Aussie Finch Forum

Hi which kinds of foods would be best to give zebras when they are breeding i want them to be on a good diet so no egg bound happens

Would apple be good

A finch seed mixture...fresh hard boiled eggs grated mixed 50/50 with a commercial dried eggfood.Don't let it go stale if it's hot there...little and often.
Supply grated cuttlefish bone,oystershell...and the egg shells you have left over...microwave two minutes on full...crush 'em and mix the lot.Plenty of calcium there for the birds.
Don't overdue the greenfood...couple of times a week.They may go for apple...or not.
Give you a tip with zebras...don't give 'em too much nesting material...The cocks have a habit of building a new nest on top of the eggs....over and over.You can finish up with an egg sandwich

Dean, egg binding is not a common occurence. the post in which I mentioned it was the first time it has happened to one of my birds in all the years I have had finches.

mickp wrote:Dean, egg binding is not a common occurence. the post in which I mentioned it was the first time it has happened to one of my birds in all the years I have had finches.

I've heard that having a yard full of junk can bring it on...That's probably why Micks' bird got it...

ouch that almost hurt my feelings.
easy to see the rubbish in my yard though, with all the sunshine and great weather we have ;)

That's true....



Sorry Dean...You'll have to get used to us two.

Don't worry my yard is like that to sometimes

every forum has it's lunatics (trying to be polite here ) that are always trying to get a bite from each other. Paul has a fair advantage over me, he is puter literate

You should see mine grass is a metre high.for seed heads,The chop burner and myself have a good agreement.she mows her part of the property and i leave mine to seed.

can they have any live food