Last night, our pair of zebra finches both died at approximately the
same time. We had a male and a female, and they were approximately 18
months old.
They had a clean cage, fresh water, their regular finch food, etc. My
wife and I tried to figure out what would have possibly killed them.
That day they had eaten a bit of carrot and some apple, in addition to
the regular food. The apple had been rinsed with water, then cut into
wedges for our toddler, and one wedge was given to the birds. They have eaten carrots and apples many times before without incident. Is it
likely that there was some sort of pesticide or something on the apple
that wouldn't come off by simply rinsing it with water?
The other thought we had was that perhaps there was a gas leak in our
house. I went downstairs and found there was a slight gas smell in the closet where our hot water tank is, . So I called the gas company and
they sent an inspector out with testing equipment. He said that there
was a slight gas leak in the valve that leads to the hot water tank, and that the valve would need to be replaced.
My wife said the bird poop that was in the bottom of the cage was
unusually green.
Does anyone have any ideas here? Could that slight gas leak have killed
our birds? Or could it have been the apple? Or something else?
Also remember :the poop was unusually green
Tim
Last night, our pair of zebra finches both died at approximately the
same time. We had a male and a female, and they were approximately 18
months old.
They had a clean cage, fresh water, their regular finch food, etc. My
wife and I tried to figure out what would have possibly killed them.
That day they had eaten a bit of carrot and some apple, in addition to
the regular food. The apple had been rinsed with water, then cut into
wedges for our toddler, and one wedge was given to the birds. They have eaten carrots and apples many times before without incident. Is it
likely that there was some sort of pesticide or something on the apple
that wouldn't come off by simply rinsing it with water?
The other thought we had was that perhaps there was a gas leak in our
house. I went downstairs and found there was a slight gas smell in the closet where our hot water tank is, . So I called the gas company and
they sent an inspector out with testing equipment. He said that there
was a slight gas leak in the valve that leads to the hot water tank, and that the valve would need to be replaced.
My wife said the bird poop that was in the bottom of the cage was
unusually green.
Does anyone have any ideas here? Could that slight gas leak have killed
our birds? Or could it have been the apple? Or something else? î ï í ī į ì ñ ń>
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same time. We had a male and a female, and they were approximately 18
months old.
They had a clean cage, fresh water, their regular finch food, etc. My
wife and I tried to figure out what would have possibly killed them.
That day they had eaten a bit of carrot and some apple, in addition to
the regular food. The apple had been rinsed with water, then cut into
wedges for our toddler, and one wedge was given to the birds. They have eaten carrots and apples many times before without incident. Is it
likely that there was some sort of pesticide or something on the apple
that wouldn't come off by simply rinsing it with water?
The other thought we had was that perhaps there was a gas leak in our
house. I went downstairs and found there was a slight gas smell in the closet where our hot water tank is, . So I called the gas company and
they sent an inspector out with testing equipment. He said that there
was a slight gas leak in the valve that leads to the hot water tank, and that the valve would need to be replaced.
My wife said the bird poop that was in the bottom of the cage was
unusually green.
Does anyone have any ideas here? Could that slight gas leak have killed
our birds? Or could it have been the apple? Or something else?
Tim
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Last night, our pair of zebra finches both died at approximately the
same time. We had a male and a female, and they were approximately 18
months old.
They had a clean cage, fresh water, their regular finch food, etc. My
wife and I tried to figure out what would have possibly killed them.
That day they had eaten a bit of carrot and some apple, in addition to
the regular food. The apple had been rinsed with water, then cut into
wedges for our toddler, and one wedge was given to the birds. They have
eaten carrots and apples many times before without incident. Is it
likely that there was some sort of pesticide or something on the apple
that wouldn't come off by simply rinsing it with water?
The other thought we had was that perhaps there was a gas leak in our
house. I went downstairs and found there was a slight gas smell in the
closet where our hot water tank is, . So I called the gas company and
they sent an inspector out with testing equipment. He said that there
was a slight gas leak in the valve that leads to the hot water tank, and
that the valve would need to be replaced.
My wife said the bird poop that was in the bottom of the cage was
unusually green.
Does anyone have any ideas here? Could that slight gas leak have killed
our birds? Or could it have been the apple? Or something else? ? ? ?>
Tim
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