It’s important to accessorize your canary’s cage with a swing, bells, whistles and mirrors; learn all about canary cage accessories in this free pet care video about canaries. Expert: Laura Nessen Bio: Laura Nessen works at The Pet Kingdom in Cottonwood, Arizona. She has many years experience working in pet stores and caring for her own animals. Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler
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MarianCanarian Says:
Get a canary book from the library or pet store. ASk Laura read it; she is mixed up about canaries.
- Don’t put a nest in unless- and until – you intend to breed the birds.
- Canaries live longer if they live alone.
-Those bells are dangerous claws catch in slits.
- That cage is probably not long enough; canaries need at least 18″ of free flight, or their muscles get too weak to poop right.
-That cage is too small for 2 birds – each needs at least one cubic feet of space. -
unacarafea Says:
Totally wrong. A disservice to the public.
The larger the cage, the better.
Canaries don’t do toys.
Male canaries will not sing if kept with females.
Canaries in pairs is a bad idea. You will end up with a worn out female that may end up worn to death. -
AnnaOnAStick Says:
Expert Village is full of crap!
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ABRANTES1975 Says:
KKKKKKKKKK
TOTALLY WRONG!! -
Draqonfly Says:
Seriously, everytime i watch expertvillage, something is not right in any of their topics.
Not even close to an expert. More like salesman or wannabe pros.
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maedabecca Says:
stupid lady, go fix your speech problem, and please stop talking about canaries, they are not budgies, they hate toys. I hope nobody actually followed your advice and killed their canary of sadness.
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shezasmitty Says:
Info is incorrect. No toys needed. Cages need to be as large as possible, length more important than height. A happy canary needs to be able to fly! Feed a wonderful diet including greens, egg food, veggies and fruit. Weekly bathing in winter and daily bathing in summer. Clean water at all times are a must! Cuttlebone at all times. Keep your canary on the same schedule as outdoors as far as light and darkness. Cover when dark. Uncover when light. My canary just celebrated his 10th Birthday.
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autisticaplanet Says:
Your info is helpful, though I did have canaries that played with toys. My birds do well until they are 2 1/2 years old. They then develop the same illness, which includes molting, 2nd molting (within very short time from 1st) stop singing and did not recover. Seem weakened despite molting food; they ate veraciously. Shortly before death, they appeared dizzy. Could my problem be diet in 1st place? They ate general and deluxe canary seed from private pet shop (not Petco). Had cuttle bone.
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RachidCastor Says:
toys?? canaries??????/ never heard that in my life
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matoroschannel Says:
my pet red factor canary likes his toy bell,
but he HATES the swing. he actually avoids it. -
sunnybuns2008 Says:
can a mlae have a nest
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bluebirdies Says:
@sunnybuns2008 a male can have a nest
i seperated my female and male for a wile becos she plucked him and i got him a nest to sleep in.
he loved it ! can’t lay eggs of course
Hope that helps. -
MiddleDeeping Says:
This is simply dead wrong! Two females can live together, but not two males or a male & female!!This from the American Singer website:
“Males and females should NOT be kept together at any time except during the breeding season and during the molting period (BOTH must be in full molt, however). Males can chase a hen to death trying to mate with her and hens can be pushed into laying eggs when they are not in condition to do so, which can lead to egg binding and death.”
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MiddleDeeping Says:
This is simply dead wrong!! Two females can live together, but two males or a male & female cannot! This from the American Singer website: ”
Males and females should NOT be kept together at any time except during the breeding season and during the molting period (BOTH must be in full molt, however). Males can chase a hen to death trying to mate with her and hens can be pushed into laying eggs when they are not in condition to do so, which can lead to egg binding and death.” -
ferchonet777 Says:
very good
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TheFaith78 Says:
Single canaray does NOT need a nest and even the pairs need one only for nesting seasons, other times take it off or the female will get exhausted by over laying too many eggs.
And only thing canary needs is attention from you, no need for toys as they are not parrots who like to play. Canaries rarely play with toys.
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lillysunnie Says:
mirror are BAD do NOT get a mirror, they can negatively change ur canary’s behavior, and they get rlly catious when they see another bird (usually)
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lillysunnie Says:
awh!!!
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michaelmjackson Says:
are you fucking kidding its not a fucken budgie!!!!!
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MissWitchiepoo Says:
@TheFaith78 I agree with you. This is very wrong and can result in a dead bird.
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Lucy82681 Says:
hey Laura, do you want to spend your whole life in a cage??? No???? So, why do you think a bird would like that???? But I think, you don`t care if a bird like it or not. Right????
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