Cheating on Her Mate!!!

[NeoRoey]

To make this quick, I have 3 button quails. I'm about to separate one of them, Tic. 1 button quail, Chickapee, is female, and Tic and Tac are male. Recently, I've seen Tac mate with Chickapee. Then, I saw Tic mating with Chickapee! WHAT IS HAPPENING!?! Tac was just, like, sitting there.

 

[neb]

Hi NeoRoey

This is my explanation.

Coturnix are kept in groups, whereas Button Quail should be kept in pairs (monogamous) . If you keep the Buttons in groups, they will all inter-mate, just like with Coturnix. You can't expect one of the males to sit back and not do anything

, it is their natural instinct to mate

. I am sure they will be fine as long as they don't fight over the female.

Hope this helps

Neb

 

[NeoRoey]

Good. They're not fighting. They just, like, take turns "mating" with Chickapee. I feel bad for her.

 

[Stellar]

You can give the other boy a female and separate the pairs...fighting will happen

 

[NeoRoey]

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[Stellar]

There is one girl and two boys. Both boys want some loving and are going to the one girl. It seems like the original pair was Tac and Chickapee so separate the other one and see what happens.

 

[NeoRoey]

Ok. I really don't see a problem. They're not pecking or fighting or anything.

 

[Mrs MIA]

I would pair them up. One mail with 1 or more females is ok. One female with more than one male is just asking for your female to get hurt from overmating.

 

[NeoRoey]

So I'll separate them. How do I provide lighting? Should I put the button quails outside in the light?

 

[Stellar]

Are you planning on breeding them, if so you can leave lights on during day and turn off at night..You can have the lights off but have a desk lamp shining on the cage, if you don't want to leave lights on.