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Five Peewees

The two large ones in the big cage were released and the three little ones in the little cage were moved into the big cage so they had more room.

Except there's a problem. One of the older peewees doesn't like being free.

He refuses to leave and hangs around the cage he used to call home, even visiting the young ones when I put them in the sun. (They need UV or they get rickets.) He still begs for food. This greets me every time I step outside.

At feeding time I have three screaming maniacs in the cage, and one screaming maniac running around my feet. Sometimes he even comes into the house.

Now I have even more screaming maniacs. Three baby peewees arrive this morning. That's 6+1 in care.

Comments

[sanderling.livejournal.com]

What were the circumstances of his arrival? Hopefully he didn't imprint to humans. Although I have to imagine once he's feeding on his own reliably he'll prolly disappear. :)

They're really beautiful birds. :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I think I'm encouraging bad habits by feeding him when he begs. I've started giving him smaller amounts to encourage him to hunt his own food, and in a few days I'll have to stop feeding him. Time to grow up, I'm afraid.

The other one he was raised with went straight out into the wild.