FINCHforum

1. Do any of you house your finches with other speices?
2.Do you let your finches out in your house?
3.Are your finches used to human contact?
4.Do you get your finches to step up etc?

1. yes as long as they are compatible and have enough room to get away from each other.
2. Never by choice, too many things that could hurt them. If you could close off a "finch safe" room I don't see a problem with it though.
3. No, though they may come to the side of the cage to see you they are not "pet able".
4. No finch that I have heard of yet has been able to "step-up" etc

What kind of finches do you have? There are a very few out there that interact with their owners but not like a parrot would.

My answer is no to all 4 questions.
I like that my finches are perfectly happy without living with other species and requiring human contact. They prefer other finches over humans. As far as letting them loose goes I never would. Anytime a bird gets loose it causes stress on it as well as all the other birds still caged as I catch it. Maybe others have different experiences but in my opinion finches don't want to be treated like hookbills.

1. Nope, just Gouldians. I used to have Gouldians, zebras, societies, CBs all together. They not only got along, they were breeding.

2. Yes, their cage is in a bird safe room. They don't fly around, they just want to be with me.

3. Yes, they were all raised by me.

4. The hens will. They are extremely tame. The males are a little more independent.

They like to come out of the cage and just sit in my hand. I think it makes them feel secure.

No...to all the above.

No to all four questions with an exception to number four. I know someone who has trained finches to step up and they even stepped up to my fingers BUT it takes constant daily training - ongoing 24/7/365. It is not something everyone can or should attempt and I. would not recommend it. It takes a special and extremely dedicated person.

No to all.

1. Yes, making sure they are compatible.
2. No.
3. Mostly no, but some are more comfortable with me than others.
4. No.

And I'm going to move this to the General Questions forum, since it really doesn't have anything to do with Health.