Proper nutrition for breeding zebra finches

[Andi3535]

Good morning! Although I’m no stranger to owning birds, I am new to owning zebra finches. They are doing great! Bought the female on sale for 75% off because she was all alone!! And had been at that store for over a year. So then of course I needed to find her a mate. They bonded almost immediately. They just started using their nest last night and today i successfully have seen them mate. I offer high quality seed diet mixed with fruit blend zupreeem for finches and fresh greens and millet spray. I saw some stuff about offering more protein. What do you all suggest is best? Thank you!!
Andi

 

[expressmailtome]

Bump.

 

[Reshah]

you would feed them soaked or sprouted seed, eggfood and greens. you could also offer a dish of pellets like lafeber finch pellets. eggfood can be bought or homemade from mashed boiled eggs. You should feed them this diet for a week or two prior to giving them a nest box. You should also have calcium grit available in a little cup for them to eat. I make my grit out of ground up eggshells and a few other ingredients. I would provide then with a liquid calcium supplement, d3 supplement for a few days when you add the nest and also when the clutch starts getting layed.

Additionally the nest box should be taken as soon as you are done raising a clutch or they will lay clutch after clutch. This species is not appropriate for nest sleeping as it will lead to over population and cronich egg laying.

 

[Love My Zons]

Egg food Protein is a great offering for breeders. Higgins has one, it's something you can mix with water to a mash consistency.