
Two little finches came home with me tonight: white Society and a Spice finch. I could not remember off hand if the two could be housed together but I decided to get them anyway. What a relief when I returned home, did some searching, and found out that they would be OK.
I saw 2 beautiful Star finches there, but they were $70 each

My two little guys, Sugar and Spice, are sitting very quietly, won't even move.

I read that Spice's song or sounds are v. delicate; I can't wait to hear it, hopefully tomorrow morning.
I can only imagine how noisy my parrots will be once they hear new birdie noises in the a.m.
Well, as soon as I opened their cage and got my camera closer, they did move

Please meet Sugar & Spice.


They both need nail trimming but I will give them a day to rest first.
And speaking of looooong nails. Several Spice finches I saw today had extremely long nails. Their nails were like circles - when a bird was perching, his nails would circle the entire width of the perch. As I was watching them, trying to decide which Spice was going home with me, I noticed one that acted as he was stuck to a perch. He actually could not take off because of his nails!!! I have never seen anything like that and of course pointed that to the sales associate, but I wonder if they do anything about it. Poor finch.
I will be visiting that pet store again w/in a few days and I will check on their nails.