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    Hi Clare, when I first viewed the picture I noted that the tear mark was a little dark, and also that there were a few dark ripples on the tail bars, but looking at the picture again in its larger size then no I think it may just be a normal silver, as if it was Silver Lightback then the Silver colour would be a little more consistant and even, so my mistake, I have breed many Silvers over the years in both Lightback and Dominant a great mutation to keep and breed...

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    Try using natural perching i/e apple tree or willow twigs, also check the birds feet...are there tiny cracks or splits in his feet...? if so this could be caused by scaly leg mite, I have had this before with Zebra's, first of all clean the feet in warm soapy water and dry the feet carefully then cover the feet with a thin coating of vasaline, cllean out your stock cage using a strong water bleach mix, then use only paper as a floor covering making sure you change the paper daily untill the infection goes , you may need to wash and re-apply the vasaline every other day for upto 10 days to eradicate the mites, they are killed by suffocation so the washing process should infact kill the mites...hope this helps....  

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    Cheers Pete,Wayne & Paul, and every one else, thankfully I still have a few very good friends in the fancy so finding the right stock is not going to be a problem, and as im only going to be keeping a small stud it well be easy to put together, my foundation stock is already in place so looking forward to getting these paired up shortly...

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    Hi I am new to this forum, and I have just returned to keeping Zebra Finches after a break  from the hobby for the last 3 years, I am a former Panal Judge, Area Rep, and Chairman of the Zebra Finch Society, I also built the ZFS Web Site, along with Laus, I only keep exhibition Zebra's and over the years I have kept most Colours, at the moment I am working with Fawns....  

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