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Buying cheap breeding cages for finches is never a good idea. I know this. Here’s what happened when I did it anyway. Ok I admit
Does this mean we should never feed spinach to our finches? I like to buy big bags of baby spinach leaves, and I usually have them around. So not feeding them to the birds means I have to go buy something different for them. Well, it turns out I don’t have to eliminate spinach from their diet, and neither do you.
Now let’s talk about all those other lettuces. Romaine lettuce is packed with nutrition: vitamin C, K, folate, and Vitamin A for starters. Green leaf lettuce has vitamin C, potassium, and magnesium.
If possible, stay out of the nest with Gouldians unless you really need to change it, or unless you know the parents to be fairly calm.
You can’t force birds to be ready to breed; there are internal systems that have to be prepared, and external cues that tell them it’s time. Don’t be too hasty to breed them; enjoy your birds while improving their overall health, and you’ll
Like most pets, it isn’t too expensive to get started with finches. What is important is to buy the right gear: The cage, the food,
Feeding the Lady Gouldian Finch There are many brands of healthy foods on the market, and many ways of feeding birds. The Gouldian finch diet
I get so many questions about quarantine practices, I decided to make a post to refer you to. Quarantine is necessary at 2 times: when
Gouldians need to be able to fly in their cage; it’s good exercise and it keeps them healthy. Hopping from perch to perch doesn’t cut it. So before you do anything else, please buy at least a 30X18X18 cage for your finch.
