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Finchs tail feathers2007-11-24 17:19:43

I have a female finch living with 10 other finchs (all related) Two new famales I go beat the little sweetie and her tail feathers are gone. I removed the two brats from the cage. My question is..will her tail grow back..she seems perfectly healthy and he "husand" stays on the bottom of the cage with her

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Sounds to me like the male is mating with her.

You might visit Finchforuminfo.com

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probably.but why would you beat your bird? cruelty.

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that is somethig that i think you should take up with a vet. it all depends on how bad the damage is and if the feathers were plucked or if they fell out. also what you did with putting two new birds into the same cage as your old birds was kinda stupid. you should have known that new birds in a flock will fight for their territory especially finches. they are aggressive birds when it comes to their space and the new birds were bound to abuse at least one of your birds. she was probably the weaker of the bunch or the last on the totem pole. they are good at seaking that out. also what ever the hell happened is your falt and the other birds are not to blame. knowing that you owned birds before these two just makes me wonder why you didn't know that it was a giant risk putting the new birds in that cage. that is almost like attempted murder. birds will kill for their place in the pack.

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Yes, the will grow back..birds molt on a regualr basis, and lose and re-grow feathers all the time.including tail feathers.