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[amalan11]

Can Bulbuls be kept in a breeding cage or do you think they would panic and die? they are $60 a pair soim guessing wild caught

[vettepilot_6]

Think they would be too flighty for a breeding cage

[amalan11]

ok..was afraid of that .Beautiful little birds have a pair breed in my area each year iv always wanted some but im worried reading they tend to attack other BUlbuls ,I would not risk them in the bigger cage with the small zebs /societys ect so it would have to be a breeding cage...thanks

[Netsurfer]

Think they would be too flighty for a breeding cage

God, keeping Bul-Buls in a cage? Just remember they are large birds (bigger than most finches), their diet consists of lots of fruit and soft food, their droppings consists of lots of wet, liquify, messy substance. If you don't mind hosing your cage twice a day, well that's OK I guess. However they are not as bad as Rainbow Lorikeets, their dropping are 95% water and the paper virtually sticks to the bottom of the cage!
If you like those birds and if they are frequent visitors to your garden why don't you hang a Bird Feeder, put some papaws, bananas, plums etc. You can enjoy them that way, there's no paper and there's no cleaning cages twice a day.

[Tintola]

Bulbuls are completely safe to keep in with any birds except another pair of Bulbuls. Mine are kept in with finches with no interaction at all. They are not suitable for a small cage even though they do so in Asia, I feel that it is cruel as they are so active.

[amalan11]

mm thanks,I will leave it this time as it sounds like it would be best to at least get them a big cage on wheels like a portable avery .I must admit I love the wild ones and I think I would also feel guilty keeping them in a cage if they could see wild ones in the yard and they were in a cage .It also worries me if they are wild caught I dont like that and think they may be far more likely to die .
I will try putting out some food for the wild ones ,the boy has a lovely song and last spring they had 2 lots of chicks in the roof next door ( I had a chick one night as it came out to early and mum and dad were frantic ,by the next day they were able to get it up the tree) from the time I first saw BulBUls I loved them id hate to kill one..hopefully they will go to someone with an avery

[vettepilot_6]

If you have them in your yard...you wouldnt need to keep them just enjoy them by putting feed out for them...I dont keep Doublebars, Chestnuts or Redbrows for same reason, have them wild dont need to see them in the aviary lol...

[Tintola]

,the boy has a lovely song and last spring they had 2 lots of chicks in the roof next door

They do not nest in roofs, there must have been a dense shrub close that they would have nested in.

[amalan11]

theres a couple of huge gravillias right next to it,prob there..I asumed it was in the roof as when the babys were comming out I often saw them on that roof .Could be the oliander though ..I never trim it in the sping as its very popular for nests
Nice to think they may nest in my gravillia,its popular with them for food but I will try and figure out where they nest next spring.

[Tintola]

The old nest should still be there. It would be about the size of a large orange and cup shaped. Sometimes with a large piece of paper, plastic or leaf as a base.