REPRODUCTION: it is perhaps the least suitable species for wet nurse breeding. The sparrows raise them but they have objective anatomical and dimensional problems (the chicks are small and with a rather restricted buccal orifice). The newborns that are born often do not pass the moulting phase. This...

CAGE: the gabions used for the Erythrurae are excellent, with a part sheltered from view and a chipboard bottom (recommended) for hamsters that absorbs humidity and makes the bottom dry and soft (they fit a lot on the bottom). Also here recommended lamp (better UVA but also halogen) that heats the e...

it is considered a TOTALLY NON-AGGRESSIVE species, a consequence of having no competitors in the natural environment. Sociable and confidant with the breeder (after a period of adaptation, he is initially shy), apparently sociable with other winged companions. But there is the trick. Being so little...

That the Diamante Fetonte is of considerable breeding difficulty. Of PERSONAL breeding experiences. I am a little surprised that this diamond was so well known in Italy. The Diamond Phaeton is therefore a species linked to tropical-humid environments, it loves to splash around in the water of the po...

This refers to the various periods of a bird's life, then for granivores, as are most of our cage birds, the most correct feeding should be roughly the following: in the feeding of the nestlings, in the early days, pastoncino with about 20% of noble proteins, therefore one egg for every 100 grams of...

Until then, the couple was given a pelleted feed for insectivores with the occasional addition of some Tenebrio Molitor moths, and insects of all kinds that were never enough. Only larvae and insects to nestlings. In relation to the insect provided, the parents exercised a different technique in mak...

The spawning begins when the female lays the eggs which are incubated by both parents.

The female began to build the nest, with little help from the male. Given their inability to build their own nest, it is necessary to line the one they have chosen (round for canaries) with a cotton cloth.

In the aviary put various nests of different shapes and materials (coconut nest, nest made from a pumpkin, box nest, round nest for canaries in net), the elderberry plant, therefore shady and at the same time allowing good visibility.

They are bred in a tree-lined aviary (2 x 2 x 1.70 m), where they have begun to fly around the cage with straws in their beaks.