Badly Plucked Owl Finch

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henrietta
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Re: Badly Plucked Owl Finch

Post by henrietta » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:23 pm

henrietta wrote: I have no experience with owl finches, but I'm pretty sure he was singing today so I think he's a boy.
lol nope, she's a girl :} That was not singing, just chirping with style.
Zebrafincher wrote: Hows your little one doing??? We're all following, hoping he/she is OK.
:)
Well, she's doing pretty good as far as I can tell. No feathers have regrown or anything remarkable, but the sore has healed over and she seems much happier. She LOVES her heat lamp, I honestly don't think I'll ever take it away lol It's her favorite thing to do. She also loves egg a lot. It's pretty cute, I give it to her in the morning before work and in the afternoon when I get home and both times, as soon as I put it in the bowl she flies over and starts eating before my hand's out of the cage :}

She sits fluffed up and sleeps a lot, and I know that's a bad sign, but I kind of figure it has to do being so badly plucked.
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Re: Badly Plucked Owl Finch

Post by debbie276 » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:28 pm

So glad she's doing so much better in your care! :) =D>
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Re: Badly Plucked Owl Finch

Post by ac12 » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:55 pm

Eating egg is good. =D>
Sometime it takes a long time to get them to eat egg.
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Re: Badly Plucked Owl Finch

Post by Ember » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:35 pm

Poor little finch :( at least he was lucky enough to be seen by someone like you!
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