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Many thanks for the input -
That's cool, I've lost count of the number of animals I've pulled out of cattle troughs before I realised how easy it was to lean a stick in the bathtub. Peter |
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Bushy wrote:
Many thanks for the input - That's cool, I've lost count of the number of animals I've pulled out of cattle troughs before I realised how easy it was to lean a stick in the bathtub. Peter Years ago, I had an aviary full of parrots with a couple of pairs of King Quail who lived on the floor. One pair began to lay eggs and for a long time, none hatched. I realised the other pair had been very territorial and was hassling the brooding hen, causing her to leave her nest. So, I put the breeding pair into another, smaller cage on a table against a wall. One morning, I went to feed my birds and peeked as usual into the quails' nest. All the eleven eggs had hatched, but there was not a trace of any chicks!!!! Where could they be? Had something eaten them? I became aware of an almost supersonic, high-pitched squeak and after five minutes of searching, I located it. There were seven of the tiniest creatures you could *ever* imagine (about half an inch across, buff-and-chocolate-striped little puffballs) all swimming around in the dogs' bucket of water and peeping away with great joy! Now, how and why these minute little things had made their way into the dogs' bucket escapes me! They would have to have pushed their way through the fine gauge wire of their cage and then plummetted from about three feet into the bucket. Mum and Dad were mightily unconcerned and more interested in their breakfast than in getting their offspring back. I provided a swimming pool (baking dish of water) within the cage for the quail chicks, but next morning, there they were again, sailing around on the dogs' water, large as life. In the end, I had to put them back into the bigger aviary with their own bucket sunk into the floor and some chicken wire placed to provide a pool-ladder for exiting safely. Who knows? Maybe my dogs might've thought they were doggy treats and gobbled them all up? It was a miracle that they hadn't already! I raised all seven little quail to adulthood and then sold them. They were enchanting pets and much more interesting than the other (Cinnamon and BobWhite) quail I had kept... -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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