Aussie Finch Forum

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Pardon my naevity but could this product actually be of benefit for aviary birds ?
Ive seen the suet cakes they make in Canada ( Dirty Jobs ) and they use freeze dried bugs in the mix?

There was no price given so of course that would be a factor plus its looks to be made by a fertiliser company where one would probably want something like this made for the pet trade and to some standard .

Come on Matcho...were's your sense of adventour ...maybe your MIL is one step ahead of you maybe your daughter knows what is in her food

Only joking....my MIL isn't that bad (when she's asleep)....and she makes the best curries....so I'll put up with her for a little longer

Think you're on the mark there Deb..............the more insectivorous the finch the more they seem to hunt the live food and dunno if an inert bowl of "stuff' would appeal to many!!! Also not an aspect of their behviour I'd really want to meddle with either.

.......and good luck with getting that lot through quarantine/customs!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't even get that Bevo insectivore stuff from the States in twice.....once was Ok but twice!!!!!!!!!!!!.......perhaps an opening for a "maggot dessicator" in the bird industry in OZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fincho162 wrote:Think you're on the mark there Deb..............the more insectivorous the finch the more they seem to hunt the live food and dunno if an inert bowl of "stuff' would appeal to many!!! Also not an aspect of their behviour I'd really want to meddle with either.

.......and good luck with getting that lot through quarantine/customs!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't even get that Bevo insectivore stuff from the States in twice.....once was Ok but twice!!!!!!!!!!!!.......perhaps an opening for a "maggot dessicator" in the bird industry in OZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It says its already in Australia but I'm not sure I'd hand a lot of money to a Fertiliser company that spells fertiliser wrong in their company name???

Fincho162 wrote:Think you're on the mark there Deb..............the more insectivorous the finch the more they seem to hunt the live food and dunno if an inert bowl of "stuff' would appeal to many!!! Also not an aspect of their behviour I'd really want to meddle with either.

I have longtails in with crimson chats, painteds in with wrens. Both flights get a mixture of live food (maggots, crickets and mealies mostly, plus compost bins in flights) and cake, sometimes I make it with dog biscuits as the protein other times with Vetafarm insectivore mix. Always with lots of added egg flour and cheese. Finches seem to take the cake as readily as the live stuff. Took the longtails a while but they are certainly eating it now.

natamambo wrote:

Fincho162 wrote:Think you're on the mark there Deb..............the more insectivorous the finch the more they seem to hunt the live food and dunno if an inert bowl of "stuff' would appeal to many!!! Also not an aspect of their behviour I'd really want to meddle with either.

I have longtails in with crimson chats, painteds in with wrens. Both flights get a mixture of live food (maggots, crickets and mealies mostly, plus compost bins in flights) and cake, sometimes I make it with dog biscuits as the protein other times with Vetafarm insectivore mix. Always with lots of added egg flour and cheese. Finches seem to take the cake as readily as the live stuff. Took the longtails a while but they are certainly eating it now.

Natamambo, Mate i did nearly all the same foods as you when i had chats and wrens,The wrens devoured it and so did the finches.The wrens/chats bred like mice,the finches became so fat,they could hardly fly and didn't attempt to breed. cheers Craig

I haven't had that problem **yet** Craig. Painteds have had several nests but have never successfully raised the young. The young are always very light coloured when they fledge, much lighter than others I've had, so I keep hoping that maybe it's a fawn / cinnamon mutation but I'm not in a position right now to try and hand raise them. Longtails are young birds and are just nesting as we speak for the first time (15mths old approx, they hadn't quite finished colouring up when I got them at Melb sale last year).