Aussie Finch Forum

I heard feeding dry mix over an extened period could lead to health issues.Is this true VR or will they be fine with a combination.I have thought about putting Varieds in with my finches.Oh by the way Varieds were spotted here recently, theory is that with all the rain they have just followed the flowering plants and ened up here.

Thats a good theory D/birds , we have Rainbows here since the drought broke .

I've had scalies breed on just a dry diet, but don't recommend it. I was doing 12-14 hour days at the time so didn't have time to feed anything else. Mine normally get dry adlib, wet every second or so day in the off season, daily when breeding, madeira cake & fruit. Apple is the easiest, but anything really, when the littles, varieds, & purples were in the aviares with the fruit pigeons, they'd get, pea, carrot & corn mix vege, apple, kiwi fruit, rockmelon, watermelon, grapes & blueberries, as well as a nectar mix for the Scarlet Honeyeaters.

I like the Purple Crowned lorikeet, very nice
While looking at the pics on the links you posted I saw a link for one of our members videos, very good.

Did you see the Goldies lorikeets too? - small green-streaked exotic lory with red cap but purple face.Very cute.

The diet issue is a debate on its own. To be honest I'd rather have projectile watery droppings to clean up than sticky thick droppings that you get with birds on a dry- based diet. It's also more natural ie wild lorikeets have a normal small solid section to the dropping surrounded by lots of water ( urine)- never that white thick mix that our captive bred ones have.

I could tell just by looking at the birds which ones were reared on a mostly dry diet- they were the undersized birds, loose feathering and not a patch on the top birds when you compare them. As you can tell, I'm more in favour of a nectar-based diet, with some dry food and lots of vegies and fruit. But there are lots of differing opinions as you can see from my post and VR1Tons.

I guess what I'm saying is that if the wet droppings concern you, then maybe they're not for you.

If you house them properly, keep them clean, and feed them properly then they are lots of fun and beautiful to look at and mostly breed well.

YOU SAW LINNIES WHAR?????????

Jayburd- there were greens, blues, mauves, cobalts and they were very cute!

A few linoletaeds there Jay , first time for me . $2000.00 pair other half just give me THAT look when I did my " I want I want I want " chant .

just you guys wait till I'm rich.

I think I'd have a collection of mauve's (I call them slates), cobalts, turquoise, creamino, and of course some normals