Gory details

[diinin]

One of my white heads sometimes likes to sleep in an open nest with one of my spices, but for the most part they (mine, at least) are NOT buddy-type birds, so I wouldn't count on one making friends with an owl.

So does the white-head need to be kept in pairs at all? Or do they still need one of their own kind even tho they're not cuddlers?

Will a GB escape with 1/2" wire? Singing Wings says they use 1/2" and theirs only try to get out when they're trying to catch them.

[Sally]

Sally, can the goldbreasts escape 1/2" wiring? I'm still looking for a cage, and 3/8" are hard to find, and sometimes not very attractive. I'm also concerned that the tighter wires will make it still harder to see my birds.

My GBs are in galvanized wire cages that have 1/2" x 1" mesh, and I have not had any escapee problems with that mesh. The only time it was a problem was when I had removed all the waterers for the night so I could medicate the next morning, and when I went to put up the medicated tube waterers, I had 3 GBs in one cage and one in another! Finally figured out that one of the males had flown out thru the hole I have to cut for the waterers, which makes a 1" x 1" opening, and then flew in thru the opening in the other cage! My three GB babies that just fledged try their darndest to squeeze thru the mesh, but none have ever made it. I also have had GBs in the HQ double flight, and it has some serious gaps in it, yet have never had a problem with escapees.

And my Yellow-faced Star hen had a Red-faced Star mate, they raised many babies before I finally found a Yellow-faced Star male for her.