Only adult males sing but all juveniles will sing. These birds should not be kept with Grey, Large Green Singers, or other Fringillidae or Carduelinae species because they will hybridise. Mixed collections should avoid other yellow birds with Singers. They may be kept as trios. A good, basic, dry seed finch mix is best.
Singers enjoy taking grit.
Fresh water and greens are important to their diet including seeding grasses. Soft fruits may be taken. They will use a variety of nesting receptacles and make a cup-shaped nest. Two or three nests a season can be expected. Singers suffer from mosquito and mite bites which often become infected.