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Post by jfneumann57 on Aug 17, 2006 0:26:16 GMT -5
I'm curious how many of you guys feed your birds in the mews. I don't I take her out and feed her from the glove or lure. My buddy feeds his harris' on a food board through 2 holes in the wall, and my other friend simply feeds in the mews. Not asking if any is better than than the other just wondering personal preferences.
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kenbro77
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Post by kenbro77 on Aug 17, 2006 6:56:05 GMT -5
I have a food shoot. It is a 4" PVC pipe in wall with a 90 down onto a food board and a cap on the other end on the other side of the wall. The bird never sees me drop the food through. For those that feed in the mews, I have heard to many story's of birds flying at you when you walk into the mews even if not to feed.
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Post by Weasel on Aug 17, 2006 8:00:49 GMT -5
I think this depends on the bird. During the moult, I simply stick the food throught the window bars with my Harris's, but the red's seem to become aggressive towards this action and will begin grabbing through the bars to get the food. Not to say that harris's couldn't, b ut neither of the two I have dealt with have done it. They simply sit on the back perch and wait for the food to come in.
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Post by jfneumann57 on Aug 17, 2006 12:10:33 GMT -5
well my raptor experience if far from my buddy's (Jerry Hollifield) he says what i do is perfectly find but takes too much time in his opinoion especially during the the moult, but i look at it this way 1) it forces atleast some manning time everyday 2)reduces agression in her mews (the main reason i don't feed parrots in their cages), and lastly 3) it allows me to check her out completely everyday health wise even durning the moult.
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Post by jfneumann57 on Aug 17, 2006 12:14:29 GMT -5
i also noticed her response weight has jumped up a lot. even though she's already a intermewed RT. She was a transfer and this is the first moult i've had her for.
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Post by Weasel on Aug 17, 2006 14:20:36 GMT -5
Very true and I have done this in the past too. I used to take the bird out daily and feed/spray down/weigh etc....Now, I just do it once or twice a week if they are int he mews. If they are teathered indoors, I do this everyday.
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Post by jfneumann57 on Aug 17, 2006 14:45:48 GMT -5
her personality is changing too i noticed
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Post by ianham51 on Oct 23, 2006 14:55:44 GMT -5
feed at nite wen he asleep so food is there wen it wakes up
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Post by titaniumtalons on Oct 24, 2006 13:37:41 GMT -5
 Right now I'm flashlight training my new passage HH so I'm feeding in the mews at night. Just depends on how much time I have, if i can't hunt and I have the time I turn a live brown rat ( I raise them) lose and hunt it down. Sometimes I just toss a DOC through the bars especially if I'm running late for a cubscout meeting. Michael Beran
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Post by ccrobbins on Oct 30, 2006 9:48:01 GMT -5
I fed the entire moult in the mews. I had him wait on a window perch until I showed him the glove. He only flew early at me one time. All I had to do was let him know that there was not always food on the glove. If he was on the wrong perch I would not show the glove. I close the door and wait. Now he is almost always on the window perch waiting to see if I am gloved or not. If not he will let me inspect him, if I am he will wait for me to show food.
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