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Hope I got this in the right section...

I have 4 society finches (2 pairs, I presume) in one of the Prevue 30X20X40 Flight Cages. I noticed that one of the females had lost her tail feathers and assumed that it was "natural"... This afternoon I looked over and thought two were fighting over a piece of millet spray.....Oh, no... one was tugging on the tail feathers of the other female.. He pulled out 3 big ones all at once then jumped up to one of the nests!!!

Do I need to separate him (I assume it's a him since he "sings")? Or should I put more nesting material in the cage?

Societies are known (as are other finches) to pull on other's tail feathers to try pulling tem away from the food. Try adding another food dish or two and a couple millet sprays in different places when giving them spray millet

If they are going to the nest, try more nesting material and different kinds. See if that helps.
You can use the following as a cage substrate and they can play with it all they want.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... d=11209377

managermania wrote:If they are going to the nest, try more nesting material and different kinds. See if that helps.
You can use the following as a cage substrate and they can play with it all they want.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... d=11209377

Is something similar sold at bird marts? I'm hoping to go to one this weekend.

I think I saw it at our last bird mart. It should be at almost any pet store though. I am loving it so far. It dries quick, no odor, and gentle nesting material.

managermania wrote:I think I saw it at our last bird mart. It should be at almost any pet store though. I am loving it so far. It dries quick, no odor, and gentle nesting material.

Thanks, I'm guessing it's not in the bird section at the pet store, but first I'll wait to see if there's a good price at the bird mart.

Thanks All

I spread around the food bowls and millet sprays. Added more nesting material.

Next I need to get them a tube waterer. I'm changing their water bowl 3x/day and it is loaded with you-know-what every3-4 hours!

Poor dears look like they've been docked (like my Corgi, Sayrah!)

I would be adding more lining material for the nests such as sterilized feathers or even hessian/wool strips as these are soft and warm. It maybe bullying over food but if he is taking feathers to nest that would be leading me to think that now he is starting to line the nest.