Zebra Finches are great birds for a beginner or any bird enthusiast! These attractive little creatures are hardy, inexpensive, active, and one of the easiest birds to keep and breed. They are long-lived, with a life span in captivity of about 12 years.
Ananya Roy - 2012-07-29 I have a pair of zebra finch. I am from West Bengal in India and now it is monsoon and we are having heavy downpours. Recently I noticed that the finches' poop is very watery though there is solid greyish white part in it,but it has a lot of watery liquid too. I kept the windows closed and covered their cage at night but still no solid feces. They are eating well and there is no change in their activity level, nor they are sitting on the floor of the cage. Is my birds seriously ill? What should I do? Is the moist weather responsible for this illness? please help me.
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Charlie Roche - 2012-07-29 Think about what you are feeding them. Possibly the food/seed is old or bad. That's the easy part. I'd change the food/seed or pellet mix. What goes in is what comes out. If you are feeding them more than 1 grape each a day - the poop will be runny and grey, as an example. If you feed them raspberries, the poop is going to look red. So start with the food. If that isn't it - then I would get them on an antibiotic. Sounds like too much fruit or a bad seed mis though.
Ananya Roy - 2012-08-15 I have changed the bedding, and cleaned their cage thorougly with disinfectant liquid. Also I have changed the seed mix, and it worked! My finches are healthy and normal again (considering their poop). Also,after noticing an egg in their cage, I have set up nest boxes for them, and now both of the pairs are busy furnishing and preparing their nests.they decorate their nests all day and get inside the nests and stay there for the night. I hope soon there will be eggs,and who knows then little cute finch-chicks will arrive!! I am very excited.thanks for your advice.
P. Erickson - 2012-08-12 Just got a great deal on double decker cage and have a couple of questions. If anyone could answer, I'd appreciate it and so would the zebra finches! They're now housed in a Prevue 30'w X 18'd X 18' h cage. I have parakeets as well in another cage the same size. I'm moving to a small apartment and want to house both species in a larger, double decker cage, 30'w X 24'd X 35'h interior space, 74'h overall. The bar spacing is 5/8'. Do I need to line the inside of the finch portion with hardware cloth or something to prevent escape or injury? Can the two species be kept in such close proximity? Would it be better to put the finches in the top portion or the bottom? Thank you very much!
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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-12 Thre should be a tray or complete divider between the upper and lower portaion of the cage. If not the birds on the top will be pooping on the birds on the lower level. Sounds like you are missing some parts. I prefer separate cages for pairs.
EC - 2012-07-22 I have two baby finches that will be 4 weeks on the 27th and they are not only flying & eating on their own, but have already started getting thier colors
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Charlie Roche - 2012-07-22 Congratulations. Isn't it totally amazing - 4 weeks.
DB - 2012-06-26 Just picked up fairly big cage and a male/female finch, they have food/water/bird bath 6 driftwood sticks to sit on and a bird house in the cage so they have plenty to do! I also put the cage by the window so they can look out, so far they seem happy and active and sometimes chirp alot, which must mean they're happy. Id like to add some birds, so what do you suggest for an addition and how many of what?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-06-26 What size do you mean by 'fairly big?' I wouldn't put anything other than finches with finches. They aren't overly large, they are quite social and would get along with other finches. I would be concerned with other birds unless you intent to house them in a different cage. Depending on the saice of the cage you have - you could add additional finches.
DB - 2012-06-26 Cage is 30x25 and BTW I just saw an egg on the floor of the cage LOL am surprised she didn't lay it in the bird house I made. Anyway their still cheerful and happy from the sounds of things
DB - 2012-06-26 BTW do they need to be covered at nite??
Charlie Roche - 2012-06-26 They don't need to be covered at night but make sure not under a fan or in a draft. You could put another pair of finches in that size cage but set up 3 nest boxes for the two pair.
Aelexa - 2012-05-27 I have 5 zebra finches. I tried 6, but the newcomer wasn't readily accepted and actually got out the window! Anyway, 3 females, 2 males and 4 nests. My question is this - Blanche (the white one) has trouble laying her eggs. She will sit on the floor and eventually her eggs end up at the bottom of the cage. After seeing this, I picked up 2 and put them in different nests. There is not really any 'ownership' of nests at this point. I found later that the eggs had been thrown out. All of them. I made sure to put them in with other eggs...these birds are perplexing to say the least! I enjoy watching them!! Now there are eggs in 3 nests (a total of 9) - with 5 in one and 2 in the other 2. None of the birds actually sit on the eggs. I guess what I'm concerned about is that they will have all these eggs, but there will never be any young! The birds - as of right now - are roughly 4 months old. My guess is they are just too young to know what to do...? Any suggestions are appreciated!!!!
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Charlie Roche - 2012-05-27 They are young and they haven't figured out what they are doing yet. Might take a couple of clutches. However, the female doesn't start incubating the eggs with any regularity until the last one is laid. A clutch is typically 4 - 6 eggs.
loveta - 2012-05-20 I brought home 2 finches yesterday in a small cage. Today they laid an egg in the gravel bowl. What do I do now?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-05-20 Just let them have the egg in the bowl. They will most likely lay a couple more and then sit them for awhile. When they do not sit the eggs any more, throw them out. If fertile and they hatch congratulations
Sultan Yaldiz - 2012-05-01 I have 2 finches and there is one baby bird and i gave them spray millet. and the next thing i know they are trying to get the enormous millet into the nest so the baby could eat it eat , i cant stop them.
Ronald Corpuz - 2012-04-27 Hi I'm Ronald a pet lover especially birds. I would like to thank for info about zebra finch bird cause I've learned how to take care of them. My birds hatch 2 eggs, very much exiting to watch how they grow on my hand. Thank you so much God bless us!
Zebra Finches are great birds for a beginner or any bird enthusiast! These attractive little creatures are hardy, inexpensive, active, and one of the easiest birds to keep and breed. They are long-lived, with a life span in captivity of about 12 years.
I have a pair of zebra finch. I am from West Bengal in India and now it is monsoon and we are having heavy downpours. Recently I noticed that the finches' poop is very watery though there is solid greyish white part in it,but it has a lot of watery liquid too. I kept the windows closed and covered their cage at night but still no solid feces. They are eating well and there is no change in their activity level, nor they are sitting on the floor of the cage. Is my birds seriously ill? What should I do? Is the moist weather responsible for this illness? please help me.
Think about what you are feeding them. Possibly the food/seed is old or bad. That's the easy part. I'd change the food/seed or pellet mix. What goes in is what comes out. If you are feeding them more than 1 grape each a day - the poop will be runny and grey, as an example. If you feed them raspberries, the poop is going to look red. So start with the food. If that isn't it - then I would get them on an antibiotic. Sounds like too much fruit or a bad seed mis though.
I have changed the bedding, and cleaned their cage thorougly with disinfectant liquid. Also I have changed the seed mix, and it worked! My finches are healthy and normal again (considering their poop). Also,after noticing an egg in their cage, I have set up nest boxes for them, and now both of the pairs are busy furnishing and preparing their nests.they decorate their nests all day and get inside the nests and stay there for the night. I hope soon there will be eggs,and who knows then little cute finch-chicks will arrive!! I am very excited.thanks for your advice.
Just got a great deal on double decker cage and have a couple of questions. If anyone could answer, I'd appreciate it and so would the zebra finches! They're now housed in a Prevue 30'w X 18'd X 18' h cage. I have parakeets as well in another cage the same size. I'm moving to a small apartment and want to house both species in a larger, double decker cage, 30'w X 24'd X 35'h interior space, 74'h overall. The bar spacing is 5/8'. Do I need to line the inside of the finch portion with hardware cloth or something to prevent escape or injury? Can the two species be kept in such close proximity? Would it be better to put the finches in the top portion or the bottom? Thank you very much!
Thre should be a tray or complete divider between the upper and lower portaion of the cage. If not the birds on the top will be pooping on the birds on the lower level. Sounds like you are missing some parts. I prefer separate cages for pairs.
I have about five zebra finches that come to my bird feeder outside of Houston, Texas. They seem to be doing fine.
I have two baby finches that will be 4 weeks on the 27th and they are not only flying & eating on their own, but have already started getting thier colors
Congratulations. Isn't it totally amazing - 4 weeks.
Just picked up fairly big cage and a male/female finch, they have food/water/bird bath 6 driftwood sticks to sit on and a bird house in the cage so they have plenty to do! I also put the cage by the window so they can look out, so far they seem happy and active and sometimes chirp alot, which must mean they're happy. Id like to add some birds, so what do you suggest for an addition and how many of what?
What size do you mean by 'fairly big?' I wouldn't put anything other than finches with finches. They aren't overly large, they are quite social and would get along with other finches. I would be concerned with other birds unless you intent to house them in a different cage. Depending on the saice of the cage you have - you could add additional finches.
Cage is 30x25 and BTW I just saw an egg on the floor of the cage LOL am surprised she didn't lay it in the bird house I made. Anyway their still cheerful and happy from the sounds of things
BTW do they need to be covered at nite??
They don't need to be covered at night but make sure not under a fan or in a draft. You could put another pair of finches in that size cage but set up 3 nest boxes for the two pair.
I have 5 zebra finches. I tried 6, but the newcomer wasn't readily accepted and actually got out the window! Anyway, 3 females, 2 males and 4 nests. My question is this - Blanche (the white one) has trouble laying her eggs. She will sit on the floor and eventually her eggs end up at the bottom of the cage. After seeing this, I picked up 2 and put them in different nests. There is not really any 'ownership' of nests at this point. I found later that the eggs had been thrown out. All of them. I made sure to put them in with other eggs...these birds are perplexing to say the least! I enjoy watching them!! Now there are eggs in 3 nests (a total of 9) - with 5 in one and 2 in the other 2. None of the birds actually sit on the eggs. I guess what I'm concerned about is that they will have all these eggs, but there will never be any young! The birds - as of right now - are roughly 4 months old. My guess is they are just too young to know what to do...? Any suggestions are appreciated!!!!
They are young and they haven't figured out what they are doing yet. Might take a couple of clutches. However, the female doesn't start incubating the eggs with any regularity until the last one is laid. A clutch is typically 4 - 6 eggs.
I have one aviary with finches. Can they inter breed? Brothers and sisters. I love them they are beutiful birds.
Yes the finches can and do interbreed.
I brought home 2 finches yesterday in a small cage. Today they laid an egg in the gravel bowl. What do I do now?
Just let them have the egg in the bowl. They will most likely lay a couple more and then sit them for awhile. When they do not sit the eggs any more, throw them out. If fertile and they hatch congratulations
I have 2 finches and there is one baby bird and i gave them spray millet. and the next thing i know they are trying to get the enormous millet into the nest so the baby could eat it eat , i cant stop them.
Hi I'm Ronald a pet lover especially birds. I would like to thank for info about zebra finch bird cause I've learned how to take care of them. My birds hatch 2 eggs, very much exiting to watch how they grow on my hand. Thank you so much God bless us!