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Well, I finally got some new pets. We started with a pair of matching Zebra finches, Shiva (male) and Kali (female). The sound
they make is so cute, a soft peeping, meeping sound. They had a nice red cage with several perches, a nest, and some other
bird stuff.
Male common Zebra’s have orange patches on their cheeks, brown w white spots on their sides, and black across his chest.
Females are gray on the top with tan tummies. They both have black and white stripe by their eyes.
Every morning, when the sun comes up, they start peeping and hopping around the cage. Drizzit really loves them. She wants
to play with them and will lay all day on the table watching them. She really wants to Play With THEM! :) She barely bothers
with the fish anymore. She knows she can’t get to them unless she wants to get wet, which is the farthest thing from
her happie day list.
Today we picked up a heat lamp for them, because I was told they need a bath at least once a week. But.....since my apt is
so drafty, they may freeze before they would warm up and dry off. Now, I have found out from online forums that these types
of finches are the hardiest out there and can survive the chilly inside of my apt at winter.
Now they have been busy little birds and have eggs. The first batch disappeared after we did the mistake of cleaning the cage
with them in the nest. This time, I only entered the cage enough to clean out the old hay, change the food/water dishes, and
hang new millet sprays.
And low, they had a peeping little baby birdie. But, because of a stupid mistake on my behalf (the nesting material the store
sold me) the baby has to be kept. It’s little leg got tangled in the material and when I finally realized something
was wrong, it was too late. We saved him, but he lost his little toes and is ground bound.
But he, or rather, she can fly great, just can’t hang on to those perches yet. I have bought a new larger cage, flight
type so they can fly around. Also, as of now, Shiva has been relocated. He was plucking all the feathers from Kali’s
neck and Cheeper’s back. I took him to the best store in town and picked up a new female zebra, Isis. They are already
acting like they have always been together.
Well, as of Now....I still have Isis & Kali, who are living happly as possible in their cage, mounted to the wall in the
kitchen of the new apt. People are asking my WHY i put their cage where I did....well, they are messy peeps. The new apt has
carpet and I didn't want to vac everyday, so the kitchen looked the easiest to keep clean.<br>
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