Thanks, but this bird is a pet. I found this info below online...any thoughts?
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/mites.html
lice are easily treated by the use of 5% carbaryl dust, pyrethrin spray or ivermectin. Several doses 7-10 days apart may be necessary to eradicate lice as they hatch out...
Thank you both. Is there another option that is less toxic? My bird is in my dining room and my cat, dog, kids are around it. We eat very near the cage, which is why the bugs got on the table.
Someone gave me a TA&M that I keep in the house, and I saw tiny bugs on my table. I microscoped one and it looks like it is lice, the bird may have other bugs too and I wouldn't know it. I don't have a way to do a dust bath inside...I could take her outside temporarily for a dust bath though. I...
I incubated four Bobwhites inside my house, they lived in my dining room. First in a fishtank brooder, then in a couple of guinea pig cages. Then a Texas A&M Coturnix was given to me. I loved the BW eggs, little white perfect eggs, bright orange yummy yolks. The Texas A&M eggs are flavorless...
I don't want anymore Bobwhites. I loved them, but they are too wild. I can't pick them up when needed. Thank you both. I will just keep them separate but nearby.
I have only one Bobwhite (male) left out of my 4. He is very lonely without his mate, constantly calling for a mate now. Someone is giving away a Texas A&M Female, I would like to put her with my male. Is this okay to do? I am reading a lot of conflicting opinions.
Thanks, Quailchick
Hello, I had hatched 4 Bobwhites. Our charter teacher sent the eggs to us without my knowledge, when they arrived I didn't even know what they were! We thought we had a good home for them, so we hatched them. That fell out, so we had to keep them and we are not allowed to have them outdoors...
Well, I have to tell you, I incubated 4 eggs. Just 4. And all of them hatched. One egg I had to pick the bird out of the shell, because the shell was pipped all around and it hadn't done anything for hours, so I picked her out. Good thing, she is my last remaining hen and she is the only one...
Thank you for the info! You are always such a big help!
I have one egg that is older than that, and I don't know which one that is now, so I will just put it in the incubator tomorrow and hope for the best! I found one egg at 8 oclock this morning and two more eggs this afternoon, so will...
I decided to save some eggs from my Bobwhite hens to hatch in our incubator. We don't have room for many more, so I only want to hatch 6. I read somewhere that you are supposed to set the eggs aside for some days before putting them in the incubator. Can you tell me the instructions for this...
I hatched four in the incubator, put them in a fishtank brooder, and they did the same thing. They would cry for me and I had to sit by them frequently so they would calm down. I would whistle to them and it was calming...so when they would start crying sometimes I could whistle to them while...
What is the product you use for the supplement?
I put the male back in with the others. Slow Poke has calmed down, no boinking, but they are now calling incessantly for each other....maybe it will stop after a while.
Yes, they are indoors. I live in a mobile home park and they do not allow us to have any animals kept outside. I can't even have a dog house, even though I have a full sized back yard.
The only place I have room for them is in my dining room, but I do not turn the light on in that room...
Thanks for your input. I like the overturned bucket idea...I was using cardboard boxes originally and they liked it. I am defintely going to figure out something similar. Right now I have some fake ficus tree branches in their cages and Mama (Slow Poke) loves to hide in the branches. The...
Thanks again. I have another question for you TwoCrowsRanch....
I have been contemplating building and indoor aviary for the quail. I am planning on using this design
http://www.finchinfo.com/housing/panel_form_aviary_construction.php
I will section off some of it to give breeding pairs...
Well, what is your plan for the quail? You only need males if
a) you want to breed them
b) you want males because they are pretty! LOL
You really don't need males if you just want them for eggs.
Personally, I think the males are so pretty, I would like another one. I am thinking...
Keep in mind that the mating birds will have to be kept in cages separate from the others during the mating season. One male to one female. I have been told that during the winter they can usually be all together. Right now, I have my one male and one female in one cage, and two females in...