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I'm sorry to hear about your little finch. How old are the eggs? If only a few days yes I would remove them and freeze them. Longer than that, it's up to you.
Actually Society finches make good surrigates too.
In my pet store an employee hand fed a baby zebra and it was exhausting and very hard. He did survive but the guy was very experienced and it's very very rare.I don't believe you'd be able to do it from day one.
When this is over I'd remove any nest materials and give them strict natural daylight schedules. In a room with natural sunlight no artificial lighting after 3 pm including dusk and dawn. So they are going to sleep when it's dusk/dark. Long days increases breeding behaviors. Also Calciboost. You have to order it online it's not in stores. Twice a week but in egglaying more often. It's the only supplement that I will use in water and it works great it's very absorbable. Finches are voracious breeders and you can end up with zillions and also fighting sometimes. (I know you didnt want to intentionally breed, just saying....)
Good luck. Hopefully they wont hatch at all.
Last edited by Cindy215; 04-01-2007 at 07:07 AM.
Reason: OOPS sorry, I reread the age of the eggs is a week or so I didnt notice that at first
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