VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

PROBLEMS IN RINGING

• With some species it may be necessary to try to disguise the ring on the chicks leg to prevent ejection from the nest or rejection by the parents.
• There are various methods that can be used :
  • Once the chick has been rung cover the ring with wet droppings from the parent bird
  • Cover the ring with flesh coloured sticky plaster, plastic tubing or brown parcel tape.
  • Some breeders use a little “Vaseline” on the three forward toes to help keep them together, and on the ball of the foot to assist the closed ring to slide over it.