"The Finch Scrapbook, 2025- updates".

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

Inger, you are soooooooooooooooo right buttttttttttttttttt...
The Rb is already experimenting with the finch noises, God help us.

Like... meep meep MEEEEEEEEEP!
[dial volume up to abut 100 decibels]

That reminds me ..What does a 300 lb canary say?

 

[LaManuka]

That reminds me ..What does a 300 lb canary say?

Something like this, perhaps??

 

[GaleriaGila]

That reminds me ..What does a 300 lb canary say?

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... whatever it wants?

 

[GaleriaGila]

Something like this, perhaps??

AAAAAEEEEEEEEIARRRRRGHrrrrrrrrrRRRRrrrRRReeeEEEEK!

Oh, Heckkkkkkkkkkkk Yeah!
Hmmmmmm... reminds me of somebody... something... somehow...

 

[GaleriaGila]

Annnnnnnnnnnnd in my continuing finch rapture... it seems that the next big thing is... conversion to pellets.
I am told that the best course is to have multiples cups around the cage, some with seeds, some with pellets, some mixed Supposedly they realize pellets are food. Then the seed is gradually lessened.
THIS IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I THOUGHT!
But... the finches will not outsmart me.

I may even have to join a Finch Forum! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I don't speak a word of Finch.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Forgive me for complicating things.
This is a separate thread I made about toys... I wish I had kept everything here. Sorry for confusion.

Thread 'FINCH TOYS???'

Mar 12, 2025

Anybody here got a little pile of finch/canary toys?
Simple stuff... rings, swings, itsy-bitsy perch-accessories?
I'll pay shipping, postage, plus a thank you gift!

• GaleriaGila
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• Forum: Member Toy Exchange

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[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

Annnnnnnnnnnnd in my continuing finch rapture... it seems that the next big thing is... conversion to pellets.
I am told that the best course is to have multiples cups around the cage, some with seeds, some with pellets, some mixed Supposedly they realize pellets are food. Then the seed is gradually lessened.
THIS IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I THOUGHT!
But... the finches will not outsmart me.

I may even have to join a Finch Forum! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I don't speak a word of Finch.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

A finch pinch per inch and it'll be a cinch. Unless...they're super sneaky undercover Swedes and they are just masquerading as Finnch! Are they little Swedies???

 

[rheashard2]

Annnnnnnnnnnnd in my continuing finch rapture... it seems that the next big thing is... conversion to pellets.
I am told that the best course is to have multiples cups around the cage, some with seeds, some with pellets, some mixed Supposedly they realize pellets are food. Then the seed is gradually lessened.
THIS IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I THOUGHT!
But... the finches will not outsmart me.

I may even have to join a Finch Forum! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I don't speak a word of Finch.

From reading about Rb, I have a different perspective. Odds are good that Rb speaks finch. Secretly holding on the sly 'terror twin' classes. Ranks; enlisted, private, corporeal, sergeant, highest is master sergeant. Rb will be the behind the scenes commander in chief. This way he remains #1 and not a feather of guilt showing.

 

[GaleriaGila]

A finch pinch per inch and it'll be a cinch. Unless...they're super sneaky undercover Swedes and they are just masquerading as Finnch! Are they little Swedies???

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllll, they're my little sweeeeeties!

 

[GaleriaGila]

From reading about Rb, I have a different perspective. Odds are good that Rb speaks finch. Secretly holding on the sly 'terror twin' classes. Ranks; enlisted, private, corporeal, sergeant, highest is master sergeant. Rb will be the behind the scenes commander in chief. This way he remains #1 and not a feather of guilt showing.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!
It's worse than I had imagined!
I may as well accept my fate.
There were foreshadowings... when he was running for President of Canada, most recently.

 

[GaleriaGila]

"I am King of the Worrrrld!
Now taking applications for secretaries, groupies, interns
an hot hens wit SKILLLLLLSZSZSZ!"​

 

[LaManuka]

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"I am King of the Worrrrld!
Now taking applications for secretaries, groupies, interns
an hot hens wit SKILLLLLLSZSZSZ!"​

How about pretty little Peachie princesses? And she's got the crown jewels to prove Her Royal Highness-ness!!

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!
It's worse than I had imagined!
I may as well accept my fate.
There were foreshadowings... when he was running for President of Canada, most recently.

Ahh the beak-ed dost ner sway. Hark! Here lies the bare truth. Soften thine minds to brave the squall. Alack! Our gleaming visages can but yearn for such clever plumes of thought as we stumble in our flightless haze. We flail our arms and ne’er take wing. The noble parrot yet again must bear the burdensome chore of lifting a mortal.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I had Hamsters.. Thing One and Thing Two, LOL. Or Wild Thang when I got another some years later!

 

[ravvlet]

Re: finch toys, I bet they'd like the kind of toys chickens and quail like. Foraging toys are big. You don't even need to buy anything; stuffing paper towel rolls with shredded paper and mixing in food would probably be a hit!

Also, re: training them to take pellets; can you make peanut butter (or sun butter) balls that basically glue together seed mix and pellets? I imagine if you could achieve a consistency like suet (maybe set them in the fridge) and then hung it with a clip on the side of the cage they'd eat the pellets along with the seed.

Edited to add: another cheap toy idea is cat toys. The plastic balls that have bells in them *usually* snap together, so you can gently pry them apart, take the bell out, and fill them with shredded paper and treats. The crinkle balls made with reflective paper would probably also be something they'd like, that you could hang in there with some sisal or something. Just make sure they don't ingest any of the plastic stuff.

I know folks with songbirds who like to bake branches from outside in the oven to put inside their flight cages for some variety; that would be really cool too!

Excited for you! I had a buddy who had a pair of finches named Pickles and Murderface; they were a riot.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I would collect a bunch of plastic bottles caps, drill holes in them string them together, and hang from the top of the cage. They can't pick them up like a hookbill can. My baby budgie Joey (5 months old now) loves bottle caps. I put them on the floor of her cage and she runs around picking them up and carrying them up to a perch before dropping them and starting over.

 

[rheashard2]

I like these ideas. My CAG loves bottle caps. I wonder if it's a bird thing. I kinda created a monster with the Nutraballs. To help limit number and decrease ingest speed; wrap one in cupcake liners or coffee filters. Twist snugly. Coffee filters can be twisted multiple directions. It's more fun watching her forage and trying to get every tiny crumb.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

My budgie picks a bottle cap up in her beak and runs up my arm across my shoulders and down my other arm without dropping it!
She loves playing on the floor of her cage. She has lots if toys like bottle caps, ear plugs, pen caps and small stuffed animals. She does somersaults onto her back and kicks up her feet while playing with small objects, more like a puppy or kitten than a 5 month old budgie!

 

[GaleriaGila]

"Peachie, pack yer trousseau. I'm comin' for you my lil damsel! You can leave yer crown on.

Hey you Seeds and Flesh, I dont speak yer linguage but I like yer style.

Vampy this one goes out to yewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

ravvvvvvvvvvvvv... oh wow,cool ideas i gonna tell he management to look into cat toys, stuffed towel thingies, crinkle balls. PEANUT BUTTER!!! You a genius, I gonna come live with yiu and marry you but n not gonna bring finches send postage to R Bird Box 123 Patagoniaan Way.

donna! I gonna marry you too. Yu got good ideas abut that finch stuff. What are you wearing? bottle caps???

rheaszszszzszszs i will live with you too you make me lots of toys we get along great, you give me yiur social security number and bank accounts!

Things looking up!!!!!"