UMary Allen
UCynthia Nupnau ugxile kakhulu ku-Chinese Dwarf Quail. Abathandi bezinyoni bavame ukunganaki ama-shuttlecock amancane azulazula phansi endaweni yendiza. Bafuna ngenkani futhi banokuziphatha okuthakazelisayo.
Isitezi esingenalutho, mhlawumbe igatsha likaphayini elomile ekhoneni. Indawo yokuhlala yezigwaca zaseShayina ezincane akufanele ibukeke kanje. Kumfuyi u-Cynthia Nupnau e-Biessenhofen e-Thurgau, izinyoni ezincane zenkukhu zinokuphikisana nazo: indawo yokuhlala eyakhiwe kahle. Le ntokazi igxile kakhulu ekugcineni kanye nokuzalanisa ama-shuttlecock amancane. Ugcina uhlobo lwezilwane ezinguqukweni ezihlukahlukene ezindlini ezine ezimboziwe zangaphandle kanye nasezindaweni ezivalekile ezisendlini, ezinye azihlele ngezigaba. Wonke ama-aviary kanye nezindawo ezivaliwe zinezinketho zokukhosela ezivamile, izitshalo eziluhlaza, amagatsha amasha, izindawo zokugeza zesihlabathi, izindawo ezine-bark mulch, amatshe.
Ngokuphambene, umuntu uvamise ukubona izigwaca zaseShayina ezincanyiwe, ikakhulukazi ezindizeni ezihlelwe kabi. “Badonsana lapho bengasathandani noma bediniwe,” kusho uNupnau. Unokuhlangenwe nakho okuyinkimbinkimbi ngezinyoni ezincane futhi uyanezela ngokumomotheka: “Ngezinye izikhathi ziyabhebhana lapho zingasathandani ngokwanele.” Izinyoni ezinjalo kufanele zihlukaniswe ngokushesha, weluleka oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala. “Uma ungenzi lutho isikhathi eside, ukungaziphathi kahle kuzosala.” Izigwaca zePygmy ezinezinsiba ezihlutshiwe kwakuzodingeka zigcinwe ngazinye zize zibe nezimpaphe ngokugcwele futhi. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho bengaphinde bashade.
Indlela Yokuphila Eye-Monogamous
Kunemibono eminingi eyiphutha ezungezayo, ikakhulukazi uma kukhulunywa ngendlela yokugcina. UMurnau weluleka ukugcina umbhangqwana ndawonye. “Zingase zibe izinyoni ezincane ezidla amagalani, kodwa ziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kunezinkukhu,” kusho umfuyi. Izinkukhu zihlala ngamaqembu amancane neqhude, kodwa endabeni ye-pygmy quail, ukugcina abesifazane abaningi neqhude elilodwa kubangela ukuncintisana phakathi kwezinsikazi. “Owesilisa uhlale enentokazi eyintandokazi.” Lokhu kungaholela ekukhungathekeni phakathi kwalabo abangakhethwanga. Nakuba kunabantu abagcina amaqembu, uNupnau ukuthola kunzima. Ukwenza kucace: “Emvelweni, bahlala bodwa.”
Umthandi wezigwaca omncane unezikhala ezine ezimboziwe zangaphandle zepheya elilodwa lalezi zinyoni zenkukhu ezincane kakhulu. Cishe 1 × 2 × 1.5 amamitha ngosayizi. Utshani namakhambi kwakha imihubhe enezinhlanga nezihlanga lapho izigwaca zishelela khona. Lezi izimo ezifanayo nalezo ezitholakala ezinhlobonhlobo zayo, ezisuka entshonalanga yeNdiya ziye e-Australia. Ngisho nasendle, izigwaca zaseShayina ezincane zibonakala zindiza kuphela lapho zithuswa ohlazeni oluminyene, kodwa okuningi akwaziwa ngezilwane zazo zasendle. Kuningi okwengeziwe okwaziwayo emlandweni wabo omude abawugcinayo. Izigwaca ezincanyana bezilokhu zisezandleni zabantu kusukela cishe ngo-1794.
UMurnau akajabulile nje kuphela usayizi omncane walezi zigwaca, kodwa futhi unesithakazelo nemibala ehlukene. Ngaphezu kwezibonelo ezinemibala yasendle, uzalanisa izinguquko ezifana nesiliva, i-fawn, isifuba esibomvu esimnyama, kanye ne-dun. Isamba samapheya azalanayo aphakathi kuka-14 no-18 ahlala naye, amanye awo ezindaweni ezivalekile. Isibani esinokukhanya kwe-ultraviolet sikhanyisa ngokushintshana amakheji ekhreyithi ahlelwe phezu kwelinye, awaklame njengamazwe.
AmaQhude azinikele
Uchwepheshe wezigwaca uthi umbhangqwana ozwana kahle ungagcinwa endaweni engaba ngu-1.50 x 80 x 50 wamamitha. “Umbhangqwana akufanele ube nesikhala esingaphansi kwemitha-skwele,” uMurnau utusa ukumboza ngamagxolo noma ukushefa ngokhuni njengento yokulala. “Isihlabathi siqala ukunuka ngokushesha ngenxa yendle.” Kungaba ngcono ukunikeza isihlabathi endishini. Ngaphansi kwegatsha, impande, noma indawo yokukhosela, izinkukhu ze-pygmy quail zingathanda ukwakha izidleke zazo ezilula.
I-Murnau iqala ukuzala ngoMeyi. Izinsuku ezinde kanye namazinga okushisa aphezulu kungaba nomthelela ovuselelayo ezigwacani zepygmy. Iwagcina endlini engenasithwathwa kuphela ebusika. Kuyinjabulo ukubuka umbhangqwana ozwana. "Iqhude lisinakekela kakhulu isikhukhukazi salo futhi lize lisiphe nokudla." Uma behlukana, iqhude lalibiza kakhulu isikhukhukazi salo. Lapho isikhukhukazi sicela iqhude laso ukuba lihlangane, lalikhipha umsindo wokutshiyoza bese lilala phansi. Izikhukhukazi nazo zingafona.
UCynthia Nupnau naye ugijima iKunstbrut. “Ngeke ngiphumelele ngokuzalanisa okungokwemvelo ngedwa,” kusho yena, othanda kakhulu imibala. Uma ebona iqanda, uyalisusa. Iqoqa wonke amaqanda cishe izinsuku ezingu-14 futhi iwagcine eqondile kuze kube yilapho iwafaka wonke ku-incubator. Isikhathi sokufukamela sithatha izinsuku eziyi-17 ekushiseni okungama-38.3 degrees kanye nomswakama ongamaphesenti angama-60. “Amaqanda aphendulwa njalo.”
Lapho ichanyuselwa, i-Nupnau inyusa umswakama ube ngamaphesenti angu-80. Cishe ingxenye yemibungu iyachanyuselwa. Ufakela amatshwele asanda kuchanyuselwa i-heater plate, uhlobo lwetafula elincane elima ebhokisini futhi likhiphe ukushisa. Amatshwele abe esecupha ngaphansi kwawo. Zigcinwa zisendlini izinsuku ezimbalwa zokuqala futhi ziphakelwa izigwaca ichwane lenkukhu elinamaprotheni amaningi.
Hlukanani Ngemva Kwesonto Lesihlanu
“Ngemva kwesonto nje, abasakudingi kangako ukufudumala,” kuchaza uNupnau. Amatshwele alingana nezinyosi ekuqaleni, awasadingi umthombo wokushisa kusukela enamasonto amathathu ubudala kanye nezinga lokushisa lekamelo elingu-20 degrees, futhi lapho eseneminyaka engamaviki amahlanu, asuke esenezimpaphe ngokugcwele.
Umfuyi wezigwaca omncane uvumela nezinsikazi ukuba zifukamele amaphuphu azo. "I-clutch iqukethe amaqanda amane kuya kwayishumi nambili." Ngokuvamile cishe ayisishiyagalombili. Izigwaca ezincanyana ezivela ekuzaleni okuzenzela nazo zikhula zibe abazali abalungile. UMurnau vele kudingeke ukuthi angenelele ekubekeni hhayi. “Ngabe sengikwazi ukubhucunga iqanda ngobumnene,” kusho uchwepheshe wezilwane. Naye izandla ziphakamise isagwaca yena. Inyoni ithembele kakhulu kodwa manje isihlala ne-conspecific endaweni enkulu ye-terrarium.
Izinyoni ezincane zingagcinwa ndawonye zize zibe namasonto amahlanu ubudala. “Bese beqala ukujaha bodwa.” Uma uNupnau engazihlukanisi, zaziqala ukuhluthula izimpaphe zazo, ngoba zivuthwa ngokobulili emasontweni ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwayishumi nambili. Izigwaca zaseShayina ezincane zingaphila iminyaka eyishumi. Ukudla kwezigwaca ezihlekisayo nezithokozisayo akuyona inkimbinkimbi. U-Cynthia Nupnau unikeza ukudla kwe-budgie futhi axube nembewu ye-poppy eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ukubeka ukudla kwezigwaca namakhambi omisiwe.
Njengentokozo, unikeza izimfanzi zamanzi ahlanzekile ezomisiwe. Izigwaca nazo zithanda ukucofa ikhukhamba zidle amaqabunga egologo. Lapho kukhulunywa noCynthia Nupnau, kuba sobala ukuthi izigwaca zaseShayina ezincane ziyisayensi ngokwayo, futhi ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene: Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuziphatha, ukuzalanisa isayensi yezinto eziphilayo, noma ukuzalanisa izakhi zofuzo, uNupnau uzinikela kuzo zonke izindawo.