What is normal zebra finch poop?
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:17 pm
My pair currently have a 2 week old baby and an egg that is a few days old. When I first got them their poop seemed fine. My boy is not of concern but by girl seems to have poops that are a tan-orange color and watery. My boys have been a constant white and gray. I don't know if it has to do with an illness or having a baby. I did notice once she started feeding that her poop decreased in amount. She is active, takes baths, preens, comes out and eats a lot, explores, but is mostly in the nest with her baby. I just wanted to make sure that everything is ok. She is in the nest in the morning, and she will come out a few times to interact with my boy, in the afternoon sometimes she will come out and sit on the perch and look out the window.
I had read that if the poop isn't "black and white" it's not a good thing. They are provided with clean water, liquid vitamins maybe 3 times a week, a finch seed mix with several seeds, fruits, oats, songbird seed, dried greens, millet, and I give them egg food as well as soft boiled eggs mashed and crushed shells and cuttlebone whole and crushed (seperate, not on food or in water).
She seems healthy and happy but I just wanted to make sure. I am not sure if theres anything specific I can do. She doesn't seem to sit in one spot puffed up, she doesn't shiver, and she doesn't look sick.
I had read that if the poop isn't "black and white" it's not a good thing. They are provided with clean water, liquid vitamins maybe 3 times a week, a finch seed mix with several seeds, fruits, oats, songbird seed, dried greens, millet, and I give them egg food as well as soft boiled eggs mashed and crushed shells and cuttlebone whole and crushed (seperate, not on food or in water).
She seems healthy and happy but I just wanted to make sure. I am not sure if theres anything specific I can do. She doesn't seem to sit in one spot puffed up, she doesn't shiver, and she doesn't look sick.
