Rescued Finch - What is it?

phil215 · Post by **phil215** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:42 am

Help!

I friend of mine rescued a finch yesterday after it flew into a window at her work.

I am after some advice as to what it is and whether its Male / Female, Old / Young.

It may have a slight injury on the back of its neck as it seems to have lost some feathers there.

I now have it in a spare cage and it seems to be eating well. Not sure how long it was in the wild (its been pretty chilly in the uk the last couple of nights)

This is a picture of him/her

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

phil215 · Post by **phil215** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:55 am

Ooops that link should be http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l309/ ... C00027.jpg

saragoescrazy · Post by **saragoescrazy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:28 am

Looks to me like a female zebra finch, although I'm not a finch expert, but I'm pretty sure it would be... especially if it has little lines on its tail feathers...

I'm not sure how old it would be though... good luck with her I'm glad she's a bit happier now that she's not flying wild anymore...

saragoescrazy · Post by **saragoescrazy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:29 am

By the way, to show the lines... this one is a good version this is the one yours looks like to me:

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:32 am

I agree... a Zebra hen. I wouldn't worry about the missing feathers as they have a tendency to pluck each others feathers while grooming.

She's lucky to be alive.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:41 am

i totally agree with the rest ,its certainly a zebra finch

ken