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![]() Kept in good conditions, both zebra finches and society finches can live 7 to fourteen years, and even longer in some cases!Īccording to ornithologists, "true" finches are actually from the family Fringillidae. Though zebra finches and society finches can usually be safely housed together, please introduce them carefully, as some finches can become territorial. However, if you have six or more finches housed together, they will be more social and probably won't exclude any of the other finches. Much like humans, finches don't do well alone. Here's what you need to know! Can Finches Be Kept Alone? These finches are very affordable and simple to care for. Society finches and zebra finches can be kept by any level of pet owner with just a little bit of set up and daily maintenance. More soaked seed during breeding, more dry seed during resting.Finches are colorful and amazingly lively pets that make an excellent addition to any home. Mealworms are devoured with relish by Spice and fed to their young more consistently than egg food. Melons and cucumber are also enjoyed as are green seedling grasses. The diet for all my finches consists of soaked seed, dry seed, egg food and greens as the basis. They are very lively birds that zoom rather than fly. They adore swings and love to hang like bats from anything. My other breeder cages are 30″ long x 12″ deep. The one pictured is 36″ x 36″ x 18″ and houses one pair each of Spice and Zebra. Hens, DO NOT SING… EVER! They do make several vocalizations such as contact calls, warning calls, and good eats calls, which consist of mostly PEEEE! or chutter chuttter, chut. Cocks will eventually give themselves away by eking out their squeaky little song which is also difficult to hear. Most times, hens will be slightly smaller, but not always. When buying Spice in groups, it is best to choose both larger and smaller birds of good conformation. In good lines it is difficult to tell the difference between the sexes so buying 4 to 6 birds at a time is recommended. Up until the juvenile moult, Spice young are a soft smoky brown which, in and of itself, is attractive.Īdding to the difficulty in breeding, is the fact that Spice are monomorphic. ![]() Offspring are slow to mature taking 12 to 18 months to reach sexual maturity depending on the time of year they hatched out. Once you have a pair breeding, they are excellent parents even feeding the begging offspring of other species. They breed until late August or early September, getting in up to, 3 clutches. Mine are bred indoors usually coming into condition early in April, with the first spring rains here in Michigan. They can be bred indoors, if light intensity and humidity are paid special attention to. It is not an easy species to breed indoors as several factors seem to need to be in place before they are stimulated to breed. The Spice finch is an easy species to care for as it is even tempered, and not too demanding. In Puerto Rico, it is reported that the Spice finch has become the host species for the Pin-tailed Whydah. There are feral populations of Spice finches in virtually every port of call along the trade routes from Australia, to Puerto Rico where ever the climate supports them. ![]() This species gets it’s common name from the spice ships it was brought to Europe on. Other than the Philippine sub-species, the rest of the 10 Spice finches are relatively unknown in aviculture. The sub-species pictured is Lonchura punctulata from India. There are 12 sub-species over Asia where it originates. Spice Bird, Scaley Breasted Finch, and Nutmeg Finch, is a member of the Lonchura family.
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