Saturday, June 22, 2013

PUTEH FOR CONTEST

PREPARING YOUR PUTEH FOR CONTEST

As we learn together, Puteh birds colonies living in a socially huddle. Generally, a Puteh when alone will simply skip here and there inside a cage when seeing another Puteh around him. When in the middle of a crowd of other birds, Puteh twitter and singing his best songs to be able to articulately connect with others is very important factor. There are a couple of tips to keep twittering birds, loud Puteh from start to finish in a contest.

Do as follows:

1. Puteh bird on the condition that the level of sexual arousal and primes are normal. Being diligent bird Puteh Twitter caused by stimulation of the estrous cycle is affected by hormones testosterone, the hormone estrogen and progesterone hormones that are present in the body. These hormones are formed as a result of external stimuli rapidly (Sunbath: infrared rays) and high protein levels in food consumption. Birds should be sexual arousal, but Puteh not is too sexual arousal (over estrous cycle). Need to "trial and error" to be able to find the desired level of sexual arousal as a bird character Puteh at our disposal. Don't be afraid to play the actual EF and drastic treatment patterns. Generally in 2-3 days before the contest day, birds have started to undergo ritual Puteh adjust estrous cycle with the addition of the option is accumulative Psychology culture.

2.   Get to know the characters. This is the most important factor for being able to understand and train a Puteh. Remember, birds are birds in the colony Puteh have the social life of a huddle. Twitter and chanting songs sonorous is one way for birds to attract the opposite sex and give information to other birds on the boundaries of the territory.

3.   We can split birds into 3 parts, namely:
a.    Song (long booms with the strains of a dulcet tone to show off his ability and attracted the attention of the opposite sex).
b.    Call (loud, short call for feedback of the opposite sex)
c.    Alert (Twitter and similar sound to warn birds and bird companion when there is danger. Twitter also serves as a marker of the territorial area of other birds).

Each Puteh’s character is different; there are no bird Puteh exactly the same. Share research results and with friends who are lovers Puteh Indonesia and some neighboring countries, can be summed up as follows:
There are a few birds to Puteh full isolation for 7-10 days prior to the contest. During the ritual, the isolation of birds does not see and hear other Puteh birds sing. The days of isolation still undergoing daily treatment patterns, Puteh birds will chirp out loud “Toa Aw” regardless of the length of the birds Puteh around him at the time of the contest along with other contestants.

There are some Puteh formerly paired together couples, placed both Putehs in a cage during the ritual for 7-10 days prior to the contest. At the time of the contest with other contestants, Puteh birds will chirp out long loud “Toa Aw” for females regardless of Puteh birds around him.

This is also a factor that must be considered. Without good nutrition, it will be difficult to make the bird perform. There are some birds that do not need ritual Puteh isolation and ritual female companion. Treat them on daily care, just add nutritional to support on stamina until the day of the contest. At the time of the contest along with other contestants, Puteh birds will chirp out loud “Toa Aw” regardless of the length of the birds Puteh around him at the time of the contest along with other contestants.

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Cheers & Good Luck!

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Puteh Molting Period


Puteh Molting Period
I sometimes give papayas, water chestnuts and also luffa if they are molting. I find that this is the best time to bathe Puteh with "Rice Water" so as to reproduce finest beautiful plumage.


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE: NESTING CYCLE

NESTING CYCLE 

Yen Lau has been twice lucky. She had two families of Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) nesting in her potted Australian Bottlebrush tree (Callistemon rigidus) – the first family in sunny June and this second in wet Dec/Jan.

According to Yen: “This is what happened with my second white-eye family…

“On 16th Dec 2006 a pair of Oriental White-Eyes were seen inspecting my Australian Bottlebrush trees (left). Seven days later they started building their nest. White cobwebs were wrapped around slender branches about 2 metres or more from the ground. Eleven days later the nest was about ready when they incorporaterd grasses into the nest structure. This continued for the next two days. The nest was very thin but had a nice cup shape to it (below).



“As it was raining every day for the next one week, there were no activities. During a dry patch, one of the white-eyes appeared and sat in the nest. It stayed there all afternoon seemingly not doing anything. I didn’t look at the nest after about 6:30pm and it was still there then. On hindsight, it was probably laying eggs!

“As there had been a bird sitting in the nest constantly the last couple of days, I was sure eggs had been laid. I was skeptical of this at first because the nest was awfully thin. I peeked inside the nest. The bird very obligingly got up and perched on a nearby branch. I was greeted by the sight of 3 beautiful glossy white eggs measuring roughly 6mm X 15mm and snapped a few pictures (below left). The bird then casually hopped back into the nest again. Strange behaviour?



“The eggs could be seen through the thin nest (above right). Building materials were probably hard to find in the rainy season. (It poured heavily just about every day in December 2006 and the first week of January 2007.) The female was probably anxious to lay her eggs as well.



“Two of the three eggs hatched on 17th January.



“The parent birds took turns feeding the chicks. Unlike the parent birds in sunny June who appeared with food within 15mins each time to feed their ravenous young, these monsoon parents took as long as 25mins. These January chicks seemed more laid back too (above). They didn’t ever really stick their necks out and (quietly) scream like the June chicks did (left).

“By 23rd January the two chicks were starting to fill the nest and the nest was looking quite stretched (below). The chicks had grown more adult feathers. One looked more developed than the other. Two mornings later I found the remains of the unhatched egg. The birds had tossed it out. There didn’t seem to be much yolk and no white. The “yolk” I found was rather dense with one tiny but obvious dark spot in it.



“At around 1pm and exactly eight days after hatching, the bigger of the two chicks flew out of the nest (below). It did not get very far. First, it flew down to a shelf just a metre away. After some coaxing by the very excited parents, it flew back to the tree and stayed there for about half an hour. After that, accompanied by both parents, it flew off into the (nearly) blue yonder. (It didn’t pour that day – it drizzled on and off.)



“A few minutes after the first chick flew, the second chick followed suit. It flew an even shorter distance – barely a third of a metre away from the nest. It then fluttered around to various branches of the tree for the next half hour. (The parents were coaxing both chicks to fly in this frenzied half hour.)

“The parents came back after flying off with the first chick and continued to coax the second into flying off too. They brought bribes. I could see they had things in their beaks which they first showed to the baby before flying off a little distance.

“The second chick refused to budge. The parents gave up after a while and fed it.

“This chick seemed less developed than the June chicks when they started flying. Here’s a comparison… Our monsoon baby is the one on the left and a sunny June chick on the right (below).



“Here’s another picture of our second chick compared with a June chick (below). The feathers on our monsoon baby’s head aren’t anywhere near as developed as those of the June chicks’.



“Poor thing… The second chick was still there at 5:30pm, fluffed up against the wind and drizzle (below). It stayed in the same spot for the next six-and-a-half hours. All that time the parents continued feeding and coaxing it to fly. At one stage, I even saw one of the parents remove something white from its behind. Faecal sac?



“At 7:00pm this baby decided it was ready! It hopped up the highest branch and tried out its wings (below).



“Then, together with its proud parents, it flew off. Literally into the sunset!

“With the June family, I never saw or heard much from them after they left. With this family, I was still seeing them three days later. (If they are the same birds that is.) One of the birds I saw on 28th January was a young bird, probably one of the babies. (Something tells me it was actually the second chick but I can’t say why I thought that.) It had grown a tail but it’s still more rounded than an adult and slightly fluffy.

“It chirped very loudly and very insistently before flying off after its call was answered by an adult. Tut! Tut! Was it still calling for Mummy and Daddy?”

Input and images by Yen Lau; the above account obtained through the good-office of KC Tsang.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Smuggle 24 Putehs into Singapore

He tries to smuggle 24 birds into S'pore in waist pouch
This article was published in The New Paper (Monday, Apr 02, 2012)



By the time the bird smuggler's ferry departed Batam, Indonesia, and reached Singapore at 9.30am last Saturday, seven of the baby birds had died.

Malaysian Lim Chia Ming was sentenced to two weeks' jail yesterday for importing two dozen newborn Oriental White-eye birds without a licence from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), reported The Straits Times.

The 55-year-old squeezed each bird into individual tiny boxes tucked into a cloth pouch, which he wore under his clothes throughout the 21/2-hour trip.



Causing distress

On top of the jail term, he was also fined $4,000 for causing distress to the hatchlings by keeping them in the small boxes, which measured 7.5cm by 2.5cm by 2.5cm - slightly larger than a matchbox.

Lim pleaded guilty to both offences.

The court heard that he was visiting his girlfriend in Batam last Friday when he visited a bird shop there.

He then informed the Indonesian owner of his intention to smuggle the birds.

The owner sold 24 birds to Lim and passed him 24 perforated boxes.

Lim used a borrowed cage to transport the birds to his girlfriend's house.

At 7am the following day, the owner met Lim at the house to assist with the packing of the birds, also known as mata puteh in Malay.

At about 9.30am, when Lim reached Singapore, he was caught by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers during a routine check at the Singapore Cruise Centre.

The AVA bans the import of birds from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza-affected countries like Indonesia to safeguard Singapore against the introduction of animal diseases.

The Oriental White-Eye is popular with bird lovers. Hatchlings are commonly sold for $250.

While it remains unknown how much Lim paid for the birds in Batam, bird lovers here suggested that prices might start from $2.


Putehs on MRT train.

No pets or animals, except guide dogs, are allowed on trains. 
Despite a fine of up to $500, commuters have been spotted bringing dogs, cats and birds onto MRT trains.

Saturday, June 1, 2013