atinybrit 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 Hi guys! Just wanted to share a photo of my male. I bought him off someone who had an aviary about six or seven months ago to come home with me. He hasn't had any cheek markings until now, and they are VERY faint. I have to stick me face essentially into the cage bars to see them. Do you think that his cheeks will come through fully? Excuse the poor phot quality! Im on my tablet so bad camera! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 I have a CFW male that has very, very pale cheek patches and the colour has stayed the same from when it was a chick - the cheek patches didn't get darker. There was a post a while ago where it said that if a male Z.Finch had pale cheek patches to make it more attractive to the female finches they put red lipstick on the male's cheek patches -- this seems to be true and not a joke as I first thought. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atinybrit 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2013 I don't think I'll be putting lipstick on him any time soon! O.o how strange! I quite like how pale his cheeks are Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted December 30, 2013 I must try to find that post for you - it went on to give us all a good laugh. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
