queer actions from my finches

[darrenjackson1]

Hi when im letting my other pets out in the mornings, i tend to take the cover off the cage and talk to the birds and make sure they are both well , i talk to them for a minute or two and wait for them to sing back at me as they usually do lol, do you think im mad do ya do ya do ya

[lovemyfinch]

I don't think you are crazy in any which way. Of course this is coming from "the crazy bird lady", or so they say.

Have you tried greeting your boyfriend in the same way maybe he is just jealous

[darrenjackson1]

thank you all for being so kind as to put up with my qestions, but i have a few more to ask, we now have 5 eggs and the fifth one is 3 days old now , we are listening into the parents who seem to be geting aggressive with each other , i caught one being swung around by the beak about 5 minutes ago and theres a full squabble going on, an you tell me if this is normal behaviour ??

Also whats this tossing about, why would a parent toss a hik from the nest and is there anything to prevent this from happening,

again thank you for all your input and believe me , im very grateful for any advice , thank you Kim

[ac12]

I have not had any of my zebra pairs do that to each other.
I've seen my males get into a beak fencing fight and one will grab the other birds beak and swing him about under the perch.

I would say to keep an eye on them to see which one is being aggressive and WATCH the condition of the other bird. You don't want one of them to get injured.

Worse case, remove the male, and leave the hen with the eggs.

Tossing in my case happens on the day the bird hatches. And then it is is deliberate, where the bird will pick up the hatchling and take it out of the nest. Other times it might be accidental where the hatchling gets tangled in the parents foot when it leaves the nest and gets dragged out. This can happen at any time.

One possible reason for tossing is lack of food. To eliminate this as a possibility, do not let the food dish go low and don't let the egg food run out for very long. If you can't be home all the time, start giving them commercial dry egg food or miracle meal. These will keep longer than fresh eggs which will spoil after a few hours.