erithacus
Regular Member
thank you DizzyBlue for expressing your opinion on that....To be honest through the years, i have noticed that greys are "weird" birds when it comes to mating/breeding and surely i can not tell whats going to happen with these two fellas...
I have to mention that it was a complete fail every time i tried to get another bird so that my previous CAG would mate...but he was almost 40 year old (hadnt encountered or got into relationship with any other bird) and by the age of 45 i gave up, on trying....he wouldnt mate for any reason...
With these two I am so curious though....and I am really trying (but i am afraid i cant go on for too long) to stop petting them that much, so that only the one pets the other... I dont know if that means anything or if it pushes forward the whole thing...frankly i dont...But When one looks at them they can tell that these birdies have a very strong bond,sometimes the male will start feeding the female and she would ask for more and more but that would be for some minutes and they just stop (usually the male flies away) ... i can not interpret what that means or what comes next i just observe and keep some notes..
They now are during their first molting ( i was very surprised to notice that they started dropping lots of body feathers on December, some ,-but not all of them-tail feathers on january and then a couple of flight feathers on februarry and still this process is going on, pretty much on this order)...This is the first time i encounter bird molting like that.. EVen if their very first molt is like that, is freaking me out- that takes them so long to get their "new clothes" done and ready for use...
I would be so happy if the mate and get some chicks...All the birds i owned in the past (pigeons,cockatiels,canaries) i did get youngsters and in most of them i had to use the co-parenting method because they wouldnt feed their youngs sufficiently, or they wouldnt feed them at all.... i would also get the youngster out of the shell using the sharp side of a long flight feather...
But even if they dont get to start a family , the main reason i got them paired, is for each other to have a lifetime fellowship and a feathered companion..noone in the house (including myself) can understand eachother more than these two can ...
Please forgive my english....Although ive spent time in this wonderfull land i still have to confess there have been ages since i last paractised them
I have to mention that it was a complete fail every time i tried to get another bird so that my previous CAG would mate...but he was almost 40 year old (hadnt encountered or got into relationship with any other bird) and by the age of 45 i gave up, on trying....he wouldnt mate for any reason...
With these two I am so curious though....and I am really trying (but i am afraid i cant go on for too long) to stop petting them that much, so that only the one pets the other... I dont know if that means anything or if it pushes forward the whole thing...frankly i dont...But When one looks at them they can tell that these birdies have a very strong bond,sometimes the male will start feeding the female and she would ask for more and more but that would be for some minutes and they just stop (usually the male flies away) ... i can not interpret what that means or what comes next i just observe and keep some notes..
They now are during their first molting ( i was very surprised to notice that they started dropping lots of body feathers on December, some ,-but not all of them-tail feathers on january and then a couple of flight feathers on februarry and still this process is going on, pretty much on this order)...This is the first time i encounter bird molting like that.. EVen if their very first molt is like that, is freaking me out- that takes them so long to get their "new clothes" done and ready for use...
I would be so happy if the mate and get some chicks...All the birds i owned in the past (pigeons,cockatiels,canaries) i did get youngsters and in most of them i had to use the co-parenting method because they wouldnt feed their youngs sufficiently, or they wouldnt feed them at all.... i would also get the youngster out of the shell using the sharp side of a long flight feather...
But even if they dont get to start a family , the main reason i got them paired, is for each other to have a lifetime fellowship and a feathered companion..noone in the house (including myself) can understand eachother more than these two can ...
Please forgive my english....Although ive spent time in this wonderfull land i still have to confess there have been ages since i last paractised them