Moon's Graden

by **John Nuttl** » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:17:47

A co-worker of mine had two finches, a male and a female (I don't know what
kind of finches). I say "had" because the female pecked the male to death.
Is this normal behavior for finches? Karen tells me the female seems to be
happier these days, and has stopped laying eggs. We both thought finches
did best in pairs, then this happens. Opinions, anyone?

John

by **K Hudso** » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:06:00

Often when a bird is found in the bottom of the cage with another bird,
the body is torn and damaged.
This leads to the conclusion that the dead bird was killed by the
survivor.
Often however, the surviving bird was merely trying to resuscitate the
motionless companion with the only means available, leading to this
result.
Unless *** aggression has been previously observed, this label may
be being misapplied.

by **Tammy Wilkinso** » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 05:23:50

This is true. I have been told that if there is *** all over the cage
and the dead bird, then it was probably killed. If there is little or no
***, then the mate probably tried to 'wake up' its mate, after death.

Tammy

Quote:

> Often when a bird is found in the bottom of the cage with another bird,
> the body is torn and damaged.
> This leads to the conclusion that the dead bird was killed by the
> survivor.
> Often however, the surviving bird was merely trying to resuscitate the
> motionless companion with the only means available, leading to this
> result.
> Unless *** aggression has been previously observed, this label may
> be being misapplied.

by **John Nuttl** » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:03:43

Quote:

> Often when a bird is found in the bottom of the cage with another bird,
> the body is torn and damaged.
> This leads to the conclusion that the dead bird was killed by the
> survivor.
> Often however, the surviving bird was merely trying to resuscitate the
> motionless companion with the only means available, leading to this
> result.
> Unless *** aggression has been previously observed, this label may
> be being misapplied.

Interesting. I'll ask Karen if there was *** in the bottom of the cage.

John

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