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Hello!

I have two conures that have been in the same cage for some time now, and my other cage is starting to look empty and lonely. I had thought about another parrot but I don't think I can manage a third bird that is out with me all the time when I am home. Remembering a beautiful aviary I saw at a local garden store full of cute finches, I thought this might be a nice solution.

The cage I have is this:

http://www.wayfair.com/AandE-Cage-Co.-P ... C1048.html

It is 32" wide and 21" deep, and the bar spacing is 1/2". It is the largest cage I could find with small bar spacing.

I have been hearing all sorts of things in terms of sizes. I checked the calculator provided in a sticky on this forum which indicated that the cage could house 2 to 3 finches. To be honest, I was hoping to have a few more than that, maybe 5 or 6 with no intentions of breeding. In part for appearances (more colours, more singing, yadda yadda) but also because 2-3 just doesn't seem like enough to be a happy group, and it seems like a good recipe for bullying (2 vs 1).

So, what are your thoughts? Think I could go up to 4? Or maybe if they were pairs it would be easier? Is the cage suitable with 1/2" bar spacing?

i have 2 cages like this. both of them have 4 birds each. everyone seems happy and healthy with this set up

Nice cage. I think it's going to depend on which finches you choose to put in there. It's a great idea to house just males or just females to prevent breeding. Personally I would go with the males for their color and no risk of egg binding.
All male gouldians would be a good choice because they are so calm. I would think 4 or 5 male goulds would be fine as long as there was no breeding going on. Society males would be another good choice. Was there a particular breed you were interested in?

debbie276 wrote:Nice cage. I think it's going to depend on which finches you choose to put in there. It's a great idea to house just males or just females to prevent breeding. Personally I would go with the males for their color and no risk of egg binding.
All male gouldians would be a good choice because they are so calm. I would think 4 or 5 male goulds would be fine as long as there was no breeding going on. Society males would be another good choice. Was there a particular breed you were interested in?

i guess i should have been a little more specific one of the cages has my 4 female gouldians and the other one has my 4 baby gouldians that recently weened. i have twice as many males, so they live in my large 6' flight. they're just so pretty, i can't part with any of them! bird hoarding aside, they all get along fine and seem to have enough space to keep them all happy

No, no particular breed yet. Some of them I find prettier than others but I have to do more research on individual species

Until very recently, I had that cage, with four zebras in it. There were occasional squabbles, especially at evening roosting time, but for the most part okay. If you go with a less pushy species than zebras, I think you would be fine with four birds in there.
Do let us all know what you fill it with!