![]() ![]() Two males so fine usually- they are zebras so a little unpredictable- but with no hens around that’d be fine. You can put 2 males or better yet 2 females together. I line the nest box with paper towel and lift it out with the mess on top, replace it and they fix it right back to their liking. It's not their fault they did what comes naturally to them.Īhhh so much misinformation from your pet store!įirst, you can mess with them to some extent. I don't want the babies - or parents! - to suffer because I was clueless. ![]() I've had finches off and on for over a year and non of the eggs hatched before so I just kind of assumed they never would. Help? I have no idea what to do and I feel very stupid for not seeing this coming. ![]() Does this mean when the babies are old enough I need to put them in a new cage? It's not a very large cage (18x22 I think) and I know it couldn't support four birds. I assume this isn't a good time to start messing with their food?Ĥ) How can I keep this from happening again? Or at least too soon so she doesn't overwork herself? They've been together less than two months!ĥ) The petstore lady was very sure that finches can't be housed together. Now I'm super worried and have a few questions - clearly I'm out of my depth here.ġ) Are they going to toss the new baby? Is there anything I can do for it? Could it be that the second baby was sick?Ģ) What the heck do I do with the final egg? (She had five - one broke) Do I leave it until the baby leaves the nest if it doesn't hatch? I know messing with them too much can make them abandon their nest.ģ) What should I be feeding them? They're on a seed diet at the moment with a calcium supplement. This morning they have a third baby, which they haven't tossed yet. Yesterday the mother was on the floor, which isn't unusual (he did 90 percent of the egg sitting) but that night when I checked on them again they'd had another baby and tossed it out of the nest. I admit to checking on them more than I should.) So I've tried to (But a baby is neat, I've never seen one before. ![]() I have a baby! I scratched my head, did a quick Google search, and discovered you just leave the parents be. So I went to go look, and she sat on the nest while he stood guard outside. Two days ago I was in the room using the computer when I noticed both were very agitated. Today was the day I was going to start removing them, buuuttt. I give them a while and then take them out. He's fast, and the cage is high up so I don't always see in) I wasn't too worried, as that's happened before but non have hatched. They suggested a calcium supplement for the female just to help her out since she'd had eggs.Ībout the 18th or so I was cleaning their cage and found out she'd laid more eggs in her nest. My female died a few months ago (cat attack.) so I got another one in December(ish?) The petstore told us they had found nine eggs in the cage that morning, and there was only one other female, so it was probably her eggs too. The pair that I have are fairly young, I think. She stressed that finches don't do well without a friend, and males hate each other, so we ended up picking up a female a few weeks later. She set us up with a cage, nest, feeders, food, and a pretty male. We went to Petco (or Petsmart, whichever) and asked the saleslady about them. She decided on zebra finches since they're supposed to be super easy. A few months ago my mother wanted to get some little birds to replace her lovebirds. ![]()
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