Austerity diet for Goudlians...

ac12 · Post by **ac12** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:42 am

Tiffany
I check the shipping to Calif...OUCH !!!
But, I will probably have to do it once I get a pair of gouldians.
Unfortunately, as I would be ordering the small bags, the shipping cost would be highest per pound than the bigger bags.

Wonder if any other Gouldian owners are in Northern Calif, and we can split an order to save shipping.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:06 am

Which one were you looking to order?

I bought the 11lb bag of the Austerity not really thinking about it - and it is a LOT of seed. There's no way I'll use it all before the expiration.

I even already sent two lbs of it to a guy in CA who wanted to try it, and I've still got probably 8lbs or more left over.

I'd be happy to send you some to try..

ac12 · Post by **ac12** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:49 pm

I was going to get the smaller, 4 pound, bag of all 3 mixes.
If you can't use up 11 pounds, there would be no way I could.
Do you have the 3 different mixes?

I don't have the gouldian...yet.
I need to build another coroplast cage for the gouldians, but the plastic shop no longer carries coroplast. So I have to find another source.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:56 pm

ac12 wrote:I was going to get the smaller, 4 pound, bag of all 3 mixes.
If you can't use up 11 pounds, there would be no way I could.
Do you have the 3 different mixes?

I don't have the gouldian...yet.
I need to build another coroplast cage for the gouldians, but the plastic shop no longer carries coroplast. So I have to find another source.

11 lbs of the Austerity.. I got through 11 lbs of the other two in about 2-3 months or so..
It's just the Austerity is only given so often throughout the year and only for up to 4 weeks at a time, so I just didn't quite burn through it like I was thinking I might..

I do have the 3 different mixes but the only one I have "surplus" of that I could donate off is the Austerity mix..

maru · Post by **maru** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:12 am

I only have had gouldians for about a year, and I haven´t breed. Two months ago I got five more gouldians. I have always given them the same seed mix, it´s the Premium Blend from Kaytee, for finches. Do you recommend it? I live in Mexico and here I haven´t found specific food for gouldians, and I can´t ship it from the US, since I would need to have an import permission or something like that to bring seeds; the only thing I could do to improve the mix would be to buy seeds at the market and add them to the mix, depending on the time of the year. Is this ok? What do you suggest?

Post by **Sally** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:24 am

You have to work with what is available, and as long as it is a name brand, you are probably OK. To me, just as important as ingredients is whether or not the seed is fresh, as the old seed has less nutritional value and more likely to be passed over by the finches. You could go to this site: www.fabulousfinches.com. See what seeds are used in those mixes, and see which of them you can get at the market to offer them. You will probably have to experiment a bit to see what they will eat. Put small dishes of each new seed in their cage and see what they will eat.

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