http://www.finchme.com/2007/08/23/exercise-for-birds/ Your Philippine Online Guide to Everything Finch Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.finchme.com/2007/08/23/exercise-for-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 Greg Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:18:27 +0000 http://www.finchme.com/2007/08/23/exercise-for-birds/#comment-2780 All birds have different personalities and their behavior, although under genetic control is shaped by their environment too. If your Satrfinches were aviary bred like mine then it will take some time for them to get used to a small cage. Your chances of settling are better with young birds than older ones but sometimes they will never settle as that is their nature. If you need to breed from tehm make sure they aren't disturbed and hopefully the young will be calmer. All birds have different personalities and their behavior, although under genetic control is shaped by their environment too. If your Satrfinches were aviary bred like mine then it will take some time for them to get used to a small cage. Your chances of settling are better with young birds than older ones but sometimes they will never settle as that is their nature. If you need to breed from tehm make sure they aren’t disturbed and hopefully the young will be calmer.

]]> http://www.finchme.com/2007/08/23/exercise-for-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 maruja777 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:09:17 +0000 http://www.finchme.com/2007/08/23/exercise-for-birds/#comment-2779 My star finches are hyperactive. They fly constantly from one cage wall to the other, nonstop. I put them in a large flight cage with a pair of Gouldians hoping to calm them down. I think the Gouldians think those birds are weird. Is this normal behavior? If not, what can I do? If I would a third pair of finches (strawberry for example) in the cage, will that help to calm them down? I do not want them to stress out the other finches in the cages. Help! My star finches are hyperactive. They fly constantly from one cage wall to the other, nonstop. I put them in a large flight cage with a pair of Gouldians hoping to calm them down. I think the Gouldians think those birds are weird.
Is this normal behavior? If not, what can I do? If I would a third pair of finches (strawberry for example) in the cage, will that help to calm them down? I do not want them to stress out the other finches in the cages. Help!

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