What to Buy (Helpful Supplies)
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- Appropriate cage (size and dimensions)
- Cage accessories (perches-manzanita preferred, dishes-stainless steel preferred, swing, possibly a nest)
- An extra set of perches and dishes to rotate while cleaning
- Appropriate food
- Full spectrum light source (if the cage cannot be positioned to access natural sunlight) with timer
- Nail clippers
- Styptic powder (such as "Kwik-stop")
- Deworming medication appropriate for finches (such as "Worm-out Gel")
- Coccidiostat (such as "Coccivet")
- Coffee bean grinder to help chop boiled egg with shell
- Safe calcium source (such as boiled eggshell)
- Small holding cage for transport or use as a hospital cage
- Heating pad or heat lamp
- Gatorade, unflavored pedialyte, or other appropriate source of electrolytes for finches
- Extra cages if you plan to breed--you will need a place to keep the babies
- Spray bottle with diluted bleach solution (approximately ¾ cup bleach in 1 gallon of water, a 5% solution) for cleaning nonmetal surfaces of the cage and accessories
- Bird net
- Phone number of a qualified, local, avian veterinarian
- SCATT for mites
- Hand feeding formula and needleless syringes or flat toothpicks
- Anti-protozoal medication (such as "Ronivet-S")
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