Quarantine for new birds

[LauraBird]

Hello,
I will be bringing new gouldian finches home tomorrow. I have a separate cage for them to be in, but want to know how much space should be in between the cages...

My big cage is in a computer room. It is a small room, but because it has its own doors that close, it's good for the cage in case someone escapes.

If I put the quarantine cage in the same room, the corners of the two cages would be about 5-6 feet apart. Is that enough to consider it a quarantine, or should the second cage be in a separate room?

Thanks, Laura

[debbie276]

The best would be separate rooms but if that's not possible as far away from each other that they can be.

[Sally]

I agree, next room would be best, but you make do with what you can. Just be sure to wash your hands between handling cages/birds. It is usually best to work with your old birds first, then wash hands and work with the new birds, so you don't carry anything back and forth.

[LauraBird]

Ok...I guess upstairs in an extra bedroom it is!

So...is quarantine supposed to be a full 30 days?

[cindy]

Some quarantine for 30 to 90 days. I think it depends on the source you purchased your birds from and if domestic or wild caught the length of time you quarantine.

[dunker817]

For my cockatiels the general consensus among other tiel people is two weeks. So that is what I did with my finches. They were kept in a separate room for two weeks and then added to the aviary. Of course none of my finches were wild caught. They came from a store from various breeders.