I be given two finches and don't know what to do next to them?
my uncle moved in to a place were he can't have any pets (including two finches which don't do anything) so we told him we would cart his finches. problem being i have no idea what to do beside them. i changed their water and gave them food and also cleaned out the cage. is near anything else i need to know about them, or what to do with them?
Why don't you do the obvious and just call your uncle and ask him what his schedual for taking careof them be. He will be happy to know you are trying hard to take supervision of the birds.
present them great names,feed them as much as you should,and play with them every light of day.here is a good toy to make i found in a magazine:riddle an egg carton square with seeds and tape the top.the birds can pick the seed out of it and its a fun toy.
So far your doing a good job !
well you got the basics down already, finches really arnt that concrete to care for, check out http://www.parrotcentral.net/finches.htm for a care guide on finches and goodluck!
If the food they are getting is already enriched with vitamins, minerals and protein, they should be okay. But try a little mixed bag in their diet by offering little bits of broccoli tips, apple slices, orange slices, corn, and any other fruits and veggies you may have on appendage. Thawed frozen mixed vegetables are a good choice to start with. Birds are usually shy in the region of trying new foods so don't be surprised if they don't eat it for months. Just preserve putting fresh fruit and veggies in a cup for them in the same place day after day and they will eventually try it. Fresh food is very good for them.
Finches love to eat fruit flies and mealworms, too, and they call for the protein. Mealworms are not really worms, they are beetle larvae you can buy in pet shops. A couple a day would be fine. For fruit flies, you hold to grow your own. Put some fruit rind parings in a jar and punch holes in the jar lid big enough for the fruit flies to fly through (don't permit the birds have the fruit peelings). If you keep adding a touch more fruit rind from time to time, you can have a steady supply.
You didn't say what brand of finches you have, or if you have a masculine and female pair. Ask your uncle so you can get a bit book about them at Petco or another pet store. Some finches like basket nests and others similar to boxes. If you want to breed the finches, you'll need a book.
Finches like a swing. Some like a bell. It is right for their feet to have perches of at smallest three different widths. You can do this easily by substituting an unsprayed fruit tree branch for a perch.
Finches are small but need room to fly. See whether you can buy or build a flight cage with bar spacing approximately one-quarter inch to three-eights of an inch, depending on your birds. Finches can stand some cold but not drafts.
I think finches are lovely, graceful and very entertaining. Please bestow these birds that "do nothing" more of a chance.
Your honourable to go.
You're doing fine. Just enjoy watching them flitter from one side of the coop to the next. They are fascinating and relaxing to watch!
Well, finches aren't generally interactive with people, so food, water, and cleaning is mostly what you'd be doing. But there's really deeply more to their care. You don't feed them just seed; fruits and vegetables, among other things, are also needed for proper nutrition. Also, the cage can't be too small, which is important for any bird, but especially finches because they similar to to fly a lot and aren't normally let out for safekeeping reasons (plus the fact that they need to be within pairs and the more birds to a cage, the bigger the cage has to be). 24 inches is a moral length. Another thing you need is an avian vet because birds get sick sometimes (and you own to be very observant with them all the time because it's tricky to take into custody a bird's illness before it's advanced too far). http://www.aav.org/vet-lookup Use this link to find one. The subsequent thing that you want to do is make sure they aren't exposed to drafts or fumes/scents from stuff. They enjoy very sensitive respiratory systems, and things like cleaning products* and scented candles cannot be used around them. Their room should be closed sour during cooking because of the fumes. **
However, this is not everything you need to know. You've got the internet, so use it to read lots and lots about finches. You can never swot up enough about your pets, especially when you're foreign to them.
* A solution of water and apple cider vinegar is great for killing germs, and will not harm the birds; vet sometimes prescribe it for their drinking water for certain problems. For best results, go to a robustness food store and get the kind with the mother of vinegar, which is a weird-looking grey thing at the bottom. That means it hasn't had its sympathetic properties diluted by the manufacturer.
** Teflon products, such as nonstick cookware and self-cleaning ovens, are especially deadly. If they overheat, those birds will not hold a chance. They will die within a few minutes. Cookware can be replaced, though I don't know what you're supposed to do about a self-cleaning oven (when cleaning any oven, though, it's best to find someone the birds can stay near during the process).
Answers: Sounds similar to you are doing well. Get a good book on them at pet store or look up info on web nearly them. this way you will be prepared for anything that may come up with them. Need to know that birds cannot be around teflon pans that overheat or self cleaning ovens. Cannot use aerosol around them or scented candles or air fresheners. Those are just some things. Keep out of drafts.
