Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[Pyxis]

What do they get vaccinated for?

EEE, WEE, and West Nile. Basically the same things you vaccinate horses for.

 

[biophiliac]

EEE, WEE, and West Nile. Basically the same things you vaccinate horses for.

Aside from W Nile, aren't the others equine encephalitis? Why do Emu need that?

 

[Pyxis]

Aside from W Nile, aren't the others equine encephalitis? Why do Emu need that?

They are, and it's because emus can get them just like horses. You actually use the horse vaccine to vaccinate emus.

 

[biophiliac]

They are, and it's because emus can get them just like horses. You actually use the horse vaccine to vaccinate emus.

Are other bird sp. susceptible to EE? Pigeons?

 

[Pyxis]

Are other bird sp. susceptible to EE? Pigeons?

I'm not sure. I only know for sure that emus are and need to be vaccinated.

 

[biophiliac]

I'm not sure. I only know for sure that emus are and need to be vaccinated.

Thanks so much, I find that interesting!

 

[Pyxis]

I introduced Ori and the Gosling Gang to Blue today. She was not aggressive at all. A little curious, did a little gentle nipping at them, and then that was it.

So Ori is outside now with his geese and Blue will hopefully bond with him.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is he gonna keep those blue eyes?

 

[Pyxis]

Is he gonna keep those blue eyes?

I hope so! Blondes can go either way, they could have blue eyes or gold eyes. Blue seems to be a bit more rare.

 

[Pyxis]

I am so upset tonight. Something ate Ori.

He was living inside a growout pen that was inside the adult emus' pasture. So he was inside seven foot tall fencing that was inside a pasture with seven foot tall fencing, AND had the protection of the adult emus being in the pasture around his pen. In with him the were four goslings that he was brooded with, a young bantam duck, and Blue.

So whatever this was, went over seven foot tall fencing, got past the adult emus, went over seven foot tall fencing AGAIN, and then out of all the birds in the pen, picked my one little blonde emu chick to kill.

Then, it somehow dragged this six week old emu chick OUT of that pen, out of the adult emu pasture, and into the yard, where my father found him headless while mowing. During broad daylight this happened. And between my father finding him and him telling me so I could go look, it came back and took the body because he was totally gone by the time I got out there to see.

And to top it off, there were plenty of chickens around protected only by four foot tall fencing in their own pens. And yet this thing takes my emu chick. I don't understand it. And not one other bird was touched.