Flighty Owl Finches
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:54 am
This may be a dumb question, but I'm new to Owl finches, so I'll ask anyway.
I got a pair of owl finches last month. They're about 7 months old. They are some of the flightiest, most panicked birds I've seen. Any time anyone gets within three feet of the cage they're flinging themselves around to the point where I'm afraid they might actually hurt themselves. They are in a corner of the room where nobody has to walk past them constantly, but it's hard to change their food and water and cage when you can't get near them without really upsetting them.
They were shipped from Florida to Iowa and then driven from Iowa to Chicago, so I thought maybe they were just upset after all the transferring... but they haven't seemed to settle in at all yet. Is this because they're young? Because they're still getting adjusted to their home? Or is this just a characteristic of Owls?
I got a pair of owl finches last month. They're about 7 months old. They are some of the flightiest, most panicked birds I've seen. Any time anyone gets within three feet of the cage they're flinging themselves around to the point where I'm afraid they might actually hurt themselves. They are in a corner of the room where nobody has to walk past them constantly, but it's hard to change their food and water and cage when you can't get near them without really upsetting them.
They were shipped from Florida to Iowa and then driven from Iowa to Chicago, so I thought maybe they were just upset after all the transferring... but they haven't seemed to settle in at all yet. Is this because they're young? Because they're still getting adjusted to their home? Or is this just a characteristic of Owls?