Possibility of keeping C.maenas in captivity?
So they sell these guys as live bait and I think they're really cool I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to keep one of these
So they sell these guys as live bait and I think they're really cool I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to keep one of these
So the other day I was going to change my pidge bathing water but I forgot to throw it out so it just stood there for a solid 2 days in my house in summer and these worm thingies appeared. At first glance I thought they were mosquito larvae but I realized they don't move like mosquito larvae and they don't have the "head", they look more like nematodes. Could these be parasites? Also, does anyone have tips on how to humanely euthanize these guys? Can't keep the rotting water in my home but it just feels wrong to throw them in the toilet :(
So I caught this guy the other day and he seemed to be coated in some kind of dry liquid. Bathed him yesterday and his feathers are looking better (he still needs more bath though. Thing is that, he seems to be quite emanciated (his breastbone stands out a lot) and he hasnt eaten anything since at least Sunday when I caught him. I've tried to hand feed him, but he's too afraid of me and slaps my hand instead of eating. What can I do?
I have another pigeon, an adult male, also a rescue. Will my older pigeon be at risk if I put the new young rescue with him? At least he could learn to eat seeds that way
He's also not very fast and doesnt fly a lot. He also didn't eat at all (I found him while feeding a feral flock). Is he just young?
So I found a feral with a broken wing in the street around 6 weeks ago. He's almost unable to fly, he can do small fluttering and jumping though.
The injury on the wing has fully healed and he's way more clean now (when I found him he was kinda literally covered in dirt). He eats, poops, and does pigeon things alright, he seems to be completely healthy. His favorite hobby is watching pigeon videos from my laptop, he sometimes starts walking around in circles cooing to the pigeons in the video so I assumed he was a male.
The thing is that, I can't seem to get him to at least tolerate me. Whenever I enter the room, he goes into a corner and just stays there without moving unless I'm laying on my bed. And when I have to open the cage (he's in a dog crate), he starts cooing at me, pecking ant the ground and twitching his wings. If I get too close, he slaps me with his wings. It's not painful or anything lol, but I don't want him to be stressed or anything. Its always a fight to clean his cage, and I have to be very cautious of my movements.
Is there anything I can do? I'm patient and I have no problem with him not liking me but I'd like for him to at least tolerate me so he isn't always stressed.
This. I'm very close to getting the TVP, but I'm loving the skoda. I have enough money to buy the tank and put a good crew in it, but I dont want to waste a zero bia crew
I just found this little dude in a park. I believe its a collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto). It barely moves and its very small. Should I do something?