The Finches are Spice Finches. You say "good zezu", I say "bad zezu". But I can't be mad at him, you can't stay mad at zezu long. Plus it was my fault for putting two arch enemies in the same room. To answer your question, no, the finches don't go outside by themselves. I took them out only once in their cage. I live in an apartment building so it's tough to take em out. I let em fly inside once and a while. The little rascals sometimes won't go back in. But since their food and water is in there they eventually go back inside. I don't recomend having a cat and finches together. I bought the finches first and then a friend asked me if i wanted a kitten. I went over to see it and the 2 month old little guy was romping all over leading his siblings around, so i couldn't resist. The finches are afraid of everything and everyone. They do tolerate me putting my hand in the cage to change the water, but the don't like to be held and it's very hard to keep a hold of them. At one point, I had them landing on me to get string for their nest, then the cat came, that was the end of my progress with them. I don't blame them for wanting to stay up close to their lofty apartment. I really got to get around to sending my pets pictures in.