For over a year she has used it as her sleeping nest.I put our male Canary into share the cage, soon after the eggs appeared,but i have been told that a Male Canary and a Female Zebra Finch would not mate and that the female Finch can lay eggs without a male bird?Is this correct and if so, should i keep them together?I have not seen them mating but they seem to get on ok together sharing the cage.What should i do with the eggs?
i have a pair of zebra finch.male is so cutet and so active.he always sing and jump from here to there.he keep making nest,so far he has made 3 nest in 3 differnet boxes.once he completed one nest he start to make another and left previois one.but FEMALE does not take any interest in nest, neiter see the nest.as both are 9months old and this will be their first breeding,male built nest but they have not mate yet.what is wrong with my female .plz tell me this is my first time breeding finch or any birds.
My cat was messing with a bird looks like a female finch ( http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/bird/misc/SudiaBirdPhoto_089-PurpleFinch-Female.jpg ) something like that. It is about 3 inches so I am assuming it is not a baby. The only thing is it seems really mellow which i wouldn’t incorporate with a adult wild bird. What should i try to do with it such as feeding and watching over it. It doesn’t fly but has flapped its wings…it doesn’t seem hurt just maybe alittle shocked. What should I do
The bird just flew….made it maybe 25 feet…seemed rather healthy but just a little weak to fly further… At this point should i just keep it in a box and give it a couple hours of rest or what?
I had 22 zebra finches. I had them about 2 to 7 years when all of a sudden the other day when I went in to feed them I saw 3 of them dead on the floor of the cage. I had never seen this before. I have had one die before but not 3. I moved the cage and called the bird lady in town and she said to give them some antibiotics in their water. I did this and the next morning I found 4 more on the floor and 3 in the nesting box. I was mortified. Does anyone know what type of disease could do this??????? One of them was my oldest finch I had for 8 years. My little girl is HEARTBROKEN and I am extremely angry that she had to see that.
I did notice that one of them looked like it had its eye pecked out by one of the others but now I am thinking it might have something to do with their death
Birds do not drop dead of old age all at once and some of them were 2 or 3. Zebra Finches particularly males live to the age of 12. If you are unsure of the question please dont answer
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Hey everyone! I bought two society finches Friday. The gentleman said they were too young to know for sure what the sex was, but he believed he got a pair. *How old do you think they are. Stupid me forgot to ask* One of them sits and sings constantly while the other kinda squawks. I thought I read somewhere that the singer is the male? Is this true? I bought them finch food and a mite protection thing. When should I buy them a nesting box? I understand it’s necessary for breeding, but should I get one now?I have done a little research and learned they like fruits and veggies. I put park of a cellery stalk through the bars and they want nothing to do with it. Can anyone tell me about the fruits/veggies they prefer.
I had a parakeet in the past, so I know most birds need cuttle bones. Uh. That’s about all I know. Please don’t flame me for going in unprepared because I know. Lol.
I am basically looking for ANY information about my beautiful birds. I hope to have them a long time.
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hey yesterday i bought a pair of zebra finches, male and female of course
anyway yesterday i made a nest box with a rafaelo box (the chocolates) smart me keke
and lined the bottom with some tissue paper so my poor birds wnt slip around.
anyway today i noticed the male was very vocal, is this normal behaviour for any male zebra finch?
and at the end of the day, as the sun was just about gone i brought the cage in for the day, and i noticed that they have started piling some grass in the corner of the nest box:D
and i would like to know when i shoiuld expect some eggs, considering i just got the finches yesterday, they were in the cage with many other finches so i doubt they wer already a pair
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I want to buy a baby java rice finch so I can hand feed myself. Petco or Petsmart have only adult finch they don’t sell baby bird. I don’t know if java rice finch is very hard to find in Texas, because I call some breeder and no one is selling this kind of finch. I am willing to travel to get one, as long as the location is in Texas.
