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Good care, clearly illustrated.

See how to measure, prepare and care—with product-specific instructions beside every illustration.

Weigh powders, then mix evenly

Grams of supplement and grams of food are different quantities. Start with the exact product’s food-mixing instructions.

Use this workflow only for a product whose matching label permits drinking-water use.

A powder intended for drinking water needs a weighed amount and its own water-mixing instructions.

A liquid added to food follows its own label. Oil and drinking-water preparation are different processes.

Egg food, insect food and live insects are distinct foods. Species and life stage determine their role.

A Gouldian finch investigating or crumbling a pellet has not necessarily eaten enough.

Plain fresh drinking water and a shallow bathing dish serve different purposes.

Removing dirt and disinfecting an already cleaned surface are separate stages.

Floorcovering granules belong to a housing-maintenance plan, separate from nutritional grit, drinking water and feed.

Fortified food, multivitamins and calcium products may supply some of the same nutrients.

Products with similar names can contain different active ingredients, concentrations or formulations.

A full-looking seed dish may contain mostly husks rather than edible seed.

Cuttlebone, soluble shell calcium, hard grit and a calcium/D3 supplement are not equivalent products.

The coloured Gouldian is the genetic-parent reference; the brown-and-white Society finches represent foster carers.

Egg, nestling, fledged juvenile and adult represent distinct care stages, not a fixed calendar for every finch.