[net.pets] Birds and Plants

dak@hou5e.UUCP (06/22/83)

I've just started keeping finches, and right now I feed them a 
pretty standard diet of seeds. What I'm interested in finding out
is 1, Is there something else that I should feed them? What's the
best finch diet! 2, I'd like to keep some plants in the cage with
them for a more "natural" environment; does anyone know of good or
bad plants?

Debby Kirkman

raf@loux.UUCP (06/23/83)

Debbie
	The best plants to feed your finches are the ones
grown from the seeds you feed them.
	Put a sponge in a dish in the cage under the seed cup.
Keep the sponge wet. Then either the birds or you will
drop some seeds on the wet sponge and they will grow into
sprouts that the birds will eat.
				Ron Flannery