AboutMegan Expertise I an answer any questions on FINCHES NOT CANARIES. I know how to tell what pair will be good parents, bad parents, sociable with other finches, unsociable and anything else you may wish to know about your feathered friend.
Please note: from now on anyone who emails me directly will be ignored. I am unsure how some questioners are getting my personal email address but I will no longer even look at these emails.
Experience I own finches, have read handbooks on how to care for them,and have researched the internet dry on finches.
Organizations Northern Alberta Caged Bird Society
Publications There are no publications but I do have a website: www.finefeatheredfinch.com
Question My Zebra finch just have 3 babies, but i have noticed that they have a sack on its neck with food, it does not look comfortable or normal. Is it?
Answer It sounds like you are describing the crop of the babies. This perfectly fine. As long as the parents aren't feeding the babies seed then you don't have worry. If they are you may lose your babies. Even if they aren't I would suggest taking out food that has large seeds in it. The babies won't be able to digest these large seeds so they will get stuck somewhere along the way and start to rot in the baby, killing it.
www.finefeatheredfinch.com is a website I have that has an eggfood recipe on it that is excellent for the parents to feed their babies
