Is this beast a baby sparrow?? (Bob and Cede)

Kess73

Cool to think that Bob has been with you for over a year now. Given how long a goldfinch can live in captivity (and in the wild in some cases), here is to many more birhdays for Bob (and CeDe of course)

iamfromcork

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Not the Best of Pictures,I'll post a better one up when she settles down. She's has taken Bob's favorite spot for sleeping and he seems to be scared of her lol. Cede couldn't care less.

Alun

Cool! Where did you get her?

iamfromcork

Alun wrote: »

Cool! Where did you get her?

From a Guy in Dublin who lucky enough had one Goldfinch Hen for sale from last year

doctor evil

Have they settled?

j@utis

oh yes, they have CoCo is the boss now. Bob is running away scared. She pecks at him and terrorizes Cede too. Bob is going bold on his head because Coco is pulling his feathers out, they're having big fights everyday. But Coco is thriving with us. She's got very lively, jumping around the cage all day, pulling stuff apart & eating non stop. When we got her she was just sitting on the perch on the same spot all day, all puffed up and sleepy, eating very little, it didn't look good at all. We give them millet and other seed sticks to pick at and lettuce/dandelion leafs for greens, birds enjoy tearing them apart more than eating lol.

and by the way CeDe went missing today... Where's is CeDe!??! oh, there she is¬



in the ensuite bathroom upstairs. naughty, naughty. we're trying to keep windows closed in the house.

kincsem

Is that perch inside the cage in post #213 rigid, or bendable. Where did you get it, and what was the cost? Would it be suitable for outdoors? I have two feeder poles outside my kitchen window and it might be a nice landing area.

j@utis

you can bend that perch the way you need, it's made of separate pieces with joints, you can take it apart and put it back together in different shape if needed. pity, I don't know where to get them, this one came with the cage when we bought it (2nd hand).

iamfromcork

Hey , Bob and cede are doing well. Have a question about the female goldfinch Coco. She keeps puffing herself up and siting in the bottom of the cage or nest, found her under the press on the microwave today hiding, is she sick. Thnaks for any help

ThunderCat

iamfromcork wrote: »

Hey , Bob and cede are doing well. Have a question about the female goldfinch Coco. She keeps puffing herself up and siting in the bottom of the cage or nest, found her under the press on the microwave today hiding, is she sick. Thnaks for any help

I wouldnt be as clued up as others on here, but I have to say that doesn't sound good to me. Puffing the feathers up, hiding behind things and sitting at the bottom of the cage are signs of illness. I'd get the goldfinch to the vet asap and see if anything can be done for it. If money is an issue, you could always say thats it's a wild goldfinch. Think im right in saying vets treat wild birds for free. Best of luck anyway, fingers crossed.

I.S.T.

iamfromcork wrote: »

Hey , Bob and cede are doing well. Have a question about the female goldfinch Coco. She keeps puffing herself up and siting in the bottom of the cage or nest, found her under the press on the microwave today hiding, is she sick. Thnaks for any help

Sounds like she is ill. Best thing to do is keep her in the cage and in a warm location in the house. Keep the heating on. Take her to the vet that specialises in birds or small animals. Most normal vets deal with dogs, cats, rabbits, etc and don't have much experience with birds.

Traonach

ThunderCat wrote: »

I'd get the goldfinch to the vet asap and see if anything can be done for it. If money is an issue, you could always say thats it's a wild goldfinch. Think im right in saying vets treat wild birds for free.

I don't think the vets would be that stupid. They would know from it's behavior that it wasn't a wild bird. If they found out somebody was trying to rip them off they would give the owner's a heavy bill.

ThunderCat

Traonach wrote: »

I don't think the vets would be that stupid. They would know from it's behavior that it wasn't a wild bird. If they found out somebody was trying to rip them off they would give the owner's a heavy bill.

I don't think it's behaviour would give it away seeing as it's puffed up and not moving much but no doubt its plumage and feet would be in better condition than a wild goldfinch which would probably be noted by the vet. I havnt looked at the videos but if it's ringed then thats obviously a givaway too. Anways, hope the bird gets better.

swifts need our help!

This has all been fascinating especially when the Goldie was fed the wrong food. Goldfinch breed later than other finches because the feed their chicks on under ripe seeds

In the spring the Goldie will hugly benefit from being fed dandelion clocks and chickweed every day. Rowan berries to nibble on in August and September will improve the blaze colour. You could try red pepper pieces in July before the moult starts. Thistles when they turn to down will be very popular.

A daily bath will help the plumage.

Mark

artieanna

How's coco???

swifts need our help!

Assuming you are in Ireland/UK you need a license to keep native finches

Mark

iamfromcork

artieanna wrote: »

How's coco???

She's looking better, i keep the heating on most of the time and shes not sitting on the bottom of the cage anymore. Thanks for the advise

iamfromcork

swifts need our help! wrote: »

Assuming you are in Ireland/UK you need a license to keep native finches

Mark

First i've ever heard of this mark, coco is tagged and so is cede, bob was found half dead on the ground and the aviary person told us he was to use to humans to be left into the wild,(edit)

Judgement Day

swifts need our help! wrote: »

Assuming you are in Ireland/UK you need a license to keep native finches

Mark

Have you read the first post in this thread?

swifts need our help!

Of course. Over and over.

Are you referring to letting it go free? Not a good idea for a hand reared bird.

Mark

Judgement Day

swifts need our help! wrote: »

Of course. Over and over.

Are you referring to letting it go free? Not a good idea for a hand reared bird.

Mark

I just don't understand the purpose of your post? I agree that releasing a hand reared bird would be a bad idea.

iamfromcork

Judgement Day wrote: »

I just don't understand the purpose of your post? I agree that releasing a hand reared bird would be a bad idea.

Same here, no idea why he said it, googled it about a license and found nothing, and i never said i was releasing him. Think better off not paying attention to his comments

Kess73

swifts need our help! wrote: »

Assuming you are in Ireland/UK you need a license to keep native finches

Mark

I think folks would appreciate it if you could provide links that are valid for the Republic Of Ireland though, rather than just saying they need a license.

I know under UK law (and I think it may be similar in the ROI, but am open to correction on what it is here) that any rescued native finch that cannot be returned to the wild is exempt and Bob certainly falls under that as he was hand reared from such a young age.

Also under UK law probably the most important thing to be able to prove with any non rescue native finch that a person may have is that the bird was bred in captivity and was not taken from the wild. Normally this is proven by the closed ring put on the capivity bred bird's leg when it is young. Coco has such a ring on her.

swifts need our help!

I'm definitely not being nasty about this just pointing out that a license may be required in ROI but ...

The law in ROI states that -
All native birds kept in captivity must be rung with a continuous metal band.

No license is required

In NI, England, Scotland and Wales all keepers of allowed native birds require a licence and must be available for a once a year visit to check records. Breeders must keep a "stud book".

Mark

Traonach

iamfromcork wrote: »

Same here, no idea why he said it, googled it about a license and found nothing, and i never said i was releasing him. Think better off not paying attention to his comments

I don't think Mark was up to any mischief. I think this is what he is concerned about.
http://www.petwatch.net/browse_animals/birds/13-goldfinch

Kess73

swifts need our help! wrote: »

I'm definitely not being nasty about this just pointing out that a license may be required in ROI but ...

The law in ROI states that -
All native birds kept in captivity must be rung with a continuous metal band.

No license is required

In NI, England, Scotland and Wales all keepers of allowed native birds require a licence and must be available for a once a year visit to check records. Breeders must keep a "stud book".

Mark

Well it would seem that all is in order for Coco then as she is in the ROI and is a ringed bird. Did not think you were being nasty in any way though, I just thought that if you had a link for the ROI that it would explain your point a little better for folks and then they would see where you were coming from.

j@utis

Sorry to say ,but Coco died today at 1 o clock. We got her a heat lamp ,she enjoyed herself for her last week but she was almost 8 years old .
Here's BoB and Cede http://j-tv.me/uWOaB9

IrishHomer

j@utis wrote: »

Sorry to say ,but Coco died today at 1 o clock. We got her a heat lamp ,she enjoyed herself for her last week but she was almost 8 years old .
Here's BoB and Cede http://j-tv.me/uWOaB9

Thanks for sharing your truly wonderfull epic story what more can I say, I will always remember your magical story forever fair play and sorry for your loss but thats life.

You gave it a life from the brink of death you were remarkable.

Sundew

Sorry to hear about Coco but delighted that Bob is going strong !
Still the best thread on boards, pity about it getting sidetracked :cool:

Hope you will give us more updates on the exploits of Bob and Cede

Alun

Oh dear, so sorry to hear about CoCo Do Bob and CeDe miss her?