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Am I on the right track here ....other half has 7 zebs ..4 boys and 3 girls anyhoo today has seen of the males singles out and harassed till his face is bloodied .
He is now on his own . Am I right is thinking its because of the odd number of pairs ie. one extra male upsetting the dynamics .
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Better to have more hens then cocks...or matched pairs :thumbup:
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He is more than likely the dominant male and very dominant by the sounds of it.
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I found that its best to always even out the scores ;)
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Evened the score real well today :roll: It was time for 6 of them to go to the suspended aviary and 1 to go to another Zeb person for a bit of fresh blood AND I let one go .

Accident and thought it was going to come back anyhoo cage and food and water are still in the same place if he returns . :thumbdown:

What on earth possess them ? Do they think the grass is greener outside the cage ? Sheesh silly little bugger.
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jusdeb wrote:Evened the score real well today :roll: It was time for 6 of them to go to the suspended aviary and 1 to go to another Zeb person for a bit of fresh blood AND I let one go .

Accident and thought it was going to come back anyhoo cage and food and water are still in the same place if he returns . :thumbdown:

What on earth possess them ? Do they think the grass is greener outside the cage ? Sheesh silly little bugger.
And then they fly off where ever, forget how to get back, and start squeaking their head off to try and find the others! I once had a kakariki that got out of the aviary, and was running around the backyard. So I held the door open and she just wandered right back in!

They don't realise how scary the big wide world is once they are out in it!
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Ive let a couple of finches go , my other halfs favourite Opaline Red Rump and a Scarlet Chested ..all accidents of course and not one of them has come back .

See how bad a bird keeper I am , even the birds run away :roll:
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