Cookoo cats

[Luke39]

is it necessary to have hosts for cookoo's?
if it is can you just have one female host or do you need breeding pair as a host?

Regards Luke :wink:

[aussieguy870]

mate it is necessary to have hosts for cuckoos
plus u need at least a pair of mouthbrooders so they can spawn and as u most likely have read , the cuckoos jump in lay there eggs amoungst the hosts eggs then the hosts pick up all eggs and then few days time they hatch and eat any of the hosts eggs
 :D
cheers
sean

[nem7902]

cuckoos jump in swap there eggs for the hosts eggs and walah u have cuckoo bays in a couple days i think it is


hey.

um they dont really swap there eggs they just drop there eggs in front of the mouthbrooder so she thinks there her then she will pick m up then in like 6 days the cukkos will hatch and eat her(host fish) eggs  :wink:

cheers luke!!!!

HTH

If you look them up under their scientific name "Synodontis multipunctatus" on the planetcatfish site you will find some good info and pictures. There is also a good thread saved as a sticky by "Merjo" on the Sydney ACE forum.

If you are interested in getting some young cuckoo cats around 6cm, I breed them on the Gold Coast and will be coming up for the Brisbane auction at Clayfield later this month. Contact me for prices if you want me to bring some up for you then.

Cheers, Doug
ph 07 5576 6784
email : anitajoy@bigpond.net.au