Re: Confused by the colouring if this juvenile Painted
Posted: 19 Jan 2018, 10:25
Re reading this thread. And in view of a recent observation of a bird my mother bought for new blood. A thought occurs. Were the parents of this bird some you had had for some time or newbys? If newbys you do not know their feeding background. Sometimes birds do have access to a good variety of feeds so their young will learn to eat this. But - not until they start eating for themselves. Because the parents that are raised without a good mix do not always eat everything put in front of them. e.g. the bird mother bought, he gets a top quality hand mixed budgie feed, and does not eat the canary seed.
As he is in quarantine as a newby this is easy to observe. He will be mated to a bird who is used to the best so the young will learn to eat this.
It's like the tourists who go to Japan and eat hamburgers not sushi.
LML
As he is in quarantine as a newby this is easy to observe. He will be mated to a bird who is used to the best so the young will learn to eat this.
It's like the tourists who go to Japan and eat hamburgers not sushi.
LML