Saturday, December 8, 2012

Many Types of Finches Make Good Pets


A finch is a small bird, none of them are bigger than about ten inches, and they have a beautiful song that will remind you of the melodic canary singing, and they come in almost every color under the rainbow, and some of the strangest patterns you can imagine. There are a large number of these little feathered creatures that will make a good house pet.

Almost everyone loves the Zebra finch with its beautiful striped pattern. They are good-natured, and they even breed well in captivity. You will find the little males to be amazing little singers, and you will be entertained just watching the animals move around their home. They are extremely active little birds, but that is a common trait among the finch species.

A finch is not going to interact with you like some other species of birds will. They rather prefer to be left alone by humans. They crave the companionship of other birds, and they are not really picky as to which birds you place with them. They just do not want to be alone. So you can actually get two totally different types of these birds and house them together, or you can get a mated pair, or even two birds of the same species, and the same gender.

A lot of people have the Society finch as a pet, because they are even-tempered, small birds that are very adaptable to their captive lifestyle. This particular type of bird does well indoors, and will also adapt nicely to an outdoor aviary. They are very reasonably priced when you find them for sale, because they are so common. The only types of these birds that are very expensive are the ones that are rare to find in captivity.

The Orange finch and the Green African both make excellent pets. They are well suited to house together. The biggest worry in housing two different types of finch in the same aviary comes when it is breeding time. Some of the birds are just plain nosey and they will not leave the mates to their eggs. In this case you have to remove the nosey bird, or the other birds will give up trying to breed.

The most popular of all the different types has to be the Lady Gouldain. This type of finch is found in most pet stores that carry these birds, and most people that first start out raising the birds have one of these as their first.

These animals do make great pets because they require such a small amount of attention, and they are so easy to feed. They are absolutely the perfect pet for someone who is thinking about having a bird, because they cost very little and will allow the person some first-hand experience at caring for a bird before they purchase something more exotic.

There are many more types of these birds, and they each have different characteristics that make them attractive. You should definitely spend some time researching them, before you decide.

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