Is my Java Finch unwell ?

[mmq]

Hi everyone ! This is my first post, i just joined the forum in the hopes of acquiring more knowledge about our little feathered friends.
I recently adopted a Java Finch. He is 2 years old and has been with me for 2 weeks, 1 week in his new cage.
I'm getting increasingly worried about him. He is starting to exhibit a strange behavior. He spends all day flying from perch to perch in his cage while chirping. Looks healthy until i noticed kind of a pattern. he jumps from a perch, to the bars on the opposite side of the cage, bites the bars then to a perch rings his little bell, then to the bars and so on. He never stops not even for a quick nap.
He does eat, drink, sing and bathe but his constant agitation is worrying me. He has plenty of space in his cage but he only visits the same 3 spots over and over. His cage is 73x42 x78.5 cm.
When i first got him he was relatively calm compared to now.
Should i be worried ? Are these any signs of unwell being ?

[E Orix]

It is probably bored and has little to do

[finchbreeder]

Finches are not by nature solitary birds. They are flock birds and need company. Buy another Java, does not matter what sex or colour. Just a friend. Cage is Just big enough for the two.
LML

[noah.till]

Agree with finchbreeder, finches really should not be kept alone
Another java in there will settle everything down after a couple days
I have seen finch chew the bars, and all in is, is just it testing it's environment to see what else it can do
If you have the money in future, purchase a larger cage, the bigger the better
Add grasses and different types of branches like melaleucas, bottlebrushes and eucalyptus, but make sure you don't pack too much in
On a side note, Welcome to the Forum!
Thanks
Noah Till

[Brisbane_Finches_333]

Add grasses and different types of branches like melaleucas, bottlebrushes and eucalyptus, but make sure you don't pack too much in

You wouldn't be able to get those species in France

[Rod_L]

He is starting to exhibit a strange behavior. He spends all day flying from perch to perch in his cage while chirping. Looks healthy until i noticed kind of a pattern. he jumps from a perch, to the bars on the opposite side of the cage, bites the bars then to a perch rings his little bell, then to the bars and so on. He never stops not even for a quick nap.

When i first got him he was relatively calm compared to now.
Should i be worried ? Are these any signs of unwell being ?

Yes you should be worried. The symptoms you describe is typical behaviour for an animal suffering from boredom. The bird is exibiting stereotypical behaviour caused by insufficient mental stimulation. It's exactly the same behaviour that bears and big cats do in zoos when they pace back and forth across the cage. If left untreated, the bird will eventually go insane.

Birds naturally spend time in pairs or groups and have lots of room to move around. Most of the day is spent flying from place to place looking for food, preening and watching out for predators, and night is spent sleeping. When the bird is kept on its own and has plenty of readily available food, they have lots of time to sit there and do nothing.

Imagine sitting a room with no television, windows, internet, telephone or anything else. Just a table with food and water, and nothing else. You get no visitors and have no contact with the outside world. You sit in that room all by yourself, day after day doing nothing. This is what your bird has.

You need to get out of the house and socialise with people, go to places, see plants, and communicate with the outside world. Birds need this too. Without it, they go nuts, just like we do.

Fortunately it's easy to fix. Get a bigger cage and another bird or group of birds. Add some plants or branches to the cage (make sure they are not poisonous). When you are home, you can turn the room light on and close the curtains and doors. Then let the bird out of its cage to fly around the room for a few hours. Then put it back in the cage before bed.

When you let the bird out of its cage, make sure there are no fans or heaters on and don't let the bird fly around in the kitchen. Make sure you don't use any sort of sprays (hair spray, bug spray, deodorant, etc) in the house because you can poison the bird.

[finchbreeder]

don't use any sort of sprays (hair spray, bug spray, deodorant, etc) in the house because you can poison the bird.
Clarifying that. They can be used well away from the bird several rooms away, where the spray won't carry. The risks with free flight inside the house are hotplates, heaters, fans, kitchen sinks, WC's. Anything hot or with deep water. So is fine but use caution, and shut doors and windows, and have net curtains over windows as birds will fly into glass. Welcome to the Forum and enjoy your finch/s.
LML

[mmq]

Thanks a lot for all your suggestions. I'll get him a new friend as soon as i can. Breaks my heart seeing him like this
Is there any things to take into consideration when bringing a new bird in his cage ? Should i adopt a male or a female ?
In the meanwhile i'll let him out of the cage sometime before dusk so he can be stimulated a bit more.

[finchbreeder]

When you introduce the new bird, observe the dynamics between them. Should be fine, but ocasionally there will be some initial agression as they sort out who is boss.
LML

[Brisbane_Finches_333]

Should i adopt a male or a female ?

Read this:

Finches are not by nature solitary birds. They are flock birds and need company. Buy another Java, does not matter what sex or colour. Just a friend.