Zebras are the most common of the finches and also have the best character. Plus, they chirp vocalize a lot. You'll never feel alone with these precious birds.
Simply excellent. Large cage, zebra finches kept as a pair, owner that knows what they're doing - your birds clearly love you very much, and with very good reason.
Ontarin Google is your friend & there’s countless TH-cam vids on all the different kinds of birds out there. Be aware that they do make messes, like pretty much anything that goes in the cage will make its way out. Learn about the different birds & their personality, what works best for you & your lifestyle. Cockatiels seem to do well on their own but I personally couldn’t have just one lone animal by itself. Oh & they do repeat verbiage so.. you want one that talks back or just tweets? So. You’ve got to figure out about *you* before you can figure out which bird. It’s a fun adventure & sometimes it’s just a matter of walking into a pet store & *connecting* w/ one! Come back & give an update!
As soon as the one in the cage starts beeping the one And the hand always looks at the owner But When He sings He Just keeps looking on the zebra finch always singing.
We had a pair of zebra finches. They are such happy little birds and we enjoyed them so much. We would let them out to fly around the room and they would always return to their home.
Deborah78681 Oh yeah they are such adorable birdies. i hav two pairs n i too leave them in my small balcony garden but yeah keep a watch on them. i myself made big cages for them bcoz they love to fly a lot unlike my budgies.
@@sweetheartdash brother first make a bond of finches to thier cage By giving them special treats and foods And give them 30 mins a day to fly in a room ( closed ) After sometime they will come back to thier cages Keeping them in pairs is the best way to make them happy If you need anymore information i will I ve been breeding finches and other birds since 14 years
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I wish more people would put in the effort to tame their finches like you, they’re such lovely little birds and deserve to be interacted with instead of shut up in a cage all day.
So cute! I just received two brothers, had them for about a week. They are more comfortable now and already have such cute daily habits. I'm loving these little guys. They seem to enjoy my noises and singing to them. It appears they are so curious. But are still nervous when I put my hand inside the cage...
These birds invented computer sounds tens of thousands of years ago. Later came humans to develop computers that could emulate the sounds. Nature is amazing.
This changed my life entirely. When I was asleep I accidentally drove to my nearest pet store and requested for all of their zebra finches. They asked me why and I responded with the word " Lasagna ". They were confused but nevertheless they got me all of the finches, they didn't care to take them out of their cage since it would be too much work to put them in all of those cardboard boxes. I didn't pay and left the store, next day I wondered why there was so much beeping sounds. I checked to see and it was all of the finches I bought. I am now an owner of about 200 finches, send help.
Finches are very sweet birds. My grandmother has one and she’s very pretty. She’s also a zebra finch. I’m not a big fan of birds but finches would be the only ones I would tolerate as pets, even love having.
I used to have a zebra finch. He would usually chirp loudly when I came back from school. He trusted me enough to let me touch him. But sadly he passed away when I came back from church. I currently have 2 budgies but isn't enough to make me stop thinking about him.
I was outside sitting in my backyard and one of these little birds keep walking up to me and sitting within arms reach with no fear at all I fell in love and now want one lol or two not sure I've always been terrified of birds but these are way to cute
Did you raise them for birth? I heard that interacting with them from that age helps. But I'm just curious as to if you can tame them if you get them as adults :0
You can it's just a lot of patience, being around them a lot, but not in a scary way. Feeding them through the cage bars, then moving on to hand. Hand feeding is definitely when they will get tamer
Love that chattering at 1:48. Sounds like they're imitating machinery. :) Also noticed how once they leave the cage, they're instinctively looking up and around for danger.
I have a female zebra that I hand reared from as soon as she hatched and she chills with me all day. Sits on my shoulder wherever I go. I love zebra Finches 👍👍👍
So cool! Curiousity, can you tell me about your first time. I know many people including myself wonder how to do that. I would be scared the zebras would fly off and be hard to catch them, or do they just return to their cage?
*IMPORTANT WARNING FOR PET BIRD OWNERS:* The food that we normally give to the canaries (and other companion birds) consisting of a "complete, balanced and top-quality seeds mixture" bought in pet stores or malls, makes the owners trust that their pet is well fed, but it's not so: indeed the birds health is at serious risk. The owners of canaries, parrots, cockatoos, budgies, cockatiels, etc., WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC BIRD BREEDERS AND VETS and keep in mind that although we feed them with such a typical seeds mixture, our birds are very likely in danger of suffering an unexpected, painful and practically inevitable PREMATURE DEATH BY FATTY LIVER DISEASE. Canaries, for example, will surely die at 4 - 7 years of age of the more than 14 that they can live. It's sad that pet birds are fated to die early and painfully in so many cases. You have to warn people to avoid it! This deadly disease is very common in pet birds but owners usually don’t know or detect it in time. And we can’t imagine that *THE CAUSE IS IN THE FOOD ITSELF* that we provide to our birds, in which such *a typical mixture contains low-fat seeds such as canary seed together with other VERY fatty seeds such as niger, hemp or nabine and, in addition, the birds usually prefer to eat the fatty seeds* so that their REAL DIET is unbalanced by excessive fat, gradually causes the fatty infiltration of the liver and in a few years causes fatty liver hepatitis and PREMATURE DEATH to pet birds. *Also the breeding paste and its pigments, the fruits and the sunflower seeds can attack the liver* if they are taken too much or for too long. It's a cruel disease that progresses silently and, when its unexpected symptoms begin, they are easily confused with other ailments so the owners usually postpone the visit to the vet at a time already critical for the life of the bird (besides that not all vets are trained to recognize this elusive and misleading disease, even to administer lipotropic and regenerative liver protectors in curative doses, just in case it's that and not a supposed blow). It's a process of slow and asymptomatic progression, but when their visible symptoms begin (acute phase) the disease accelerates. *SYMPTOMS OF THE ACUTE PHASE OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE:* First, progressive sadness and/or pecking, hard belly (in many cases, with a dark spot with a half-moon shape on the belly, which seems a "tumor", to see it you have to wet your fingers to remove the down), falls from the sticks of the cage that seem for "errors of calculation" and then lameness (that make believe that they are by the previous falls, but both symptoms are due to that it hurts the liver), lack of flight and singing, the bird fluffs up his feathers or bends more or less slowly; Then, within a few weeks or a few days, heavy breathing with open beak, remaining lying on the floor of the cage near the food, sudden spasms from time to time (which make people believe that the bird is "epileptic" but it are twinges of pain of diseased liver), abundant greenish poop (caused by biliverdin which if it's not fasting, it means hepatic harm), then black and watery (from hepatic hemorrhages), then a strange purplish color of skin and beak, an excessive appetite and the final "improvement" of a few days (in the last phase, the already degenerated liver becomes deflated by what the bird seems to ameliorate), after which it suddenly dies among seizures (which may seem a heart infarct). For the first symptoms the liver has already degenerated to 80% and only an urgent (and accurate) vet action can save your bird and revert the liver situation. If you simply feed your bird with the loose seeds mixture (even if you give it fresh fruits, vegetables and let it exercise, for example by letting it out of the cage at home), right now your pet's liver is degenerating, and neither you nor your bird know. *Without liver protectors, it's almost certain that your bird will die early and in many cases you won’t be able to determine its real cause.* Hepatic lipidosis it's not only deadly by itself when the visible symptoms begin (sometimes even it does not warn at all until few moments before the death). Even before the acute phase it predisposes the bird to suffer infections, as it weakens the immune system. Obese pet birds have an higher risk of many other diseases, like arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Obesity in birds it's not so apparent but it's more dangerous than in other animals like mammals. So in addition to giving to the birds lipotropic and detox / regenerating hepatic protectors preventively and routinely, breeders usually make their own mixtures with low fat seeds. *PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT:* The time to act is NOW that your bird doesn’t have yet the visible symptoms. It's necessary to ACTIVELY PREVENT THE LIVER DEGENERATION. Fortunately it's easy to do it: *It's very advisable to substitute progressively (within some weeks, as per the instructions of the manufacturer) the mixture of loose seeds for some pellets compound food of seeds, fruits and vegetables (preferably those that already include liver protectors), because this prevents the bird from filtering and eating mostly the fatty seeds (but without insisting if the bird does not get accustomed to eating pellets because he could die for starvation within a few days).* *And, whatever the diet, it's CRUCIAL to add to the drinking water or to the food a LIPOTROPIC LIVER PROTECTOR that includes carnitine and / or choline, betaine, methionine, etc., (and it's very convenient to add a DETOX / REGENERATING LIVER PROTECTOR with thistle milk, boldo, artichoke extract).* Liver protectors are not medicine but cheap food supplements manufactured by pet bird vet laboratories that remove the fat from the liver, clean it and favor its recovery. It's essential to add them to the pet birds diet to conserve their liver. It's something that breeders and vets know, but we the owners usually don't know. It are appearing in the market compound feed for pet birds that don’t include fatty seeds and that already include several liver protectors. *But the vast majority of owners still confidently feed their birds with the typical mixture of loose seeds with little fat and other very fatty seeds... And their birds continue dying for hepatic lipidosis in a large number of cases (likely, in most cases).* Now we know that, as fatty liver disease develops from the daily food itself, it’s most likely THE FIRST CAUSE OF DEATH OF PET BIRDS, and more so as the bird ages. Webs on FLD: www.beautyofbirds.com/liverdisease.html Liver disease is a slow, on-going progressive disease where the liver tissue is replaced with fat. When the liver disease has progressed, the bird may suddenly appear ill. www.lovinghands.com/forms/Hepatic%20Lipidosis%20-%20Fatty%20Liver%20Disease.pdf One of the sadder diseases many avian vets see is that of hepatic lipidosis or fatty liver disease. It's sad in a number of ways since often the birds are very ill, life-threateningly so, or possibly having died suddenly. Often the owners have been unaware of the dangers of feeding their beloved pet the seeds, peanuts, or other fatty foods the bird obviously loves to eat. These are truly cases of "loving your bird to death". Any bird can fall victim to fatty liver disease. www.researchgate.net/publication/46105643_Treating_liver_disease_in_the_avian_patient Dietary deficiencies of lipotrophic factors such as choline, biotin, and methionine may decrease the transport of lipids from the liver. www.veterinaria.org/revistas/redvet/n111110B/111004B.pdf The clinical manifestations of hepatic diseases in ornamental birds are much more frequent than people could imagine and in many cases they are not appreciated, progress in a silent way and when they are evident, vet action may arrive late. Most any avian symptomatology should be considered as if it was a pathology that could be serious, and not allow the disease to develop because then it will probably be too late. We must closely investigate the symptoms, take preventive measures that don’t harm (such as giving liver and intestinal protectors according to the leaflet) ask for advice from vets, breeders, etc. and procure the most appropriate treatment RAPIDLY, but without rushing in the treatment or with the doses in such small animals. If the days go by and the bird doesn’t improve, it's necessary to continue investigating and, if necessary, change the medication in an informed and contrasted manner. Doing nothing or stopping research usually ends up with the bird dead, but acting without being sure of what is done and in what dose, it likely ends the same way. It's necessary to obtain and confirm the sufficient vet experience and have the serenity to determine in each case whether it's convenient to hasten to do and / or administer what medicine and in what dose, or if it’s better not to do and let the situation evolve without medicating for the time being, or according to the medication that has already been administered. A limp in a bird is not always an injury caused by a blow, but the symptom of a disease of some organ (usually the liver or an intestinal disease) that needs to be discovered and treated ASAP. When in doubt, change diet to one with the lowest fat possible (only birdseed, or with other low-fat seeds such as millet, chia, fresh fruits and vegetables) and administer lipotropic and regenerating liver protectors in curative doses immediately... although nothing could foresee a fatal outcome. There are also food supplements protectors of the intestinal mucosa and stimulants of the immune system. In doses according to the leaflets do not cause damage, it will surely save the life of your bird (if it's not too late), and will keep them with a basic wellness.
If it's very important as you said you should've summarised it in few sentences so it would reach more people to read, unless birds being in danger isn't as important to you.
Yes, I also tried short message... but people didn't notice it; I didn't receive likes, critics or responses whatsoever which meant that people did not understand this high risk for the birds health, they just overlooked it and the fatty liver disease it's too unknown by owners, too common, too serious disease, so I use the PSA (public service announcement) format. This counterintuitive, of covert progression then with misleading symptoms and finally deadly disease it's the FIRST cause of death on pet birds, among other things because the pet stores normally don't tell, so at least the first birb is most likely doomed to die this sad way! I'm glad that also your birds will avoid the FLD. And that they will keep wellness during their full lifespan. Please, spread the word also offline to your neighbors, friends, etc. and let's save more birds out there. 👍👍
I just got 2 finches today. Guessing you have to cut their wings so they cannot fly to hold them like that? Or do you have to raise them from babies holding them?
Do you keep only two males? I would like to ask if they fight with each other. I'm going to have a pair but I'm afraid of nesting and would like to avoid it.
Please please please tell me how are they not afraid of you? How did you get them to jump on your hand? I have 7 grown finches, 3 females 4 males, I go to change their food or clean the cage and they freak out!
How did you tame your finches? I've tried everything from having them near me and trying to food motivate them with treats but nothing is working help please...
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When he said "📟📠🖲️💾📀🖥️📱🔌" I felt that
When I heard it I thought the exact same thing 😂
Cleome Jones lmao
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
LMFAOO
You always see people playing with their parrots, but never finches.
I never thought they would be so interactive, so this was a treat!
Zebras are the most common of the finches and also have the best character. Plus, they chirp vocalize a lot. You'll never feel alone with these precious birds.
1:35 “your image in currently being printed”
I can't breatheeee
Both of them are male 🤣
I cant breathe looooooool
Loopssak lol
I had two of these as a kid and they always made me think of sci fi laser guns, I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
Simply excellent. Large cage, zebra finches kept as a pair, owner that knows what they're doing - your birds clearly love you very much, and with very good reason.
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks I agree! It’s so refreshing to see, too
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Ontarin Google is your friend & there’s countless TH-cam vids on all the different kinds of birds out there.
Be aware that they do make messes, like pretty much anything that goes in the cage will make its way out.
Learn about the different birds & their personality, what works best for you & your lifestyle.
Cockatiels seem to do well on their own but I personally couldn’t have just one lone animal by itself. Oh & they do repeat verbiage so.. you want one that talks back or just tweets? So. You’ve got to figure out about *you* before you can figure out which bird. It’s a fun adventure & sometimes it’s just a matter of walking into a pet store & *connecting* w/ one!
Come back & give an update!
I have more bigger cage but my finches still won't love me😂
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tr
icks
1:35 bird.exe has crashed.
sharpshooter188 😂 that sounds like pacman
no... that's birbprinter.exe!
As soon as the one in the cage starts beeping the one And the hand always looks at the owner But When He sings He Just keeps looking on the zebra finch always singing.
sharpshooter188
Little squeaky seesaw
Lmao
We had a pair of zebra finches. They are such happy little birds and we enjoyed them so much. We would let them out to fly around the room and they would always return to their home.
Deborah78681 Oh yeah they are such adorable birdies. i hav two pairs n i too leave them in my small balcony garden but yeah keep a watch on them. i myself made big cages for them bcoz they love to fly a lot unlike my budgies.
Yea, they are fun
Same here
How to train them??? I too have a pair n 3chicks out of them... But dunno how to tame them... They get scared Immediately...
@@sweetheartdash brother first make a bond of finches to thier cage
By giving them special treats and foods
And give them 30 mins a day to fly in a room ( closed )
After sometime they will come back to thier cages
Keeping them in pairs is the best way to make them happy
If you need anymore information i will
I ve been breeding finches and other birds since 14 years
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Zebra Finches, bro. Makin' data packets a thing wayyyyy before they were cool.
1:35 - Printing
I love Finches. They are such sweet and interesting little birds. The trust they have for you is beautiful
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I wish my zebra finches would do that. They're scared even when I stick my hand in the cage to redo their food and water!
I know what you mean, my pairs of finches all they do is eat and crap a lot, man do they crap.
Same my finch’s are so scared of me even when I walk past them :(
you can tell these little guys are well taken care of. also i loved when they went into laser beam mode and sounded like a star wars scene lol.
I wish more people would put in the effort to tame their finches like you, they’re such lovely little birds and deserve to be interacted with instead of shut up in a cage all day.
When they do that little jump to her finger. I melt inside♥️♥️♥️
They sound like kazoos
A Rock That's a good name for one.
Guardian Scout lol
My auntie used to have 2, they were so scared of being touched and meeped like that a LOT, ALL OF THE TIME
Bird number 1 didn't want Bird number 2 coming out the cage lol
Yeah, I agree they do!
I showed my finches this video and its so funny how they were chirping back to your finches 😂💖 so adorable
I'm in a process of traing my finches freely fight and homing
So cute! I just received two brothers, had them for about a week. They are more comfortable now and already have such cute daily habits. I'm loving these little guys. They seem to enjoy my noises and singing to them. It appears they are so curious. But are still nervous when I put my hand inside the cage...
Man, they sound like them birds off that Pixar short.
They're adorable. I didn't know finches could be trained like this.
I love their little hops and noises
You’re so gentle with them!!
I’m glad people care about animals as much as I do!!!!
These little guys are so sweet, cute, and have amazing sounds
1:35 that’s a tamed printer i guess
No that sound like camera while taking a picture
Sick dance beat at 1:35
These birds invented computer sounds tens of thousands of years ago. Later came humans to develop computers that could emulate the sounds. Nature is amazing.
I have never seen a finch sitting in fingers before.... Wow... Very inspireful really great... 😍😍👍👍👌👌
This changed my life entirely. When I was asleep I accidentally drove to my nearest pet store and requested for all of their zebra finches. They asked me why and I responded with the word " Lasagna ". They were confused but nevertheless they got me all of the finches, they didn't care to take them out of their cage since it would be too much work to put them in all of those cardboard boxes. I didn't pay and left the store, next day I wondered why there was so much beeping sounds. I checked to see and it was all of the finches I bought. I am now an owner of about 200 finches, send help.
Finches are very sweet birds. My grandmother has one and she’s very pretty. She’s also a zebra finch. I’m not a big fan of birds but finches would be the only ones I would tolerate as pets, even love having.
I used to have a zebra finch. He would usually chirp loudly when I came back from school. He trusted me enough to let me touch him. But sadly he passed away when I came back from church. I currently have 2 budgies but isn't enough to make me stop thinking about him.
God's attempt at stop motion. They are muthertrucking ADORABLE.
I was outside sitting in my backyard and one of these little birds keep walking up to me and sitting within arms reach with no fear at all I fell in love and now want one lol or two not sure I've always been terrified of birds but these are way to cute
I adore this
Amazing! Did you tame them by raising and hand-feeding yourself or did they become accustomed to you already in their adult age? :)
HOW!?!?!? WHAT WHY AND how are they not petrified of you 0-0 that is insane you are very talented my friend
ArtyHeart_LilyJane hand feeding is the key my friend 👌🏼
Kermat I'm dumb, when they are young right?
@@Z.O.1991 I think it would be best when they're young but i'm sure its possible to earn trust when they're adults :)
Omg they’re so cute when they hop on your hand and u can pet them 😍😍😍😍😍😍 omg I’m so jealous
Legend has it, the laundry is still going on til this day
Such precious little angels!!!
OMGG WTF, I live in the Outback and see Zebra finch in huge numbers. Never would have imagined they'd tame up! Wow. Awesome!
YOU TAMED ZEBRA FINCHES
YOU ARE A LEGEND 🔥
They actually dont escape, amazing
mine is scared of me. it doesn't even want me to pick it up or even come near it.😧
Queen Of Art Zebra finches are not really hands on birds. That’s normal. If you want a hands on bird, get a hand tamed finch or a parrot.
Queen Of Art Same with me
Same 😰
A better starter bird would be a cockatiel, budgie(parakeet), or green-cheeked conure
Same
Oh nice, I used to have that exact same cage with zebra finches, then later budgies.
Wow they are so tame, amazing.
Have that cage for my budgies! Adorable!
Love them.
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How did you get them tamed?? This is so amazing, I would like to know it please..
Nuveon 81 hand feeding is the key my friend 👌🏼
Tiger do u have to hand feed them from when they are baby's?
Nuveon 81 million .orgv
Jack Marriott It's easier to start hand-feeding them when they first fledge. They LOVE you after that!
Buy a baby bird
how much days of training did it take before they came on your hand.
Did you raise them for birth? I heard that interacting with them from that age helps. But I'm just curious as to if you can tame them if you get them as adults :0
You can it's just a lot of patience, being around them a lot, but not in a scary way. Feeding them through the cage bars, then moving on to hand. Hand feeding is definitely when they will get tamer
Absolutely amazing!!!....My zebra finches would never land on my hand ...I take my hat off to you...
I Love Finch bird!
Omg they are sooo adorable 🥰🥰🥰
Aww there little sweeties bless them 😍💖
It is so amazing to watch them sit on your hand. I am also planning to hand tame a zebra finch. Wish me best of luck.
Did you do it? I'm currently trying to tame mine, do you have any tips?
those birds so beautiful.
Awesome! How did you tame them? My birds are always scared of me!
Finch 1: GET OUT HERE!!
finch 2: NO!!
finch 1: YES!!!
finch 2: NO!!!
finch 1: YES!!!
finch 2: NO!!!!
they`re so adorable and cute ^^
Love that chattering at 1:48. Sounds like they're imitating machinery. :) Also noticed how once they leave the cage, they're instinctively looking up and around for danger.
I have a female zebra that I hand reared from as soon as she hatched and she chills with me all day. Sits on my shoulder wherever I go. I love zebra Finches 👍👍👍
Nice video to watch - and also good birds - thanks for sharing 👏😀🦜
I love watching this so cute and makes me excited because I’m getting finches tomorrow
So cool! Curiousity, can you tell me about your first time. I know many people including myself wonder how to do that. I would be scared the zebras would fly off and be hard to catch them, or do they just return to their cage?
So sweet Birds .We have many Zebrafinken 🐦 Birds.
I always wanted of those birds
Beautiful birds. Your health and you too.
I also have Zebriki - two girls, regular and white❤️
But the Male died yesterday morning ...
Bahhhh darunnnn👌👌👌👌👌👌
that is ultra cute like ultra ,,,, cute ultra cute
How did you guys make them come on your hand? My finches won't come
*IMPORTANT WARNING FOR PET BIRD OWNERS:* The food that we normally give to the canaries (and other companion birds) consisting of a "complete, balanced and top-quality seeds mixture" bought in pet stores or malls, makes the owners trust that their pet is well fed, but it's not so: indeed the birds health is at serious risk.
The owners of canaries, parrots, cockatoos, budgies, cockatiels, etc., WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC BIRD BREEDERS AND VETS and keep in mind that although we feed them with such a typical seeds mixture, our birds are very likely in danger of suffering an unexpected, painful and practically inevitable PREMATURE DEATH BY FATTY LIVER DISEASE. Canaries, for example, will surely die at 4 - 7 years of age of the more than 14 that they can live.
It's sad that pet birds are fated to die early and painfully in so many cases. You have to warn people to avoid it!
This deadly disease is very common in pet birds but owners usually don’t know or detect it in time. And we can’t imagine that *THE CAUSE IS IN THE FOOD ITSELF* that we provide to our birds, in which such *a typical mixture contains low-fat seeds such as canary seed together with other VERY fatty seeds such as niger, hemp or nabine and, in addition, the birds usually prefer to eat the fatty seeds* so that their REAL DIET is unbalanced by excessive fat, gradually causes the fatty infiltration of the liver and in a few years causes fatty liver hepatitis and PREMATURE DEATH to pet birds.
*Also the breeding paste and its pigments, the fruits and the sunflower seeds can attack the liver* if they are taken too much or for too long.
It's a cruel disease that progresses silently and, when its unexpected symptoms begin, they are easily confused with other ailments so the owners usually postpone the visit to the vet at a time already critical for the life of the bird (besides that not all vets are trained to recognize this elusive and misleading disease, even to administer lipotropic and regenerative liver protectors in curative doses, just in case it's that and not a supposed blow). It's a process of slow and asymptomatic progression, but when their visible symptoms begin (acute phase) the disease accelerates.
*SYMPTOMS OF THE ACUTE PHASE OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE:* First, progressive sadness and/or pecking, hard belly (in many cases, with a dark spot with a half-moon shape on the belly, which seems a "tumor", to see it you have to wet your fingers to remove the down), falls from the sticks of the cage that seem for "errors of calculation" and then lameness (that make believe that they are by the previous falls, but both symptoms are due to that it hurts the liver), lack of flight and singing, the bird fluffs up his feathers or bends more or less slowly; Then, within a few weeks or a few days, heavy breathing with open beak, remaining lying on the floor of the cage near the food, sudden spasms from time to time (which make people believe that the bird is "epileptic" but it are twinges of pain of diseased liver), abundant greenish poop (caused by biliverdin which if it's not fasting, it means hepatic harm), then black and watery (from hepatic hemorrhages), then a strange purplish color of skin and beak, an excessive appetite and the final "improvement" of a few days (in the last phase, the already degenerated liver becomes deflated by what the bird seems to ameliorate), after which it suddenly dies among seizures (which may seem a heart infarct).
For the first symptoms the liver has already degenerated to 80% and only an urgent (and accurate) vet action can save your bird and revert the liver situation. If you simply feed your bird with the loose seeds mixture (even if you give it fresh fruits, vegetables and let it exercise, for example by letting it out of the cage at home), right now your pet's liver is degenerating, and neither you nor your bird know. *Without liver protectors, it's almost certain that your bird will die early and in many cases you won’t be able to determine its real cause.*
Hepatic lipidosis it's not only deadly by itself when the visible symptoms begin (sometimes even it does not warn at all until few moments before the death). Even before the acute phase it predisposes the bird to suffer infections, as it weakens the immune system. Obese pet birds have an higher risk of many other diseases, like arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Obesity in birds it's not so apparent but it's more dangerous than in other animals like mammals.
So in addition to giving to the birds lipotropic and detox / regenerating hepatic protectors preventively and routinely, breeders usually make their own mixtures with low fat seeds.
*PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT:* The time to act is NOW that your bird doesn’t have yet the visible symptoms. It's necessary to ACTIVELY PREVENT THE LIVER DEGENERATION. Fortunately it's easy to do it: *It's very advisable to substitute progressively (within some weeks, as per the instructions of the manufacturer) the mixture of loose seeds for some pellets compound food of seeds, fruits and vegetables (preferably those that already include liver protectors), because this prevents the bird from filtering and eating mostly the fatty seeds (but without insisting if the bird does not get accustomed to eating pellets because he could die for starvation within a few days).*
*And, whatever the diet, it's CRUCIAL to add to the drinking water or to the food a LIPOTROPIC LIVER PROTECTOR that includes carnitine and / or choline, betaine, methionine, etc., (and it's very convenient to add a DETOX / REGENERATING LIVER PROTECTOR with thistle milk, boldo, artichoke extract).*
Liver protectors are not medicine but cheap food supplements manufactured by pet bird vet laboratories that remove the fat from the liver, clean it and favor its recovery. It's essential to add them to the pet birds diet to conserve their liver. It's something that breeders and vets know, but we the owners usually don't know.
It are appearing in the market compound feed for pet birds that don’t include fatty seeds and that already include several liver protectors. *But the vast majority of owners still confidently feed their birds with the typical mixture of loose seeds with little fat and other very fatty seeds... And their birds continue dying for hepatic lipidosis in a large number of cases (likely, in most cases).* Now we know that, as fatty liver disease develops from the daily food itself, it’s most likely THE FIRST CAUSE OF DEATH OF PET BIRDS, and more so as the bird ages.
Webs on FLD:
www.beautyofbirds.com/liverdisease.html
Liver disease is a slow, on-going progressive disease where the liver tissue is replaced with fat. When the liver disease has progressed, the bird may suddenly appear ill.
www.lovinghands.com/forms/Hepatic%20Lipidosis%20-%20Fatty%20Liver%20Disease.pdf One of the sadder diseases many avian vets see is that of hepatic lipidosis or fatty liver disease. It's sad in a number of ways since often the birds are very ill, life-threateningly so, or possibly having died suddenly. Often the owners have been unaware of the dangers of feeding their beloved pet the seeds, peanuts, or other fatty foods the bird obviously loves to eat. These are truly cases of "loving your bird to death". Any bird can fall victim to fatty liver disease.
www.researchgate.net/publication/46105643_Treating_liver_disease_in_the_avian_patient Dietary deficiencies of lipotrophic factors such as choline, biotin, and methionine may decrease the transport of lipids from the liver.
www.veterinaria.org/revistas/redvet/n111110B/111004B.pdf The clinical manifestations of hepatic diseases in ornamental birds are much more frequent than people could imagine and in many cases they are not appreciated, progress in a silent way and when they are evident, vet action may arrive late.
Most any avian symptomatology should be considered as if it was a pathology that could be serious, and not allow the disease to develop because then it will probably be too late. We must closely investigate the symptoms, take preventive measures that don’t harm (such as giving liver and intestinal protectors according to the leaflet) ask for advice from vets, breeders, etc. and procure the most appropriate treatment RAPIDLY, but without rushing in the treatment or with the doses in such small animals. If the days go by and the bird doesn’t improve, it's necessary to continue investigating and, if necessary, change the medication in an informed and contrasted manner. Doing nothing or stopping research usually ends up with the bird dead, but acting without being sure of what is done and in what dose, it likely ends the same way. It's necessary to obtain and confirm the sufficient vet experience and have the serenity to determine in each case whether it's convenient to hasten to do and / or administer what medicine and in what dose, or if it’s better not to do and let the situation evolve without medicating for the time being, or according to the medication that has already been administered.
A limp in a bird is not always an injury caused by a blow, but the symptom of a disease of some organ (usually the liver or an intestinal disease) that needs to be discovered and treated ASAP. When in doubt, change diet to one with the lowest fat possible (only birdseed, or with other low-fat seeds such as millet, chia, fresh fruits and vegetables) and administer lipotropic and regenerating liver protectors in curative doses immediately... although nothing could foresee a fatal outcome. There are also food supplements protectors of the intestinal mucosa and stimulants of the immune system. In doses according to the leaflets do not cause damage, it will surely save the life of your bird (if it's not too late), and will keep them with a basic wellness.
If it's very important as you said you should've summarised it in few sentences so it would reach more people to read, unless birds being in danger isn't as important to you.
Yes, I also tried short message... but people didn't notice it; I didn't receive likes, critics or responses whatsoever which meant that people did not understand this high risk for the birds health, they just overlooked it and the fatty liver disease it's too unknown by owners, too common, too serious disease, so I use the PSA (public service announcement) format.
This counterintuitive, of covert progression then with misleading symptoms and finally deadly disease it's the FIRST cause of death on pet birds, among other things because the pet stores normally don't tell, so at least the first birb is most likely doomed to die this sad way!
I'm glad that also your birds will avoid the FLD. And that they will keep wellness during their full lifespan. Please, spread the word also offline to your neighbors, friends, etc. and let's save more birds out there. 👍👍
I’m a budgie owner and this helped a lot, thanks ❤️
Cute!
0:50 it sounds like a laser gun😂
I have a Male and female zebra finch that had their first baby and it's now a month old. Luv zebra finches
I just got 2 finches today. Guessing you have to cut their wings so they cannot fly to hold them like that? Or do you have to raise them from babies holding them?
Do you keep only two males? I would like to ask if they fight with each other. I'm going to have a pair but I'm afraid of nesting and would like to avoid it.
the zebra bird looks like fluffy butt my pet zebra bird
I need some of these little guys in our home. The cats will lose it...
Hi, I have subscribed to your channel. Good video.
have u trained them or they just like to stand on utube finger?
I cant wait till my babies come to me on thier own. ❤
Soooo cute!!! 🐦 My Brother also has zebrafinches ❤️
I have one that likes to be petted but they have never sat on my hand. It seems the society Finch are much more friendly.
Your so lucky my finches are scared of me and they also hate me😢😢😭😭😭😭
Please please please tell me how are they not afraid of you? How did you get them to jump on your hand? I have 7 grown finches, 3 females 4 males, I go to change their food or clean the cage and they freak out!
How is it possible to tame them so well and show them that you are a friend so they won't fear you?
Luckyyy! Mine will come out but they’d never land on my hand
Your finches are so beautiful! How on earth did you get them hand trained?
when one of my male finches start singing, others fly to it to start fight like WWE
These two brothers are very happy
Aww!! So cute!!
How did u train them? I had a few finches birds, when i opened the cage they flew away and never came back.. I miss them very much now
My last 2 zebra finches escaped from the aviary about a month ago :( and im at uni so couldn't help to look for them 😔😔 I miss them
So sorry!
Did you cut there wings
I love this birds.. awesome
Wow. Love to see this. Pls do tell how u tame ur birds. At what age you started taking them
Ugh love them❤️
Such beautiful angels.
Super cute but quite loud. They sounds like those squeaky toys
How did you tame your finches? I've tried everything from having them near me and trying to food motivate them with treats but nothing is working help please...
I never knew zebra finches could be trained to be held, i always heard they wont
They are lovely 💕💕💕
How do you get your finches to bond with you??
What cute birdies