when should the nest be removed?

rafadiaz · Post by **rafadiaz** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:01 pm

My pair of zebra finches had 3 babies, do I remove the nest when the babies fly out (~3 weeks old) or do I just clean it at that time and remove it completly in 1-2 months?

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:28 pm

Once all the babies leave the nest, you should be able to take the nest out, they will sleep on a perch or on the bottom of the cage. If you leave the nest in long enough the parents may lay a 2nd clutch of eggs.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:18 pm

jamezyboo21 wrote: If you leave the nest in long enough the parents may lay a 2nd clutch of eggs.

WILL lay a second clutch

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:11 pm

when it comes to zebras there is no MAY involved in laying a second clutch, it is a certainty

Harrison1 · Post by **Harrison1** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:58 am

I beg to differ

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:15 am

beg all you want

but please tell us your reasons for differing.
I had zebras for years & any time I left a nest in the aviary they always raised more than one clutch of young

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:21 pm

Mickp your right. I have about 15 pair of zebra finches plus another 10 or 20 that haven no pairs yet. i have had 4 nests full of babie fledge so far and 2 pairs of two nests have started there 2nd clutch except they are using diffrent nests this time around.

williep · Post by **williep** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:09 am

With Zebras the question is not how to get them to breed it's how to stop them breeding. I've found this much harder to manage. What’s even harder is to try and stop them breeding in a mixed aviary!

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:23 am

I had to seperate my zebras into diffrent cages because i dont want them breeding since i will be moving down to florida soon. I know if i left them together they would keep on breeding and i dont want to be moving nest and babies around and stressing the parents.