Star finch - temperature

The star finch tolerate lower temperatures, provided you have a night shelter where they can protect from moisture. It is a bird that does not require artificial heating.

Star finch - proper installations

This type of birds fits well any kind of cage. Where the facilities are outdoors must have dense vegetation and a night shelter. In rearing cages have the advantage of the creator can select couples.

Star finch - social characteristics

The star finch has a very sociable behavior, relates well with birds of the same species and birds of other species. They may well live in a mixed aviary where you can make creation with just a couple or with a group.

 

Star finch - sex differences

This is a bird with sexual identification easy, the males have a mask larger than the females. Males also have a darker belly.

Female 

Male

Star finch

Star finch
(Neochmia ruficauda)

The star finch is a bird from Australia Northern about 11-12 cm in size.
In nature lives in damp places and abundant vegetation, being now in danger of extinction.
Your registration is due to John Gould in 1837.

Seeds germinated

Step 1
Wash the seeds and to put them into a beaker of water and anti-fungal for 24 hours.

Step 2
Wash again and the seeds and put them in a bottle with small holes in the bottom (in sun).

Step 3
Wetting the seed three times a day.



Step 4
When the seeds start to sprout, wash well and are ready to give the birds (alone or mixed with the pope).

The birds & the man

There is nothing to distinguish more birds to man than the way they make their buildings and yet leave nature as it was before. (Robert Lynd)

A bird does not sing because it has a response, sing because it has a song.

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Bright spots on the beak

The bright spot on the beak of babies gouldian finch serve to guide parents in the darkness of the nest to provide food (in the nature of gouldian finch build their nests in holes too deep and dark). With two months old bird points out, because the birds  they feed alone.

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Tracheal mite

The gouldian finch is a bird very vulnerable to tracheal mite that is found in the dust of our cages.
When affected, the bird is restless, rubbing his beak on the cage and also with the paw rubbing your own neck.
A bird severely affected can even hear the characteristic tissc-tissc.
For treatment, you should use the acariasma avizoon. Sprinkle the seeds with the powder so that when feeding the bird, bring the product to the buccal cavity which together with the saliva will kill the mite.
In prevention you can use the same product, spreading it through the cages and nests.
A clean house and well ventilated facilitates prevention.

 

Gouldian finch - extra information

In the wild the gouldian finch of black head are more numerous than the red head and orange head are very rare.
The average life expectancy of these birds is 7 years.

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Gouldian finch - mutations

Today there are many mutations including blue, yellow, pastel green, white, silver and more recently have been achieved the lutinos and albinistic.

Blue

 

Wellow

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