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Finches: More Than Just Pretty
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Are Finches Your Perfect Companions?
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Knowing What to Expect from Finches
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Selecting Species of Companion Finches
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Choosing Finches: Exploring Your Options
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Canary
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Cordon-bleu finch
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European goldfinch
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Gouldian finch
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Java finch
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Owl finch
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Society finch
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Spice finch
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Whydah
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Zebra finch
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Finding and Selecting Finches
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Choosing Finches: Exploring Your Options
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The age of your new finches
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Gender
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Previously homed finches
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Finding a Finch
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Pet shops and bird shops
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Swap meets and flea markets
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The classifieds
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Breeders and experts
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Bird shows
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Searching for a Healthy Finch
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Eyes
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Nose and nares
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Feathers
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Feet
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Vent
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Attitude
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Housing Finches Together
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Home Tweet Home: Preparing for Your Finches and Bringing Them Home
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Your Finchesโ New Home
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Size matters: Cages, flight cages, aviaries, and habitats
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Considering cage materials
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Keeping cage safety in mind
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Deciding where to put your birdโs cage
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Accessorizing Your Finchesโ Abode
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Perches to stand on
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Cups and bowls
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Cage covers
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Mineral blocks and cuttlebones
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Toys
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Baths
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Lighting
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Heating
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Keeping Mess Away
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Cage bloomers and seed guards
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Cleaning supplies
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HEPA filters
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Setting up the Cage
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Finch-Proofing Your Home
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Traveling Safely from Store to Home
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Caring for Your Finches
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Water: Extremely Essential
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Knowing What Your Finch Should (and Shouldnโt) Eat
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Seeds and pellets
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Veggies and fruit
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Snacks
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Live insects
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Table foods
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Cooked foods
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Fun Finch Food Recipes
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Finch flapjacks
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Finch fiber fusion
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Finch fries
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What not to feed your finch
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Nutritional supplements: When food is not enough
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Helping Your Finches Get the Exercise They Need
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Getting a Good Nightโs Sleep: Putting Your Finch to Bed
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Grooming Your Finch
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Toenail clipping
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Bathing your bird
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Giving your molting birds some TLC
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Canโt We All Just Get Along? Living with Other Pets
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Cleaning Your Finchesโ Housing
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Come Here Often? Getting to Know Your Finches
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Understanding Finch Behavior
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What did you say?: Normal finch vocalization
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You scratch my back, Iโll scratch yours: Preening and allopreening
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Keeping Your Finches Healthy
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Breeding Your Finches
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Making sure you have a male and a female
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Starting with healthy birds
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Knowing when to breed
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Getting the right equipment
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Figuring out where to put the nest
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Knowing what the parents need to eat
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Prompting your finches to breed
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Understanding the incubation period
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Feeding and weaning chicks
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Knowing What to Do When Something Goes Wrong
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Egg binding
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Infertile eggs
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Inexperienced parent birds
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Tossing the chicks
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Failure to thrive
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Finding foster parents for your babies
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Handfeeding baby finches
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Finding good homes for your baby finches
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Discouraging Breeding
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Ten Great Finch Websites
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Ten Fun DIY Toys for Finches