Raising Finch Birds

Raising finch birds can be the easiest thing you'll ever do, but it can also be the hardest. It all depends on how you've prepared yourself for the set-up. If you've done your reading and research even before you've taken your new pet home, then you will have been able to make the necessary preparations for them. Not only that, you will have also equipped yourself to handle any potential emergency or problem that you may possibly come across. This is how important preparation is! It can totally alter your experience with these birds!

If you've always wanted to keep finch birds, maybe for future breeding purposes, or simply for household pets, then you can start your education now. We have some invaluable tips on how to raise them right! Read up and learn a thing for too, so your birds go to a happy and healthy home.

Tips for Your Finch Birds

1. Understand the nature of the kind that you get- Finches are social animals, so they naturally look for companions. It would make no sense to buy a single bird. He or she would feel lonely, and probably die in a matter of weeks. Keep your finch happy and engaged by making sure that you get a pair, or even multiple finches.

2. Find out what your pets like to eat- research will tell you what most finch birds eat, but you can also use your powers of observation to see if they prefer one type of food over the other. While you're at it, please don't forget to give them enough water. Lack of either may kill them.

3. Find a way for your pet to get some exercise- a fat or obese finch would not be ideal for breeding. Not only that, in the same way that humans suffer from being fat or obese, finches may also encounter complications from having the same condition. A great way to get your finch birds moving would be to provide them with a spacious cage. Perches and swings are also great additions so they can get some exercise. Lastly, clever placement of their food and water containers may force them to move from one end of the cage to the other to get either.

All these tips amount to finches that are happy and healthy, and believe us when we say that these are the kinds of pet that you want! For more tips on raising finches, don't forget to check our site!

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Tips for Choosing Finch Cages

Choosing the right finch cages and knowing how to set them will make a lot of difference in the long run. For one thing, this will ensure the safety of the finches. You cannot just take the birds home after you purchase them from a pet shop. Make sure that they would be protected from too much heat or cold during the transport process.

Once the finches experience too much heat inside the car they can die. If you will travel on a hot sunny day, make sure to place some towels and provide them shade. You can also use paper sheets if it's only for a short distance.

Finches should be given extra care during long trips. Do not take them on long trips without food or water for more than 4 hours because this could cause possible death. You also have to make sure that you place them somewhere dark enough to reduce the stress and the panic.

If you choose some finch cages, make sure that they are big enough. Do not shove all of the birds in just one cage. In fact, if you decide to keep 4 of them you need to have a 14" x 14" x 24" long with welded wire mesh preferably. In case the finches breed, you would have to transfer them to some finch cages that are bigger or create an outdoor aviary. In the aviary or cage make sure that they would have decent perches and make sure that you clean the cage regularly. The finch cages should also be wide enough for freedom of movement. The finches cages should have a place to eat, a place where they could drink and a place where they can remove their wastes and take a bath.

What is the diet of the finches?

After making sure that the finch cages are wide enough, you have to make sure to provide the birds with the right kind of food. The staple food of birds is millet. You can use the german millet or the proso millet. You can also train some finches to eat other seeds like safflower, oily sunflower, and oat groats as well as soaked cracked corn. You can also provide them at times with fruit like apples and peaches as well as some carrots and lettuce or whole wheat bread soaked in milk.

Make sure to provide them with a source of protein as well like boiled eggs. This is very important during the breeding stages.

You also have to make sure to provide the finches with food that contain Vitamin D3 and A. Vitamin D can be found in cod liver oil.

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