I currently have eight finches in my finch cage. Upon reading up on some other finch websites I saw that some sites said that my cage was way overcroweded with finches. I talked to some other people and e-mailed some owners of finch websites as well as some finch breeders, ect. I got a very mixed review of how many finches should be in my cage. Some people said I should only keep two finches and another person said I could keep as many as eight finches in the cage.
I just took measurements of the cage and it is:
Height: 2'8"
Width: 1'8"
Length: 2'10"
How many finchs do you think I should be able to keep in a cage this size?
How many finches?
- hilljack13
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- EmilyHurd
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Hi,
according to the "how many will fit" calculator on finchinfo.com, it says your cage can fit 2-3 birds. Finches need more room to fly horizontal then they need vertical.
although from my experience it really depends on the species. I like to give my finches plenty of flying room, but if you can't afford that then you have to deal with what you have. I wouldn't put any nests in that size cage with 8 finches. I personally would keep max 6 finches in that size cage, and would only do it with probably society finches.
according to the "how many will fit" calculator on finchinfo.com, it says your cage can fit 2-3 birds. Finches need more room to fly horizontal then they need vertical.
although from my experience it really depends on the species. I like to give my finches plenty of flying room, but if you can't afford that then you have to deal with what you have. I wouldn't put any nests in that size cage with 8 finches. I personally would keep max 6 finches in that size cage, and would only do it with probably society finches.