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    Does anyone have advice on training a dog not to snap or bite?

    We have a 5 y/o neutered male small Terrier mix, who does sometimes snap or bite. Most of these times that he does this is when : I am trying to take something off him I sit next to him on the couch Try to move him off the couch or accidentally bump him when he is sitting there Picking him up...
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    Chicken feed for aviary birds??

    I was wondering if anyone knows if you can feed small aviary birds (finches,lovebirds,budgies) Pullet grower mash? Or is it not safe?
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    Integrating a new rabbit didn't go well, help?

    We currently have 5 rabbits, 4 are in a group and the remaining rabbit we (if possible) would like to integrate him to the group. The existing group is 2 spayed older females, 1 young neutered male and an older alpha male (Milo) that was neutered late, he is quite aggressive at times. The other...
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    Pigeon trapping, what am I doing wrong?

    I have a trap, with a flock that I am trying to catch. The trap is a wire cage with two metal ends, you put the ends up and there's a trip plate you place bait on, they step on the trip plate and it lets down the doors. Similar to the average live catch traps for possums and feral cats, just...
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    Questions about small bird breeding

    I'm wanting to breed a small number of birds for myself, and had a few questions I couldn't find answers for elsewhere. If anyone has any advice or answers it'd be much appreciated :) The species I am thinking of breeding are Zebra finches, canaries, budgies, eye ring lovebirds and Diamond...
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    How do I teach my dog not to chase pigeons?

    Our dog has a history of chasing pigeons, it wasn't a big deal until recently since he has no intention to catch them and we always look before letting him out, and it was only a rare accident that he would chase them. But now I have feral pigeons who I am trying to get to live in a shed on my...
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    Using treated wood for a bird aviary?

    We're doing aviaries for our small birds, and I've found mixed information on if treated wood is safe or not. The birds housed will be lovebirds (separated from the other birds), budgies, finches, canaries, diamond doves, and perhaps cockatiels or some other aussie grass parakeets. I can kind or...
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    What breed and how many?

    I'm hopefully going to be getting chickens sometime before next year, and I'm clueless on what birds I should get or how many. I'm totally new to chickens. The traits I'm looking for in a breed are, Good free ranger. The predators we mostly have are large feral cats, occasional falcon, opossums...
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    Ideas on how to introduce feral pigeons to a new roosting spot/shed?

    I've got 3 feral birds and one rogue homer I feed, they nest in the large pine trees on my place currently. They get totally soaked and chilled in the bad weather and my poor rogue homer is trying (I doubt he'll be successful, the other two times he wasn't) to build a nest in the trees for the...
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    Questions about letting birds out for the first time

    I've got two Birmingham Rollers I might be letting out in a week or two. They're a pair, 5 months old, Birmingham Rollers, had them for a bit over 4 weeks, semi-had a clutch (incubated eggs but didn't raise chicks). I did let the cockbird out once, I opened the door in the morning, he came out...
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    Rejected (?) pigeon hatchling

    I have a 4 month old pair who's egg hatched sometime yesterday night. She was sitting on it and I thought might take care of it, but this morning I found it outside of the nest cold, it was alive and squirming but cold. She's laid another egg already and has two eggs now, there is one that (if...
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    How cold is too cold for small birds?

    I'm looking to upgrade my birds' aviaries, and they would need to be outdoor aviaries. They are in indoor aviaries right now, but they are just too small for what I want to do. The bird species I have are budgies, zebra finches, canaries, diamond doves and lovebirds (Fischer and Masked...
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    Are peas and corn a okay diet for pigeons?

    After a problem with the sparrows eating all the pigeon feed I did eventually find a solution, to only give grains bigger than they can eat. So now they eat whole maize, white peas, blue peas, and maple peas. 3 parts peas to 2 parts maize, different types of peas equally mixed. I find the blue...
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    Is this diet adequate?

    I have lovebirds, zebra finches, canaries and a budgie in small indoor aviaries, research about the diet is controversial and I don't know what to do believe anymore 😕 They get good seed mix, green grass seed heads, sprouted seeds, greens, fruits and veg most days and I have a vitamin and...
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    Are these pigeon eggs too old to candle?

    I got two new pigeons, was told 4 months old and that they're Birmingham Rollers. They laid a clutch on the 25th and 26th of January. I don't want to fly them until they've raised this clutch (if it is fertile) but it does interfere with their set release date a little as it's right in the...
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    Ate all the grit

    I have two 4 month old Birmingham rollers that I got about two weeks ago. I wasn't planning for them to lay so I didn't offer grit, just seed mix and BVM powder twice a week (as directed on package). But I believe it is a pair and they did lay a clutch. A few days ago I offered them a pinch of...
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    Can a 4 month old pigeon breed?

    I got a two Birmingham Roller pigeons a week ago, this morning I found one egg. I was told that they were four months old. I thought that was a bit young to be able to lay?
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    Pigeons fighting

    I have 6 birds right now, one same sex pair of a homer male and feral rescued baby female role male, my other homer male who is paired with one feral female I feed, one more feral bird I feed and a SPCA probable female. The dominant male in the same sex pair is an absolute pain in the butt. He...
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    Rat predation risks for small birds?

    We have two small indoor (rat proof) aviaries in our bird room and since the room is dedicated to the birds anyway why don't I just turn it into a room aviary? Then my family told me about the rats, we must have some holes in the roof or something because although we keep dealing with the rats...
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    Diamond dove feeding - too many vegetables?

    With my aviary birds I feed them 50/50 seed mix and vegetables/fruits with a vitamin and mineral supplement occasionally, I think this is about right for most of my birds (lovebirds, budgies, canaries, zebra finches and diamond doves) but I've recently been reading that doves shouldn't have much...
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