South American Warbling Finches?

Weavers.com · Post by **Weavers.com** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:10 pm

A pet store that i buy all my birds from has a new pair of birds. they are south american warblers

. does anybody know anything about this species. the female is incubating eggs right now so i dont think i want to get them now and disturb her but she seems to sit very tight and the manager says they do nest checks frequently and she has never abandoned the nest. Along with basic care responses could you tell me if taking them home would cause them to abandon their eggs

any answers and links would be great,

thanks

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:34 pm

uh.. I am a novice..
Is this the one?
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBi ... rbler.html

If that is the one, maybe someone else has some advice..

Post by **Sally** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:58 am

Where are you located, Weavers? I don't know anything about warblers, but if we know where you are from, it would help in coming up with some information for you. Maybe someone else on here will know about them.

BillD - if Weavers is in the US, I doubt that is the bird, since it is listed as breeding in the Eastern US and on the Audubon watchlist, perhaps to be placed on the endangered list--so it wouldn't be for sale in the US, I don't think. If Weavers is from a different country, different story. I went to the National Finch & Softbill site to see if they had any info, but their species section is down for maintenance.

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:03 am

sorry Sally.. my ignorance.

Post by **Sally** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:09 am

Oh, no, Bill, I may be completely wrong. After all, sparrows are all over the US, but since they aren't considered a native, it is not illegal to keep them in cages. If those warblers you linked to are not considered natives, it may be OK to keep them. I just figured with the Audubon watchlist, they probably aren't very common.

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:22 am

Thanks Sally.. guess we need to hear more from Weavers.com

I'll always accept corrections from you our anyone else. I'm a novice and I will gladly like to hear from everyone else. Thanks for more info on my post. Hope it helps Weavers.com.

Weavers.com · Post by **Weavers.com** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:52 pm

that looks similar to the pair at the store Bill. it's probably not the same species but similar. i am located on the east coast of the US Sally but i'm not sure if that helps. does anyone know if buying the pair will cause them to abandon there eggs because i'm hopefully getting them this week unless you guys think the femalr will abandon her clutch.

Any other care information would be great

franny · Post by **franny** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:21 pm

I would hesitate to move them right now. Will the store hold them for you there until the babies are hatched, at least, and preferably until fledged? A bit risky I guess, to pay for them, and maybe have something happen to them before you get to take them home. But maybe you could work something out with the store. I'd hate to see them abandon the eggs because of a move...

Weavers.com · Post by **Weavers.com** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:00 pm

thanks Fran, i'll see if i can work something out with the store. i would hate for it to be my fault for moving them and making them abandon their clutch. Still does anyone know if they need any specialized care compared to other finches?

Thanks

franny · Post by **franny** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:13 pm

Warblers are mainly insect eaters, so I imagine that aside from the usual live food (mealworms, aphids, termites, fruit flies...) you could feed them all sorts of dried insects such as bloodworms, ant "eggs", mixed bugs, and probably a diet similar to what you would feed pekin robins and other softbills?

Here's a site that gives some "formulas" for feeding rescued baby robins, etc. I imagine these formulas would be good to feed the parents if they are feeding babies.

http://naturesnotebook.org/orphanedrobins.html

What are they feeding them in the store?