After coming home with a new cage you’ll notice that it probably came with two long, fat dowels and some feed/water containers. Before you set it up we should go over some options that will help you out. A finch cage from the pet store is made the easiest way for the manufacturer. It’s not…
I often get asked about the cages I recommend for finches (Gouldian + other). So I thought I’d put together something of a guide to buying a finch cage. I’ve certainly owned about all of them by now! You can basically follow this guideline for most finches as well as canaries. What you Need to…
My Way of Measuring There’s an old “rule” about fitting birds into cages, and it basically says that height doesn’t matter. In other words if a cage is 2 feet by 2 feet, it could be a skyscraper and it would hold the same number of birds. Now to some degree that’s true – especially…
Hey, would you like to see my bird room? Or … I should say… the main bird room (I have birds in 3 rooms now! Just take a look at the video below. (Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel) FREE FINCH FEEDING GUIDE Click here to download
As you know if you read our Product Recommendation Posts, my favorite brand of finch cage is Prevue Hendryx. I have them in black and white, large and small. Birds need a safe, sturdy cage that won’t rust in a year or less – I think all cages rust eventually but these have held up…
Did you notice that the perches that came with your cage were all 1/2-inch dowels, and they’re extremely smooth? Yeah. That’s not what we want. See, your Gouldian’s feet get sores on them when they have to stand day in and day out on the exact same surface. So it’s best to give them varied…