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I found my female star finch dead on the floor of my other aviary this morning.
She didn't appear to look out of the ordinary at all, hadn't been acting sickly, was eating and drinking normally, and flying around just as active as she always was. She wasn't egg bound (I made sure to feel for an egg) and no signs of a wet vent. I'm thinking she either passed from a freak heart attack, or possibly a night fright, and hit something. (I have a night light on, just in case)

As a precaution, I wormed all the birds in that aviary, and treated them all with Scatt (I think the male has a severe case of ASM, because while catching him today, he was making a very heavy wheezing sound ) and trimmed all their nails (only 2 bleeders!) before moving them into their new, bright and clean aviary. Everyone seems to be doing well, and I've not seen any other signs of illness in the other birds.

So sorry for your loss

sorry for your loss

Sorry to hear about your female star. Your probably right about a night fright which may have lead to a heart attack or even smashing into a wall. As for asm in the male it might he that he's a bit unfit and when trying to catch him he may have been out of breath, I find this alot with my canaries as they get lazy out of breeding season but won't hurt to give him scatt as a precautionary basis.

sorry to hear

Sorry you lost your hen, Brady....I hope the rest of our flock stays healthy...

It's always an unpleasant shock finding a finch that died unexpectedly. So sorry for your loss.

very sorry to hear, hope all of the others continue to do fine!!!!

Hey Brady. Sorry to hear about your star. Hope everyone else remains healthy and happy,

Jenny