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Hi friends.

I am having some problems with 4 societies. I brought them to my aviary 2 weeks ago and set 2 nests (the external box kind) for them to sleep. Usually all societies that I have had slept in their nest in their first week, but this ones don’t seem to like their nests. They sleep on the perch. Do you have some advice to make them to sleep in the nest?

some of my societies only use the nest when they either have eggs or young, the rest of the year they sleep on the perches.
the aviary will still feel new to them, just give them time and they will probably start sleeping in there again

Maybe change where the nests are located? Unfortunately you can't "make" finches do anything, though I'm surprised they haven't discovered the nests. They'll be fine sleeping on a perch if they don't. If you have both males and females, be prepared for the consequences if they do discover the nests, though!

Well I am planning to breed them but I am pretty sure that this 4 are all males. I know they discovered the nest because I see son feathers and seed husks inside of one of the nest so I guess they were inside some time. For me is something new because between my societies these are the firsts that don’t sleep inside the nest.

Could be that they are just used to the wicker kind of nest. Hopefully they will decide to use what you've provided. Good luck.

Just give them time and see if they decide to use the nest or not. Sometimes they will accept there nest and sometimes they prefer the perch or another style nest. I tried a wooden nest box before and they slept on top of it, but when i added the wicker nest they all piled into it the first night.

Did the place where you got them from have nests for them? Maybe they are just not used to having one to sleep in?? Mine had a nest in their cage and there was always a pile of them in it. It did take them a few days to go into the nest I've had for them, but they didn't sleep on the perches they slept on top of the box, lol!

Renee