It seems to me, that all finches should be in a large aviary and not just a bird cage/house; even if it's big. I think all bird custodians ought to be working toward creating a good aviary within a time frame. It's ideal I know, but it should be mandatory.
Lacy McDuffie I agree with you. Finches, being small birds, are often put in small enclosures. This ais a misunderstanding of their requirements. Unfortunately, many Pet outlets will advise people incorrectly. In my opinion and experience, Finches are at their happiest if kept in a large, well thought out aviary with at least 1 square meter of space per pair.
The majority of animals seem to like space but most finches just need time and space to fly. Those who breed them seem to concur on the fact they can be kept in enclosures. Not too small of course.
Hi could you please spell out the name of that antibacterial that you put in the seed? I'm American and I didn't understand your accent thank you. Thank you for making the video it's very helpful.
Toko Eveland where I live in South East Queensland (Australia) there are lots of termite mounds around. I only take part of a mound that allows the mother mound to repair itself. you could purchase mini meal worms and crickets from a pet store. You could also encourage fruit fly by putting a bucket of fruit inside your enclosure. Many people here in Australia breed bush fly maggots using a system of a purpose built fly box (a cabinet with a heat/light source inside. Full of flys. And rotate punnets of a moist bran and milk powder mix through the box. The flys will lay their eggs in the mix and then when they develop into maggots and pupa they can be fed out to finches as a source of live food.
I am sorry, but your advise about the longer seeds loosing nutritional value is incorrect. Please do a bit more research on the net about that. Sprouted seeds are NORE nutritious than soaked seeds by a long way. Obviously, they will loose their nutritional value if you leave them too long so they start getting leaves etc.
I will certainly do some more reading. I agree though was saying that a ‘just sprouted’ (aka chitted) sprout is at its max nutritional content. The longer the sprout after that, the less nutritional content. Mike Fidler provided this advice to me. Happy to stand corrected
THANK GOD A NORMAL EDUCATIONAL VIDEO!! THANK YOU !!!!
Legend! Thanks for the comment. Keep it simple hey
I have enjoyed your video. Very informative. Thanks
Thanks for your comment
some of the luckiest finches you got living in your quarters! : )
Thanks mate
It seems to me, that all finches should be in a large aviary and not just a bird cage/house; even if it's big. I think all bird custodians ought to be working toward creating a good aviary within a time frame. It's ideal I know, but it should be mandatory.
Lacy McDuffie I agree with you. Finches, being small birds, are often put in small enclosures. This ais a misunderstanding of their requirements. Unfortunately, many Pet outlets will advise people incorrectly. In my opinion and experience, Finches are at their happiest if kept in a large, well thought out aviary with at least 1 square meter of space per pair.
The majority of animals seem to like space but most finches just need time and space to fly.
Those who breed them seem to concur on the fact they can be kept in enclosures. Not too small of course.
Thank you. We don't have termites over here 😂
No, not many bugs at all I heard…?
Awesome video brother I enjoyed it very much. What do you feed them during breeding season! 👍
This is the breeding season diet. Austerity diet would just be dry seed mix and water
Hi could you please spell out the name of that antibacterial that you put in the seed? I'm American and I didn't understand your accent thank you. Thank you for making the video it's very helpful.
Virkon S
Virkon S.
What's the name of the disinfectant?
Apologies for the tardy response. Vircon S is the disinfectant. Alternatively some use a small splash of household bleach.
Where do you get termites from?
Can you substitute another live bait from the pet store?
Toko Eveland where I live in South East Queensland (Australia) there are lots of termite mounds around. I only take part of a mound that allows the mother mound to repair itself. you could purchase mini meal worms and crickets from a pet store. You could also encourage fruit fly by putting a bucket of fruit inside your enclosure. Many people here in Australia breed bush fly maggots using a system of a purpose built fly box (a cabinet with a heat/light source inside. Full of flys. And rotate punnets of a moist bran and milk powder mix through the box. The flys will lay their eggs in the mix and then when they develop into maggots and pupa they can be fed out to finches as a source of live food.
I am sorry, but your advise about the longer seeds loosing nutritional value is incorrect. Please do a bit more research on the net about that. Sprouted seeds are NORE nutritious than soaked seeds by a long way. Obviously, they will loose their nutritional value if you leave them too long so they start getting leaves etc.
I will certainly do some more reading. I agree though was saying that a ‘just sprouted’ (aka chitted) sprout is at its max nutritional content. The longer the sprout after that, the less nutritional content. Mike Fidler provided this advice to me. Happy to stand corrected