can I keep a male finch alone?
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:09 pm
.... so I have a dilemma:
I rescued a finch (mannikin) 6 weeks ago
Two days ago, I rescued another mannikin finch
Yesterday I rescued a third.
I don't know, and have no way of finding out (I live in rural Ghana and I am not a bird expert) but I think that my original finch is a male, the second rescue is a female and the third rescue is a male. As a result, from looking at their behavior, I have separated the third rescue from the two others. (this wasn't an easy decision but it was being territorial over the original bird and is bigger. it also has a broken wing and I had to chose one and the original one is heavily imprinted on me).
I know how lonely these birds get so I can hope for a 4th rescue but otherwise, I have set it up alone. So my question is, is it going to be unhappy and therefore if it is, is it humane to keep it? (Unfortunately there is no real alternative except for to 'humanely' kill it - somewhat of a contradiction, but with its broken wing, it will not survive in the wild I don't think). It is reasonably likely that there might be another lost/abandoned fledgling that might be happy to pair up with it - its the time of year where I come across several fledglings in trouble).
I rescued a finch (mannikin) 6 weeks ago
Two days ago, I rescued another mannikin finch
Yesterday I rescued a third.
I don't know, and have no way of finding out (I live in rural Ghana and I am not a bird expert) but I think that my original finch is a male, the second rescue is a female and the third rescue is a male. As a result, from looking at their behavior, I have separated the third rescue from the two others. (this wasn't an easy decision but it was being territorial over the original bird and is bigger. it also has a broken wing and I had to chose one and the original one is heavily imprinted on me).
I know how lonely these birds get so I can hope for a 4th rescue but otherwise, I have set it up alone. So my question is, is it going to be unhappy and therefore if it is, is it humane to keep it? (Unfortunately there is no real alternative except for to 'humanely' kill it - somewhat of a contradiction, but with its broken wing, it will not survive in the wild I don't think). It is reasonably likely that there might be another lost/abandoned fledgling that might be happy to pair up with it - its the time of year where I come across several fledglings in trouble).