Chinese painted/button quail

[Emmaxx]

I would clean them out at least once a week.

As long as you are prepared to do it as often as needed to stop them smelling. I wasn't trying to put you off or anything, I just think it's something you should and can cater in to your plans if you're still at this early stage.

 

[hebe5]

No, it's all good - I need to know exactly what I'm getting myself into. I want to do the very best I can for them!

 

[hebe5]

Ah Emma, I've just noticed you're from the UK too! Do you breed buttons then?

 

[Hybridchucks]

 

[Hybridchucks]

Also in the Uk lol

 

[Emmaxx]

I have mine in a fish tank with plastic netting on top - that's good for ventilation, although if I could give them more I would, and it helps with the bonking as it have it slightly slack. I have some others in a basic hamster cage (plastic bottom and wire walls and roof) and they smell less (there's also less if they though) and I have a cereal box cable tied to the wire on the top - it's was a temporary fix, but it's worked for now.

I'm yet to find a substrate I like, and that may be the key to really keeping them fresh! Something absorbent that can be spot cleaned regularly.

I do find them quite dusty, so if you have asthma or anything you might want to reconsider. I'm not sure how they compare to other birds though.

 

[Emmaxx]

Also in the Uk lol

Ah, I didn't know that!

Ah Emma, I've just noticed you're from the UK too! Do you breed buttons then?

I wouldn't call myself a breeder but they do have babies and I could incubate eggs in large quantities if I wanted to, but I am yet to find out if the market is there for them.

 

[hebe5]

Sorry Hybridchucks!!!d

Yes, I've heard about them being kept in fish tanks too. I have five seramas and sometimes keep them inside so I know about the dust!

 

[hebe5]

I can't work out how to use the quote thingy!!

Hybridchucks and Emma, if yours have babies what do you do when they get older and fight - do you just keep getting more accommodation for them?

 

[Emmaxx]

That's on my phone, similar on the computer, don't know about the app tho as I don't have it
Or the reply button works too