An update. A pretty late one, mind you, but nonetheless... "he" is, in fact, a SHE. Seller refused to comment when I made that revelation. And she still can't fly, even with her tail in. Curious. Now, I've never seen anyone talk about clipping a finch's wings, so I've never seen what that looks...
Unfortunately, that's what I was thinking. When he tried to claim, "breeding season" that's when I got a bit more skeptical about him. I was trying to give him fair judgement, so I was just wanting to see what others thought, but it seems he just lied to me. Which is very, very sad. He'll be in...
I'll attach a picture to see for yourselves, but I'm a tad torn. I've had Societies for two years, and not once have I ever seen a molt resulting in no tail feathers whatsover. They obviously lose them and replace them, but I have never seen them lose all tail feathers at once. I contacted the...