One of my two Zebra Finches very sadly flew over rainbow bridge today, so I am left with one rather lonely finch who is missing his friend
So, because I know they are social birds, I was wondering if it would be possible to introduce him to a new bunch of finches? We have animals at college (i do an animal management course) and we have a very large cage with about 3 or 4 Zebra Finches (possibly more, i've never really counted) and I was wondering if my remaining finch would be accepted by them?
The cage at college is much better than the cage I have at home and obviously as they are social I really don't want to keep him on his own, but for now he is making do with a mirror to chatter to!
I am not taking the decision to rehome him lightly, I love him to bits and I will be extremely sad to see him go (even though i'll see him at college) as he is such an entertaining little bird, but I think it would be better for him in terms of quality of life if he was to move to a larger, more natural looking environment with more finches. His friend has only been gone for a matter of hours and already I can see how lonely he is
So, will it be possible to introduce him to these finches or is there no chance of it happening? I am going to ask at college tomorrow anyway but I just thought i'd get a bit of advice on here before I asked there, then I know what to expect from them
and if the group of finches will not accept him, will he accept a single new male finch into the cage? If college will not take him, I will gladly keep him but I would want to get another friend for him