geekgirl101 1 Report post Posted November 5, 2014 Hello, I've been keeping zebra finches and canaries for about 13 years. Back in March after moving house I was down to 1 male finch that I called Cheeky as he has 1 orange cheek and 1 white cheek, so I bought some new finches from a local breeder. I adopted a fawn female, a white female, a crested male, and one very dark but beautiful male. A week after adopting them the crested male died from unknown causes. At the time we adopted her the white female was missing feathers on one of her eyes. The breeder said she had been attacked by some other birds she was housed with so I didn't think anything of it at the time, but since living with us we've had to put her in a hospital cage as her condition worsened and was later discovered she had an eye and prenal gland infection, so she's being regularly treated for it. The other birds however are doing very well... too well in fact! The fawn female mated with Cheeky and gave birth to 2 beautiful looking fawns, one male and one female. The male fawn has a splayed claw which I'm trying desperately to get right, but he's a stubborn bird and keeps pulling off the splints and plasters. I've also had 2 more new additions recently, I've no idea who the parents are but my guess is it's the same pair as the others I think are too young to start breeding and they're sleeping in the nest farthest away from the new chicks whilst the adult fawn female and Cheeky are perched just below it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andyn 534 Report post Posted November 6, 2014 Hi Melanie, and welcome to the Forum. When you said splayed claw did you mean the foot/leg or is it a back claw that goes forward under the foot when perching. (Slipped Claw) Anyway, Enjoy the forum. AndyN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee Pycroft 155 Report post Posted November 6, 2014 welcome to the forum Melanie... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 6, 2014 Welcome to the forum Melanie Hope you manage to get your little fawn zebra finch's foot sorted out. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare L 175 Report post Posted November 6, 2014 Hi Melanie, Welcome to the forum. All the best Clare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chill 15 Report post Posted November 7, 2014 Welcome to the forum Melanie, loads of good knowledge and advice on here enjoy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abadi_82 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2014 Hi Melanie, Welcome on board.. All the best Abadi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goodfellas 26 Report post Posted December 8, 2014 Hi Melanie, Welcome to the forum, enjoy. Carl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulm 119 Report post Posted December 10, 2014 Hello and welcome to the forum. Paul. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
