters) might want to look it over. But basically they are social birds within their species. They ( some species) can be fairly aggressive towards other smaller ducks during breeding season as they tend to get territorial, but are too mean. They will hold their own with other aggressive species though like shelducks.hi i have recently gone and bought a pair of water whisler ducks and a pair of grass whistler ducks ...i was just wondering about breeding requirements
thanks
well that sucks... if they were thin , they were sick. Mergansers are slim bodied birds, but what they have is plump. I bet the had avian TB . They'll eat and eat but gain no weight and eventually waist away. They often at the end get very slow moving and tend to follow you or at least not run from you due to being so weak. There's no cure for it, and usually by the time you notice it, they are very thin and die soon after.Tell ya what I can't seem to catch a brake here lately. Bought a pair of. Mergansers then. A month later the hen dies. I ordered another hen, got her in Wednesday and she was dead by Sunday night. No signs of physical trauma or respiratory distress. She was eating but slightly skinny. I noticed something was wrong when I was cleaning out the pond when she swam right up to me. An hour later dead. Probably for the best anyhow. The seller still hasn't mentioned 3-186 forms......ugh I have never spent so much just to try and have a breeding pair! And although they neat birds they aren't even al that eye appealing! Anywho sorry I just needed to vent ....anyone know where I can find yet another merganser hen?
those names are the same as what we go by here, so not sure exactly which species you got. I have all the basic care listed in the first few pages of this thread though, covers them all by groups. There is one just for the tree ducks, (whislters) might want to look it over. But basically they are social birds within their species. They ( some species) can be fairly aggressive towards other smaller ducks during breeding season as they tend to get territorial, but are too mean. They will hold their own with other aggressive species though like shelducks.
All 9 species are ground nesters so heavy cover and or ground boxes are best for their nesting needs. Most lay between 8 and 15 eggs per clutch and can lay multiple groups threw a season if you pull the eggs before they hatch them. They do seem at time to have a bad habit of not nesting and just dropping eggs all over the aviaries at time.
Do post some pics if you can, currious to see what they are called in other parts of the world. I'm guessing based off plumage , the grass is a Eyton's tree duck. The water I'm not sure of, maybe a wandering?