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when i was racing pigeons my arms got tired i used to pluck to replace broken flights on my best racers

plucking when done properly is a seemingly painless experience it takes me about 1 to 2.5 mins to handle and clip a pet parrot which involves clipping about 1/3rd of each wing

Hi Mel sorry your not in this area or i would do them for you wing clipping should only involve the primary flight feathers and if done properly, ie: along the line of secondary feathers will not involve any blood feathers a proper clipping will stop your pet bird from flying into windows or out the door and still allow it to land safely plucking flights and wing clipping can be dangerous if not done by an experienced person cutting a flight feather means it will not grow back until the next moult a plucked feather is usually replaced in a few weeks P.S. i do about 40 birds sometimes twice a year

imo remove the plant in middle of second to last picture, african clubmoss it will take over and fern in bottom photo grows really big others look good the little tree in top pic may die too looks good so far, well done

thanks bill for the explanation and spelling correction in animals it is where the female can produce young without a male present in birds turkeys can do it

was generally speaking about studies done on inbreeding of other reptiles in america, some dragons are on their 9th generation of inbreeding i probably won't live to see the results, 3 generations of the mentioned crosses could take up to 24 years unless like some monitors recorded they can breed through parthonogenisis, don't think it has been recorded in turtles though

that would be the only option left you would then use the turtles that looked more like the cooter type to breed with and so forth in the next generation with 5 to 6 years between each generation? you are breeding siblings, so until another cooter surfaces your gene pool is limited, reptiles seem to handle inbreeding well for quite a few generations

will take a few years and 2nd generation should look good good to see someone trying to do something with the remaining ones

good to see your on the ball 8)

red eared, snakeneck and reeves turtles GREEK, HERMANS and BOX tautasses the most commonly available ones problem is tortoises only have a few young each year

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i use warm water, newspaper and elbow grease you can use a green scouring pad if it is glass, make sure it has no impregnated soaps etc.

nice cage

its always good to ask others opinions

come for a drive not much further from our place.

on that theory all our lizards and birds are male, even the ones that lay eggs

sorry don't need a cage for evil thats cool

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not anymore repto i remember the days when i could beat one in a race

water dragons are not really more of a challenge if you get them young and handle a lot beardie will sit on you and if startle not run off fast water dragons startle easier and move like the wind call them jesus lizards in some parts as they reckon they can walk on water they move that fast if you want a pet like smeauwa says get the beardie i can let beardie sit on me during our public lizard encounters but i always maintain a grip on the waters

maybe if adults set a better example the world would be a better place.

trivia fact on gouldians the inside of a baby gouldians beak has flourescent spots so parents can see their mouths in a dark nest.

Gouldians don't have down on them like other birds so feel the cold and draughts more, usually a nice sheltered and dry aviary is fine, i included a 40 watt light bulb in the night shelter of ours to allow them to feed of a night time and it was near a perch so they could snuggle up for warmth. bred them and other exotic finches for 8 years, not too many problems. i worked on the proviso that our night hours were longer than the tropics so the birds had to burn all their energy on warmth not sustaining the body, so the light bulb was put in and seemed to work for me. this is just my experience with them others may have other ways of keeping

i agree with everything repto said