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Post by silkifyre on Dec 13, 2006 7:52:23 GMT -5
I never had an outside pond. I always wanted one, though. I think they can be so pretty.
Yeah, it's true, if you have it built right, the fish can winter over in their pond. But they need to have a deep enough pond to do that. The fish don't really freeze solid (at least, I've never heard that), but they get very sluggish and move very slowly. They stay in the deepest part of the water where it doesn't freeze. That's about as much as I remember reading anyway. That was several years ago.
The only fish I've ever had lived in an aquarium inside my house. I had a small tank with guppies and I had a larger tank with fancy goldfish. I didn't let my tanks get overcrowded and the filters were kept clean, so I never noticed any odor from the fish. Our Bettas never smelled either.
The turtle, on the other hand, has a smelly tank. But he makes such a mess that the filter can't really keep up with him. I think we might need a second filter running! Unfortunately, we can't put anything like an algae eater in the tank cuz the turtle would probably eat it! We put the feeder goldfish in there to see if he'd eat them. So far, all 4 fish are still hangin' around. I wonder if they'll be too quick for Ertle Turtle to catch them. We'll find out, I guess!
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Post by silkifyre on Dec 12, 2006 7:56:56 GMT -5
We now have some goldfish! They're feeder goldfish, though. I like them, they remind me of miniature koi. We got them for 28¢ each at WalMart. There are 2 orange ones, and 2 white with orange spots. We put them in the turtle tank, figuring that if the turtle eats them, then he eats them, but if they live, then cool! I'm kinda hoping that he won't eat them, cuz I love goldfish. So, we'll see.
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Post by silkifyre on Jul 15, 2006 22:47:04 GMT -5
I dunno. I don't really know a lot about turtles. Guess I should do some reading up on them, huh? At least for the species that we do have remaining. He's a Red Earred Slider. Real purty, as far as turtles go. ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Jul 12, 2006 21:52:11 GMT -5
I'm saddened. Our Painted turtle passed away. It happened like a week or so ago. I don't think the Slider turtle did anything to it, it didn't look injured in any way. It had all it's parts, as far as I could see. Poor li'l thing. He was only a baby... just 2" diameter shell, roughly. And he was such a neat looking turtle with that red stripe going down his back. Damn. I hate when that happens. Oh well, I guess we're meant to have just the one turtle.
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Post by silkifyre on Jun 20, 2006 21:30:13 GMT -5
We have turtles also! We have a Red Earred Slider, which is the bigger one, and also a Painted. But I don't think it's a Western. Ours has a reddish stripe going down the center of it's shell, from head to tail. The slider is about 4" long now, and the painted is maybe 2" if that.
We got 2 bullfrog tadpoles about a week ago and put in the tank with them. We wondered if the slider might try to eat them, but the tadpoles were almost as big as he is. We figured they'd be safe. Well, yesterday, my older son saw the slider EATING the one tadpole! The other tadpole could not be found so we figured he was already gone. Poor things. Bob fished out the remains of the tadpole. Guess now we know... can't keep live things in with the turtles. Hopefully, the slider doesn't try to eat the smaller painted!
The other day I watched the slider go up to the painted, head to head, and the slider put his front feet up to his face and flutter his feet at the painted. What is that??? Is it a type of courtship? Aren't they too little for that kind of thing? These guys aren't even a year old yet! How old are turtles before they start courtships? I don't even know how to sex these guys. I guess the turtles know!
They are neat, though. I wonder if they'll eat feeder fish? I guess they would if they'll eat tadpoles!
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 26, 2005 14:35:56 GMT -5
I love Highland Cattle. I think they're cool. When I first found out about their existance, I wanted them. But, (sigh), I don't have a farm. I also love Collies, sheep, tartans, pipe bands... must be from being part Scottish. Thanks for the pics, Gillian.
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Post by silkifyre on Nov 29, 2005 20:20:47 GMT -5
I guess chickens ain't all that smart! But then, critters can handle dirty water. My poor ducks' pond hadn't been changed in quite a while... like 2 wks, maybe 3!!! I've never let it go that long! And then it froze. It was frozen solid for about a week before I got out there to drain it and get the ice out. I hate carrying buckets of water. I had 2 containers... 1 in the kitchen thawing, while the other was outside in the pen, freezing.
So far the heater's working great at keeping the water thawed. It helps that the temps have been in the mid-60's! LOLOLOL Sorry... that's not really that funny. But anyway, when the temps drop again, I'll let ya know how well it works. I was out there today, feeding them, and noticed how dirty their water is already... since Sun. afternoon. Ducks sure do dirty their water quickly!!!
Bob ran a 100ft ext. cord out to the pen, and while he was hooking up the heater, he noticed that you're not supposed to use an ext. cord with it. Lovely, I said. How the heck are ya supposed to hook it up then? He said he guessed that water troughs were right next to an outlet. I said not all of them. Farmers must run some cords. Oh well. Ours has an ext cord... if it creates a fire... well, Bob's a former firefighter. Let's just hope that if a fire decides to break out, it happens when Bob's at home! ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Nov 29, 2005 8:31:57 GMT -5
I've had so many different pets. Some are now waiting at the Rainbow Bridge, and I miss them, but some I have now... and they're exasperating! Well, sometimes they are.
I've had cats and dogs all my life. I've had tanks of fish, and a parakeet. Also rabbits, guinea pigs, a turtle, lizards, toads, goats, ponies, and horses. Not to mention chickens and ducks.
Currently, between Bob and I, we have a dog, 3 cats, a horse, 2 parakeets, a huge tankful of fish, 3 ducks, a flock of chickens.
This past weekend we just bought a floating heater to keep the ducks' pool from freezing over. The past week their pool was frozen and they couldn't go swimming. I had to put buckets of water out for them so they could have something to drink, but it would keep freezing. Now they're happy again. ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Nov 29, 2005 8:21:21 GMT -5
Ok, it's Nov. 29th, and I'm JUST now reading this thread. I don't know why I never saw it before. I think I missed several threads/posts because at the time I wasn't on here every day, never really have the time to read everything. Oh well.
Ar, you ARE a sissy-girl for not pickin' up that toad! C'MON! What's it gonna do, bite you??? With WHAT???!!! LOLOL You're too funny! A girl who isn't afraid to tackle the door panel on her truck to fix the window so it goes up and down again, is afraid to pick up a toad?! Oh man... (sigh!) Just SHOW me where it is... I'LL pick it up! ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 17, 2005 8:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by silkifyre on Jul 15, 2006 22:43:52 GMT -5
Bunny seems quite a bit improved. I talked again to the vet and she suggested another thing I can try, since the barnlord isn't helping me with the foot-soaking. She said I can use Betadine solution (antiseptic shampoo) mixed with regular table sugar to make a paste. (2Tbs with enough Betadine to make it the consistency of peanut butter, possibly about a tsp roughly, I think... I didn't actually measure it, just kept adding a few drops at a time til I got to the right texture.) Then smear it onto the bottom of her hoof, cover it with gauze to hold it in place (I'm using newspaper), then wrap the whole thing in vet-rap (I'm using a cheaper brand of the same stuff). So now BunBun gets to walk around with a purple wrap on her foot. I still have to soak her foot every evening, but after the soak, I put the sugar poultice on her, and let her go. The vet said it should help draw anything out of her foot just as the soaks do. But since the soaks can't be done more than once a day due to lack of help, then the poultice should help. I'm just seeing that it might be a problem keeping it on Bun's hoof. Hmmm, maybe I need to wrap it higher up than just her hoof, and include maybe her lower leg. I'll try that next time.
I have to call the vet back on Mon sometime to let her know how Bunny did over the weekend. If she still shows improvement, we might not need another vet visit, which'd be good. The first one cost just over $200! EEEEKK!!! Keeping fingers crossed that Bunny still improves.
About firing the barnlord... I kind of wish I could. Tonight I found that MY coffee can, which I JUST brought up last night to measure out her feed with, was gone. I looked high and low, and something made me look in another horse's feed can. There was MY coffee can! Now WHY was it in there??? I took it out, measured out Bunny's breakfast, and set it back in Bunny's bin. I was p)$$ed! My tack box gets moved around pretty often, too, and then I have to look around the tack room for it. It really annoys me that this woman is always moving things around. Plus she wants to skimp on the bedding and the hay. Now... I am PAYING for the bedding and the hay! My mare cannot afford skimping! Her HEALTH depends on proper care! This woman can drive me nuts sometimes. Unfortunately, I'm not rich and can't afford another stable to board at. Board fees are all over $200 a month. I'm paying almost that now. It sucks. I really would LOVE a little farm of my own, but until that happens, I have to board. And it seems no matter WHERE I board, SOMETHING isn't right in some way. At the first place, the barnlord would NOT fix his fences and my mini horse was constantly getting loose. I was afraid that Bunny would try to follow. Luckily that hadn't happened before I moved them. Also, he would NOT feed for me at all. I had to do total care, which was hard when I was juggling work, kids, and then traveling to the barn, too. The other place was an older couple, and the woman fed the horses and ponies baked goods, like donuts and day old bread! That was how Bunny foundered. She is now compromised and is prone to founder again at any time if I'm not super vigilant about her weight and pasture. The other place thought I was being cruel and not caring for my horse because I would not feed her grain. If this man knew anything about the treatment for founder he would have realized that Bunny WAS under a VET'S orders and was not SUPPOSED to get any grain! The jerk! So he ordered his staff to feed her anyway! Her founder got worse there. Finally I got her to the point where she could stand up again, and I moved to where she is now. She recovered finally. But sometimes this current barnlord does things that irk me. For the most part, she's good enough, but because it's my stuff and my horse, I want "perfect." And who wouldn't? But since I can't afford my own farm right now, I can't complain too much.
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Post by silkifyre on Jul 12, 2006 21:43:05 GMT -5
Well, the vet came and went. Bunny's injuries could be serious or maybe not. Time will tell. Lucky Bunny... she KNOWS what time is! Anyway, she has 2 separate things going on in her hind leg. The stifle joint (which technically is the knee of the hing leg) has a lot of fluid and seems sore for her. Could have been caused by her acting like an idiot when turned out with the others. The hoof problem is probably related to her foundering (bad lameness caused by too much rich green grass) a couple years ago. She could be forming an absess that could be causing her some discomfort. OR (and hopefully NOT ) it could be the bone within the hoof is broken.
The vet did a lot of poking, prodding, bending, and flexing. Didn't really thrill Bunny a whole lot, but she just stood there and took it. She's a real good girl! The vet gave her a block which numbed the hoof and prescribed some Bute (short for some long drug name) which is a pain reliever for horses. She also prescribed warm Epsom salt soaks twice a day. Well, lucky me (and Bunny) (NOT!), the barnlord did NOT soak the foot last night OR this morning! I pay this woman board to take CARE of my horse! I called her last night and left a pretty detailed message for her about what the vet said, and I asked the girl to call me back.
By 9pm, she STILL had not called me, so I call her. She said that her cell phone was over her minutes, and if she were to make a call, she'd be charged 45¢ a minute for it. OH FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! AWWWW. WOW... HOW HORRIBLE! (NOT! I don't feel sorry for her!) I was pissed that she couldn't even call me to tell me that she was over her minutes, could I please call her back, since incoming calls don't count for her. What, she couldn't have done that???!!! GRRRR!!! Anyway, I did get a hold of her, but didn't go into that with her. I discussed in person the vet's instructions. She was being very reluctant about soaking my mare's hoof. She knows very well that I cannot get up there 2x a day. Once a day, yeah, for this occasion, but I really needed her to do one of the soaks. It's only until Thu when I have to report to the vet again. Geez! She reluctantly agreed to take the morning soak.
Well, it turned out that she didn't do this morning's soak... cuz she didn't have any epsom salts on hand. So she did nothing. Jeepers! Just a plain warm water soak would have been better than nothing! The idea is to help draw out the absess if one is forming, so it heals faster, and helps my mare's discomfort! Man! And the soak would take only 15 min! (sigh) I am so frustrated, it's unbelievable!
Bob rode along with me tonight and helped me set up the soak for Bunny. She was an angel about it. She ate her supper while soaking. She did move a couple times, but it was no big deal. I just repositioned her and continued soaking. And that was just the first 4 min. After that she kept her foot in the water.
The barnlord arrived while we were there and she saw how I soaked Bun's hoof. So now she knows. She better do the soak in the morning! I even brought up a big bag of epsom salts, so she can't say there isn't any. Cripes... I mean... it's part of why I pay her! Right? And it's only a temporary thing, and it's only 15 - 20 min. extra for her time. I don't see how it's such a major deal for her. Oh well. Hopefully, Bunny improves and heals good as new. She did seem a lot more comfortable today than she had been. I guess that block and the Bute are helping her. I also ordered some joint and hoof supplements that the vet recommended. Hopefully they'll arrive real soon.
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Post by silkifyre on Jul 11, 2006 7:25:50 GMT -5
Darn horse! I don't know what she did, but she's been lame in her hind leg for maybe a week now. She doesn't want to put much weight on it, if any. I think she must have pulled a muscle or something. She'll run around and slip and slide. (She sometimes seems a little clumsy, like she can't keep her footing when she's turning a corner at speed... goofy mare!) So, (sigh), I'm having the vet up this morning. So now I gotta go run up there and then head to work. Wish me luck!
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Post by silkifyre on Jan 25, 2006 9:33:37 GMT -5
I love Nubians, and the mini Nubians are REALLY cute! Did you ever see them? I have a friend who raises them, but she's out in California. That goat pictured is cute, but it's not a Nubian at all. Nubians have a roman nose and looonng drop ears. Check out Meg's cuties at: www.dustytrailranchgoats.com
Oh shoot! For some reason, her site won't open (I just tried)... maybe she's doing "housekeeping" on it. But, you can see one of her beautiful bucks here: www.goatshopper.com/MiniBucks.html
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Post by silkifyre on Feb 6, 2007 12:44:38 GMT -5
Awww, poor Shea! Her former owners didn't take very good care of her. Luckily, you were able to find out and treat her illness. Hopefully, she won't suffer those possible future flare-ups. But at least, if she does, you'll know what it is. Glad she's doing so much better. Wow, that's some really fast-acting meds ya got there!
Thanks for that info, too. I hadn't known quite all that before.
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 26, 2006 21:29:05 GMT -5
Just thought of something. When you were shaving her, did the blade get real hot? If so, it can cause burning. You need to check the blade every few minutes. If it feels hot to you, it'll feel hot to her, too. You will need to get a can of "Cool Lube" and spray it directly on the blade (with the clippers switched off). Spray for a few seconds, wipe the blade dry, feel it. If it's cool, continue clipping. If it's still hot, spray a few more seconds and wipe dry. Keep doing that until the blade cools off. Once it's cool again, you can resume clipping.
Some dogs have sensitive skin and just being shaved (even with a cool blade) could cause some irritation... like if you razored your bikini area, maybe.
Also, she just may feel "different" without her hair and maybe that causes her to lick. Or, perhaps she wasn't able to fully satisfy herself because there was too much hair in the way, but now she can get to her itchy spots. Who knows? Matted hair will cause irritation, too, so if those spots were where matting was, it's understandable why she's licking them now.
I would continue with the medicated shampoo until it runs out, then start using the tea tree shampoo. I would bathe her like once a month maybe with that and brush her thoroughly, down to her skin (but gently, of course, until all her irritation is gone, then more firmly), every day.
If you like her with shorter hair, you will probably need to reshave her about every 6-8 wks to keep the hair at the desired length. Depending on your blade sizes, and how fast her hair grows.
Good luck with her. I hope her skin irritation is nothing major, and heals up real quick now that air can reach her skin.
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 26, 2006 6:14:58 GMT -5
Yeah, it's sad when the owners bring their dogs into the shop, all matted and sore skin, etc. I feel so bad for the dogs. And the owner tells us, "Oh yeah, I brush her, but she won't let me do her legs." Or "I try to brush her, but she always bites at me." Or "I just brushed her out yesterday." Or "I brush her, but she likes to go swimming in our pool and it makes her coat all matted up." Oh, here's one... "She's not really my dog. She belongs to my son (or other family member)." Oh BULLONY, people!!! You're ALL liars!!!
The fact is this: If you groomed your dog properly, your dog would NOT be matted!!!! PERIOD! End of sentence! Stop making excuses! I hate when the customers do that! GRRRR!
Thank goodness Shea now has a caring owner! See if you can find some tea tree shampoo for dogs. We use it at work on dogs with irritated skin. It helps for those with dry, flaky, itchy, flea-bitten, sore, red skin... whatever the cause. Once her medicated shampoo is done with, go with the tea tree. It also has a pleasant scent to it. The brand we use at work is called TropiClean. It seems to work pretty good. Some of our customers want us to use only that on their dogs.
Oh, for dogs with long hair like Shea... after her hair starts growing in more, where it's longer again, take your one hand and push the hair backwards a little, and with your other hand, use the brush and brush the hair back down. Start at her back end and work your way toward her head. That lets you part the hair, so you can get down to her skin.
Most people brush the "usual" way, by starting at the head and just brushing down the way the hair grows. But that won't let you get down to her skin. You have to lift up the hair in sections and brush each one out at a time. It doesn't really take all that long, especially if you brush her out every day. With heavy-coated dogs, you HAVE to! And owners just don't realize, or else they don't want to be bothered. And I say, "Then why did you get a dog with a heavy coat?" I don't actually say that to them, but I sure wish I could!
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 25, 2006 13:29:57 GMT -5
Too bad I had to go to Mom's or we coulda chatted. Oh well. Another time.
As for Shea, I just didn't expect you to shave her all over, . But that's ok... we get lots of customers who want their hairy dogs shaved down. It's odd, sometimes, what the dog looks like afterwards, cuz then they don't have the bulk of all that hair. I don't think a lot of the customers realize it either. But they like that their dog isn't a hairy beast anymore. Sometimes, they decide it's not for their tastes and they let their dog grow it all back in again. Just depends on whatcha want, I guess.
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 25, 2006 9:02:23 GMT -5
What, you shaved her whole body??? Post a pic!
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 24, 2006 17:15:58 GMT -5
Cool! Congrats! ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Dec 11, 2006 10:39:33 GMT -5
The babies are out of the nest!! Wow, and they're only 2 wks old! They're fully feathered out now, too. And they flap their wings like they're trying to fly. They're too cute. Mommy & Daddy both do parental duties still. It's really neat to see.
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Post by silkifyre on Dec 4, 2006 20:05:22 GMT -5
Ok, here's a pic that Bob took of daddy dove feeding the twins...
Neat, huh? ;D And the doves are both very protective of their babies. If you get too close, they don't like it, and they'll puff all up. Makes 'em look twice their size! If you're too sudden, like my son was this eve, the one off the nest (the daddy in this case), will charge the bars of the cage and flap his wings at you. They'd peck at you, too, if you reached in there. I tried cleaning out the cage the last time she was setting, and had to reach in to scrape off some of the bars, and mama dove tried pecking at me. Guess I got too close to the nest for her comfort! Their cage, and the other one, needs cleaning badly, and now that they have babies, I'm wondering just how clean I can get it. Oh well, I'll just have to give it a shot.
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Post by silkifyre on Dec 2, 2006 22:02:54 GMT -5
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Post by silkifyre on Dec 1, 2006 7:35:00 GMT -5
Announcement: We gots a baby dove!!! ;D
The first brooding cycle didn't produce any chicks, so we removed the nest. The pair took a little break, and tried again. When I saw she laid another egg, we put the nest back in. This time we gave them a better nest. There were a few times when both of them sat on the nest together, crammed in there, side by side. It was too cute. I'll have to see if I can post a pic of that later.
This morning when I went to refill their food and water, Daddy was on the nest and tucked his head down like he was adjusting an egg. But he wasn't! He was attending to Baby! It poked it's funny little head up and then Daddy fed him. So we have at least one little baby dove! I think it either hatched yesterday or last night, because he looked all dry, although there really isn't much in the way of down on him. He's mostly nekkid. So, he might've hatched this morning. But I'm saying his b'day is Nov. 30. I'll have to try to get a pic of him. (Or her... is there a way to sex them this young?) Either way, I'm excited... I haven't had any baby chicks in the house for like eons!
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Post by silkifyre on Nov 7, 2006 6:58:08 GMT -5
Well, here's an update on the doves. It turned out that we have 3 males and 1 hen. The 2 bachelor males would pick on the li'l girl, so we separated them out and ordered them their own cage. I got it on eBay for 1¢ plus shipping! It's brand new and the same size as the other one, and nearly identical. So that's cool. As soon as it arrived, we put the 2 bachelors in there. They seemed pretty happy to have more room.
The li'l girl still sat on her nest, along with help from her hubby. The eggs were due to hatch on Oct 26, if they were gonna hatch. There were 3 of them. Well, the 26th came and went. We thought we'd give them a little more time, since we weren't sure if we calculated their setting time right. Still no babies. The other day, I came home and found the hen sitting on the perch next to her mate. The nest was uncovered! I figured I'll quick remove it, since we now knew for sure the eggs weren't going to hatch. Perhaps they realized that, too, for they NEVER left the eggs uncovered while setting. They were diligent about that. And they took turns, and they were very sweet with each other. Doves make good couples!
I tried candling the eggs to see what I could see, and each egg had a dark spot, one was rather liquidy, but none were that far developed. Not sure why. I didn't have a very good nest for them, so perhaps, even with them sitting on the eggs, maybe, they just weren't warm enough. I'll have to find a better nest bowl than a thin plastic margarine dish. (It was all I had at the time.) Hopefully, she won't lay again for quite some time. Otherwise, we'll have to take the male from her. I would rather not put him in with the other 2 males because then the cage becomes kind of crowded. I think 2 is the max for those cages.
Doves are really cool to keep. I'm glad we have them.
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 15, 2006 10:56:32 GMT -5
Here's a pic I took from my camera phone of the doves. It's not the greatest pic, but it shows the white male pretty good. The other two in the pic are our tangerine-pied male, and a tangerine, which was originally thought to be a female, but we now know to be a male. That makes 3 cocks and 1 hen... who at the time of the pic was sitting on her nest of THREE eggs! ;D Yep, the one turned out to be a male. Uh... Mary, if you read this, you wouldn't happen to have those extra doves anymore wouldja? We could use 2 more females. That tangerine started bowing and cooing to the pied male, and the size of the bird is equal to the white and the pied. The tangerine female is a lot smaller. We will keep our eyes open for a female or two for the bachelor boys.
The white male seems to be the most dominant one. The pied was 2nd dominant, but now I'm not sure, because that tangerine fellow started acting amorous to the pied. Silly birds! But they're all soooo pretty!
Mary... did your mom let them hatch out their eggs? If so, what did she use as nests? I'm not happy with the plastic bowl I have in there. It's a little too flimsy, and it's too close to the corner. The hen seems to have not quite enough room. I think she may need a little bit larger nest. Also, what is the best nesting material? Are they used to something in particular? Does it matter what I put in there? If you can answer, that'd be great!
I have a pic of the hen on the nest, but I need to pull it off the cell phone. I'll post it soon.
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 22, 2006 7:00:02 GMT -5
I'd heard that about doves before. That's so neat about that duck! Cool!
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Post by silkifyre on Sept 21, 2006 8:49:54 GMT -5
Thanks to Mary, we now have 2 prs of Ringneck Doves. They are so pretty and sweet. We have a white male, a pied male (white with tan splashes), and 2 tangerine (?) females. The girls look almost like twins, and their color is close to the "wild" color. The pied male's spots are this same color. They coo and make all kinds of neat noises. Right now they're in our living room, but I'd like to have the cage suspended from the wall a tad higher. Currently, it's sitting on top of our empty aquarium unit and our Husky, Blizzard, shows far too much interest in them. We don't trust him and cannot leave him loose in the house unsupervised with the dove cage where it is, so if we can't keep an eye on him, into his crate he goes.
One of the best parts of this deal is that the birds were free! Otherwise, we'd probably still be doveless. We love having the doves -- they are sooo cool! ;D
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