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ladybug - 2009-05-28
I have 6 Lady GouldianFinch. I keep them in a screened in deck outside in cages. Temp
sometimes reaches 105deg. Is that too hot for them?

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brenda - 2010-10-23
If your Goulds that you purchased are well adjusted to temp. fluctuations, then they'll survive.

Carrie - 2010-10-21
We have two s.finches outside. What is the lowest temp. they can tolerate?

Alice Bernice Reimer - 2009-04-10
I have 2 white Finches with red beaks and feet, they belong to my brother, but I look after them. I have no clue what kind they are? I thought they where Zebra but now I do not know. Where we got them, they told my brother that 1 was female and the other male, but they been riding each other and they are not cozy like male and female

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Anonymous - 2010-03-08
they're zebra finches most likely, and as long as they don't have red cheeks then they are also both female.
debbie - 2010-07-31
Probably are zebras, but the white mutation. Sometimes the males will have faint chest stripe across the chest, light orange cheek patches. If they are both equally white, you probably have 2 females. If you introduce a normal gray male, you will have lots of babies of both colors.
aruna kodagoda - 2010-10-11
I think your finches are zebra. Check them there eye, close to eye some black line. Both female try to get male, Thanks kodagoda.

B.C.S. - 2009-10-22
Thanks for your site. Now I finally know what bird this is. I live in Milton,FL and have seen this bird at my feeders for three years. True to other comments, it is very aggressive... and beautiful.

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Kathy Rogers - 2010-10-09
Hi there, I just read your note about the Pintail. I just bought one from Ivys here in Pensacola, guess we are almost neighbors. I did not know they were wild this far north. I would think the cold would kill them, well good luck with you visitor...Kathy 10/9/10

Lloyd - 2010-05-04
Hi. Just wondering if anyone can help me. One of my hen zebra finches recently laid four eggs which all hatched successfully. Unfortunately 3 of the four birds have now died (at 3 days old). This is the second time this has happened to the same cock and hen. I'm careful with their feed and their environment so just wondering if there is an underlying problem. Any suggestions/advice would be appreciated.

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aayush aiyanna - 2010-10-05
Hi Lloyd
I have found out in the internet it said that at 3 days of age the egg sacs get over and if the parent birds do not feed the baby(s) they will die and it also said that it happens only to first time parent birds.

kathy - 2010-09-22
I have a female finch, white in color, and she has lost some feathers on her top part of her neck. They are not growing back in, does anybody know why? This concerns me. She has a few eggs in her nest.

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Denise Daniela - 2010-10-01
I believe the reason is that her male counterpart was looking for nesting material. If they have no recourse to nesting materials (pet stores sell disinfected wool) they will pick on other birds and use the feathers thus. She will probably regrow her feathers after she molts. Don't worry but do put in some nesting material in her cage. Make sure they are sterilized or mites might get to your birds and some are deadly.

Cathy - 2010-09-17
I recent;y bought 3 females and 1 male finch. I've notices the past 2 days that 1 of the females has feathers missing behind her neck and on one of her sides. Tonight another female has feathers missing on back left side too now. Is it from fighting with each other?, disease? I've only had them 1 week

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Kathy - 2010-09-30
Hi Cathy I had that problem too and I had to watch because the male was plucking the feathers to build a nest to get ready to have one of the females to lay eggs.

Steve R. - 2010-09-28
We live in Fullerton, CA and have had a male Pintail Whydah visit our yard every Summer since 2007. When he has the long tail feathers in late Summer, he stands up to all the other birds. After the tail feathers are shed, he seems to hang out more with the local finches.

Margie S. - 2010-06-30
Our pin-tailed Whydah first appeared in August of 2009. It returned June 27, 2010 at our bird feeder, on the ground. There were two of them last year. There were two on Sunday, June 27, 2010, but only one has been here the last couple of days. He hangs out with two Fox sparrows. He is also aggressive to other birds. We last saw him this morning, June 30, 2010.

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Mary O. - 2010-07-08
We saw our first ever Whydah at our feeder June 27, 2010 at 1pm when we got home from church. We live in Jacksonville, FL and was wondering where you saw him on the same day. He stayed at our feeder nearly all day,every day until July 1, and since then has come in the afternoon only, and once a day.
Margie S. - 2010-07-27
Mary O., I live in Fullerton, Ca. Since that date one has returned at least a dozen times. I think there are 2-3 female Whydahs that have been ground feeding under the bird feeder. They are not there the same time as the male whydah, as not as frequently.
Jeri - 2010-09-23
We saw our first today! The site of this bird with the beautiful long tail feathers had me running to the computer to find out what he was. I see Mary O. has seen one here in Jacksonville, FL as well. When is their breeding season? I am hoping to see a female so we have little ones around. Thanks for the info on feeding as I will now make his favorites more available to him.
susan ebbinghouse - 2010-09-26
I just figured out what I saw here in Jacksonville on September 12th. How cool. It flew on to the top of the bird feeder pole and then flew to the birdbath and took a bath for a few minutes. I just had a neighbor ask me if I saw the unusual bird. I read that the lose their tails once a year. Now I realize I saw one this past spring without the long tail. Yeah, I finally know what I saw. Exciting. Susan from Jacksonville, FL.

Jerry - 2010-09-16
The male finch I had died this morning, the female is doing fine. I have 4 of their babies they had a year ago, 3 girls and a boy. Being the father is passed, should I put the mother with her kids in the same cage? Currently their cages are side by side.

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