Baby Finch Update

Baby Finch

Sorry so long on the update!  This morning the baby finch made it's first flight out of the nest.  Well, it was more of a collection of hops. >_<  She/he is so cute.

Baby Finches!!

Zeus and Hera had a baby!  Well, technically they had several but only one is still alive.  I'm freaking out!  After so many failures it is truly uplifting to see him/her in the nest.  This time I took of the bottom part of their cage off and laid down a soft towel with some newspaper on top so the baby would survive if they end up kicking it out (as they have done in the past).  I also made sure they had fresh millet and apple slices (I'm boiling them an egg too).  If it ends up abandoned I do have baby bird food.  I'm not looking forward to feeding it every two hours, but I will if it comes down to it.

At this point, the only thing I'm worried about is the wheezing-half-whistle type of noise I occasionally here coming from the nest.  I'm hoping it's just the baby asking for food.  Though it occurs to me that it could just be the parents regurgitating food.

Here's a pic of an unhatched egg for size comparison

Finches In The Flock

Yesterday, I went out and got a pair of finches.  They're so cute, even if they wake up at an ungodly hour and jabber way.  Alas, Henry is jealous.  He actually bit me!  Not a hard but a bite nonetheless.  That's  not all either, every time I pass by his cage or change his food/water he fluffs up his head feathers and tries again.  My first impulse is to give him more attention, but it occurred to me that won't work out well in the long run (not because I don't have time, but he would soon realize biting = attention).  So I'm at a loss.  *sigh*

Note that this small cage is only until I help build them a bigger one.