Post by Edmund Fong on Jul 13, 2007 20:29:38 GMT 10
WARNING: Do not read this if you are squirmish
If you have rats, don't underestimate the damage they can do.
Get rid of them now!!!!!
Last year a rat burrowed under the dirt and got into my main aviary. It was a holding avairy for 20 gouldians, 8 bluefaced parrot finches and a breeding pair of white fronted scarlets.
Over the space of 3 days that little bugger reduced the this population down to 2 birds. Since it was getting dark on the 3rd day I decided to evacuate the 2 gouldians the following morning. On the morning of the 4th day I was down to one bird.
Because the population dropped gradually I did not notice the decrease in birds as I thought they were in the nest boxes and in the T tree etc and thought nothing of it. It was on the third day I realised something wasn't right in the aviary and on closer examination saw the carnage on the cage floor of my planted aviary.
This little mongrel did not kill for food. It killed for sport! The bodies had holes chewed into them , there were heads bitten off and my birds were left for dead all over the aviary floor.
I finally got the bugger with Ratsak.
This happened again last week , but this time, I got the little vermin when I climbed into the aviary to investigate the crime scene of victim number 2, a yellowback gouldian , I searched the floor area for evidence of what happened and to see if I could determine who committed these hideous crimes, the suspects were my green cheeked conures or a rat . Within 5 minutes of instigating my search for forensic evidence I found the little bugger cowering in a corner, trying to conceal himself from justice. I immediately grabbed the nearest perch off the hanger snapped it in half and proceeded to club the little bugger everytime he tried to run past me, unfornately for him, I had to take 4 cracks at him before I ended his miserable existence. In the end justice was served and I sampled the sweet taste of revenge.
If you find dead birds on the floor of your aviary with heads bitten off or holes chewed into the body , chances are you are a victim of a rat attack. They do not devour the entire bird.
If you have rats, don't underestimate the damage they can do.
Get rid of them now!!!!!
Last year a rat burrowed under the dirt and got into my main aviary. It was a holding avairy for 20 gouldians, 8 bluefaced parrot finches and a breeding pair of white fronted scarlets.
Over the space of 3 days that little bugger reduced the this population down to 2 birds. Since it was getting dark on the 3rd day I decided to evacuate the 2 gouldians the following morning. On the morning of the 4th day I was down to one bird.
Because the population dropped gradually I did not notice the decrease in birds as I thought they were in the nest boxes and in the T tree etc and thought nothing of it. It was on the third day I realised something wasn't right in the aviary and on closer examination saw the carnage on the cage floor of my planted aviary.
This little mongrel did not kill for food. It killed for sport! The bodies had holes chewed into them , there were heads bitten off and my birds were left for dead all over the aviary floor.
I finally got the bugger with Ratsak.
This happened again last week , but this time, I got the little vermin when I climbed into the aviary to investigate the crime scene of victim number 2, a yellowback gouldian , I searched the floor area for evidence of what happened and to see if I could determine who committed these hideous crimes, the suspects were my green cheeked conures or a rat . Within 5 minutes of instigating my search for forensic evidence I found the little bugger cowering in a corner, trying to conceal himself from justice. I immediately grabbed the nearest perch off the hanger snapped it in half and proceeded to club the little bugger everytime he tried to run past me, unfornately for him, I had to take 4 cracks at him before I ended his miserable existence. In the end justice was served and I sampled the sweet taste of revenge.
If you find dead birds on the floor of your aviary with heads bitten off or holes chewed into the body , chances are you are a victim of a rat attack. They do not devour the entire bird.