Hi all, I have a few questions I wanted to check with AA!
Charlie is approx 6 month old hen. When she moulted, the vet told me that poops could be affected by moulting as I was concerned that some of her droppings were a little watery. At the time, she was given a clear bill of health. The last few days, I've again noticed she is doing some slightly watery poops (and some normal) and I'm not sure if she is starting a moult or not. She appears healthy and is very active, eating well and certainly very happy. Does this warrant a vet visit or is this normal? (Also she's been bathing a lot).
She has started a new behaviour of humping her ladder. Its not all the time, maybe once a day. My main concern is that she might mate with her cage mate, 1 year old Flynn. I don't want to seperate them either as they are bonded and they would both be so distressed if I was to do that. Given that she is only 6 months old, is it even possible for her to lay eggs and beside ensuring she has 12 hours covered rest time at night, can I do anything else to discourage this?
She has always been surprisingly physical and hands on for a non hand-raised budgie, and crawls under my hand to encourage me to give head scritches sometimes. The last few days, she has been angling for tummy pats. I always distract her with a toy when she does this..
She's become even more bossy with Flynn too. Is this all normal?
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Charlie is approx 6 month old hen. When she moulted, the vet told me that poops could be affected by moulting as I was concerned that some of her droppings were a little watery. At the time, she was given a clear bill of health. The last few days, I've again noticed she is doing some slightly watery poops (and some normal) and I'm not sure if she is starting a moult or not. She appears healthy and is very active, eating well and certainly very happy. Does this warrant a vet visit or is this normal? (Also she's been bathing a lot).
She has started a new behaviour of humping her ladder. Its not all the time, maybe once a day. My main concern is that she might mate with her cage mate, 1 year old Flynn. I don't want to seperate them either as they are bonded and they would both be so distressed if I was to do that. Given that she is only 6 months old, is it even possible for her to lay eggs and beside ensuring she has 12 hours covered rest time at night, can I do anything else to discourage this?
She has always been surprisingly physical and hands on for a non hand-raised budgie, and crawls under my hand to encourage me to give head scritches sometimes. The last few days, she has been angling for tummy pats. I always distract her with a toy when she does this..
She's become even more bossy with Flynn too. Is this all normal?
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