Canary Care
Every Day:
Lighting - keep same as natural daylight hours; cover cage at sundown
Fresh water - I recommend distilled, purified or bottled water - keep available, change daily
2 tsp seed of a good canary mix - feed once daily
2 tsp * Roudy Bush pellet food - keep available
*Roudy Bush is a good brand of supplemental pellet food that helps maintain balanced nutrition. Roudy Bush can be ordered online or from my website.
Pellet food should be offered free choice in a separate cup; replace weekly if not fully eaten
Daily Treat options:
Collard greens- 3 inch piece
Kale - 3 inch square piece
Broccoli - small floweret
Spinach - small piece or leaf
Romaine Lettuce - small piece
Dandelion Leaves - in season and pesticide free
Zucchini - small slice
Cucumber - small slice
Winter Squash- 1 inch square
Apple - small wedge
Orange - slice or wedge
Green Pepper - white core with seeds
Baby Carrot - small, whole
Corn on the cob - raw when in season
**NEVER- Chocolate or Avocado
Extras:
Your bird will enjoy a simple swing
Keep a piece of cuttlebone in the cage
NO sandpaper covered perches
NO Parakeet gravel
Spraying Febreeze or burning a teflon-lined pan can kill your bird
Weekly:
- Change cage bottom paper
- Clean all perches
- Occasional bath - early in the day; small bowl/dish with 1" of cold, clean water; remove after 10 min
During the Moulting Season:
6-8 weeks - August/September - for extra energy and protein I recommend:
In addition to daily food you can offer:
Hulled sunflower seed chips 1/2 tsp (available daily)
Dry old fashioned oatmeal (available daily)
Spray of Millet seed - hang in cage near a perch
1/4 hard-boiled egg - shell and all; twice a week
Lighting - keep same as natural daylight hours; cover cage at sundown
Fresh water - I recommend distilled, purified or bottled water - keep available, change daily
2 tsp seed of a good canary mix - feed once daily
2 tsp * Roudy Bush pellet food - keep available
*Roudy Bush is a good brand of supplemental pellet food that helps maintain balanced nutrition. Roudy Bush can be ordered online or from my website.
Pellet food should be offered free choice in a separate cup; replace weekly if not fully eaten
Daily Treat options:
Collard greens- 3 inch piece
Kale - 3 inch square piece
Broccoli - small floweret
Spinach - small piece or leaf
Romaine Lettuce - small piece
Dandelion Leaves - in season and pesticide free
Zucchini - small slice
Cucumber - small slice
Winter Squash- 1 inch square
Apple - small wedge
Orange - slice or wedge
Green Pepper - white core with seeds
Baby Carrot - small, whole
Corn on the cob - raw when in season
**NEVER- Chocolate or Avocado
Extras:
Your bird will enjoy a simple swing
Keep a piece of cuttlebone in the cage
NO sandpaper covered perches
NO Parakeet gravel
Spraying Febreeze or burning a teflon-lined pan can kill your bird
Weekly:
- Change cage bottom paper
- Clean all perches
- Occasional bath - early in the day; small bowl/dish with 1" of cold, clean water; remove after 10 min
During the Moulting Season:
6-8 weeks - August/September - for extra energy and protein I recommend:
In addition to daily food you can offer:
Hulled sunflower seed chips 1/2 tsp (available daily)
Dry old fashioned oatmeal (available daily)
Spray of Millet seed - hang in cage near a perch
1/4 hard-boiled egg - shell and all; twice a week
For Sale
Beginner Canary Breeding Kit
The Canary Breeding Kit everything you need to try your hand at breeding a pair of canaries.
The kit includes:
- Nest & Felt Pad
- Nesting Material holder
- 3 bags of nesting material
- 4 plastic eggs
- 1 small perch
- 1 small treat cup
- Simple breeding How To and a recipe for my nutrition packed Bird Bread
$30 including S&H
Seed & Pellets
I also have seed and pellets available for purchase. The seed I recommend is a Canadian Seed mix containing a lot of variety such as hemp, flax, and Niger. Most of the seed mixes you find in pet stores are full of millet which canaries don't actually eat. I believe strong nutrition is vital in raising healthy thriving birds.
1 1/2 lbs of seed will last roughly 1 month for 1 canary being fed up to 2 tsp of fresh seed a day. Extra seed can be easily stored in the freezer.
Seed Packages
3 lb Pellet $27
4 lb Seed $27
3 lb Seed w/ 1 lb Pellet $29
10 lb Seed $61
8 lb Seed w/ 2 lb Pellet $64
Contact me to order
*All seed package prices include Shipping & Handling
The kit includes:
- Nest & Felt Pad
- Nesting Material holder
- 3 bags of nesting material
- 4 plastic eggs
- 1 small perch
- 1 small treat cup
- Simple breeding How To and a recipe for my nutrition packed Bird Bread
$30 including S&H
Seed & Pellets
I also have seed and pellets available for purchase. The seed I recommend is a Canadian Seed mix containing a lot of variety such as hemp, flax, and Niger. Most of the seed mixes you find in pet stores are full of millet which canaries don't actually eat. I believe strong nutrition is vital in raising healthy thriving birds.
1 1/2 lbs of seed will last roughly 1 month for 1 canary being fed up to 2 tsp of fresh seed a day. Extra seed can be easily stored in the freezer.
Seed Packages
3 lb Pellet $27
4 lb Seed $27
3 lb Seed w/ 1 lb Pellet $29
10 lb Seed $61
8 lb Seed w/ 2 lb Pellet $64
Contact me to order
*All seed package prices include Shipping & Handling
If you have questions please feel free to contact us at SusanBergel@aol.com or send a message through the contact us form
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