Finches & Parakeets

Pixy · Post by **Pixy** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:47 pm

Can finches and parakeets live together in the same cage?

Post by **Sally** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:14 pm

I've never tried it, but everything I've read says it is not a good idea. The parakeets have such a strong bill, and they can bite off the toes of the little finches.

Thalia · Post by **Thalia** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:19 pm

I wouldn't, hookbills (parakeets etc) have very strong beaks and can be nasty little critters to boot! Maybe in a large aviary that had a lot of places for the finches to get away from the 'keets, but even then I'd worry about a territorial keet harming or killing the wee finches

jabo322 · Post by **jabo322** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:14 am

I tried it once, a couple of years ago, but after a few days the keet became a little too pushy and had to be moved.

lyderbug · Post by **lyderbug** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:37 am

Def a big no no. I used to have parakeets a long time ago. I adored them, but one got very territorial and didn't allow the second to eat.

Two cages is def best two those two types of birds