Nov 6, 2013 6:36:06 GMT
SnAziEe
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Post by SnAziEe on Mar 21, 2014 13:56:58 GMT
My two female budgies have lived together happily and peacefully for 3 months. Then today i found them fighting in the pot in their cage biting and screeching and one stamping other and Like 5 minutes later they were fighting again in same pot and this time 1 had pinch of blood near its mouth !!! Any help you can offer would be great. thanks (one is of age 6 to 8 months and other is 15-16 month)
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Post by Budgies Retreat on Mar 21, 2014 14:02:33 GMT
Separate them if you can to avoid any further fighting. If you can't then put extra food dishes in so they can pick their own, but I would use 3 so there is a choice. Keep an eye on the bleeding. If it doesn't stop then clean the area and use a styptic pen from the chemist or a little corn flour mixed with water, and apply to the area.
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Post by Hezz on Mar 22, 2014 1:40:47 GMT
Do they only have one seed pot in their cage? If so, this, the fighting, is always going to happen, especially with hens. As well, they will be trying to sort out the pecking order, being the ages they are. I would leave them together to sort themselves, but make sure each has a food source of their own. They don't need to eat only from the one pot, but giving them two pots (or more) means both can feed at the same time.
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Nov 6, 2013 6:36:06 GMT
SnAziEe
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Post by SnAziEe on Mar 23, 2014 9:46:04 GMT
i seperated them for 1 day and again put them together.. now they r k thanku both
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Post by Budgies Retreat on Mar 23, 2014 10:27:31 GMT
Did you put extra feed pots in?
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Nov 6, 2013 6:36:06 GMT
SnAziEe
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Post by SnAziEe on Mar 23, 2014 12:25:44 GMT
Did you put extra feed pots in? pots means i dint mean the food ...i mean this
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Post by Budgies Retreat on Mar 23, 2014 12:32:50 GMT
Oh, I thought they were fighting over food. Two hens together, alone, is not the best scenario. Two males will be better. For what reason do you have these pots? Do they live in a cage or are they free flight?
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 23, 2014 13:46:05 GMT
If you only have 2 hens then removing the pots would stop the fighting. If you intend to breed they should be seperated with a male each. They have already shown that they will fight. If they have babies in one cage together the chances of them killing each others babies is high and they may even kill eachother.
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Dec 1, 2013 7:22:03 GMT
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Post by ravivadla on Mar 23, 2014 14:18:04 GMT
Hi.. I believe you are referring to the clay pots that we use in India for breeding? If yes, only if you intend to do colony breeding, I recommend you to have two separate pots for both the ladies... have both the pots safe and secure at two corners of the cage...
Recommended breeding is to have the compatible pair in a separate cage with a pot.. :-)
could you please share some pics of birds and the pots
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Post by Hezz on Mar 24, 2014 6:21:34 GMT
If you do not intend breeding, remove the pots asap.
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Nov 6, 2013 6:36:06 GMT
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Post by SnAziEe on Mar 24, 2014 10:57:35 GMT
they are not in breeding condition..!! but they love to sit inside pot and play ..i have 2pots inside the cage .. will soon get a male and make them happy
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Nov 6, 2013 6:36:06 GMT
SnAziEe
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Post by SnAziEe on Mar 24, 2014 10:58:46 GMT
Hi.. I believe you are referring to the clay pots that we use in India for breeding? If yes, only if you intend to do colony breeding, I recommend you to have two separate pots for both the ladies... have both the pots safe and secure at two corners of the cage... Recommended breeding is to have the compatible pair in a separate cage with a pot.. :-) could you please share some pics of birds and the pots yaaa i mean the same pot used in india..!! r u indian ?
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Dec 1, 2013 7:22:03 GMT
ravivadla
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Post by ravivadla on Mar 24, 2014 11:20:31 GMT
Yup.. Hyderabad !
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Post by Hezz on Mar 25, 2014 1:26:23 GMT
they are not in breeding condition..!! but they love to sit inside pot and play ..i have 2pots inside the cage .. will soon get a male and make them happy Regardless of whether they are in breeding condition or not, if you want them to stop fighting, remove the pots. As simple as that. And adding a male will only make things twice as bad. The young hen is far too young to breed at 6-8 months. If you get a male separate the male and older hen to a cage of their own, with a pot, from the young immature hen.
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 25, 2014 10:49:22 GMT
Glad someone else said that too Hezz.
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