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07-31-2011, 08:14 PM
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Wow. How old?
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07-31-2011, 11:44 PM
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Wow, they are beautiful!  So glad to see them eating! Are you going to switch them to rodents, or keep them on a lizard diet?
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08-01-2011, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Helenthereef
Wow. How old?
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I got them as adults, and that was 2 years ago for the newest of them.
Good luck switching them over... I have one male I still can't get to take mammals. One that will only take live mammals.
The three females will all take f/t.
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08-01-2011, 06:36 PM
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I don't have ready access to mammals - but I have managed to get all mine on to birds. When big enough they take day old or week old chicks with as much enthusiasm as they do geckos. Also managed to get them to take chicken hearts and eventually small wing portions... 
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08-01-2011, 06:42 PM
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I was about to say, being arboreal, and a Boa, I can see them taking birds without too much fuss. I've never met a Boa that refused a bird.
Might be worth the effort to make a chicken coop (or whatever land bird, if any, exists on those islands) and raise your own. 
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08-01-2011, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by crotalusadamanteus
Might be worth the effort to make a chicken coop (or whatever land bird, if any, exists on those islands) and raise your own. |
Actually got there just before you... but only raising them for a week to put a bit of muscle onto them before they get the chop and go into the freezer... 
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08-01-2011, 06:53 PM
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Friends of mine trap Mynah birds (local invasive species) and use those, but I'm afraid of internal parasites, not to mention fleas and mites....
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08-01-2011, 07:12 PM
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Mynah are Corbin, which = smart. But I understand your concern.
Them chicks look like they'll do though. Wouldn't you want a couple to grow for the eggs? Mmmm eggs.
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08-01-2011, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by crotalusadamanteus
Mynah are Corbin, which = smart. But I understand your concern.
Them chicks look like they'll do though. Wouldn't you want a couple to grow for the eggs? Mmmm eggs. |
Well, these are all roosters (therefore half the price of laying hen chicks), so the wait for eggs would be a long one...  also at present these are in my bathroom, as we have another invasive species, the mongoose, which I think would do for an outdoor chicken coop in short order unless I fortified it like Fort Knox...
The Mynahs ARE smart- they've taken over the entire urban areas in Fiji, pushing out our native birds. Great mimics though - they do hawks really well, and use that cry as a warning to other birds in the area when there's a Swamp Harrier about. Quite remarkable to watch. Pity they crap all over the outdoor furniture....
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08-01-2011, 08:30 PM
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Even newly hatched quails are almost too big for these (my species). Anyway, it is a non starter, not in a situation where I could ever raise birds. The snakes are pushing it and that makes it hard enough to find an apartment.
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