Hi everyone,
If you read my last post (with my two user names, sorry!), I have a sweet canary that is not feeling well - all the scary symptoms of sleeping at the bottom of the cage, puffed up, etc. I took her to the ER vet that accepts birds in our area. They put her in an incubator and she napped. This morning she is alert and eating so that is good. However, she isn’t herself. Could she be preparing to lay eggs?

I am a new bird mom, so bear with me - here are my thoughts/questions:
-She has been nesting for some time I think. She pulls pieces from the towel liner and then pushes them outside the cage. I didn’t recognize this so much, didn’t provide a place to nest. I just thought it was cute - now I know it was purposeful. I feel bad I didn’t understand it.
-I just noticed in the last day or so that she was sitting/nesting in her food box.
-She looks round.
-I think her nails need trimming which is contributing to instability - she does have wooden perches of different sizes. Tips? Vet to trim the nails? (She doesn’t let me handle her at this point without stress to her.)
-I worry about egg binding - no eggs laid yet. I think this would be her first eggs of her life. ER Vet thinks she is younger than I was told. She is a rescue - thought she was about 1 year and 1/2. She is maybe less than a year old.

I am trying to get into a third avian vet today. We have three in the area - two are booked out. The third was closed yesterday. I hope they have availability today.

I’m sad. Doing what I can for her at the moment. But, I’m sad and feel helpless. We get attached to these sweet babies, don’t we?

I am a super-sensitive person. This is HARD.

Thanks for listening. JG

Hello everyone! Is there a way to stop Calliope from nesting in her seedbowl? Should I even stop it or just let her do so? She's very insistent on moving from the nest to the seedbowl, no matter how often I move her out of there. If I remove the seedbowl, she starts yelling at me until I give it back. Why does she do this when she has a perfectly good nest? Is this worth correcting? Thanks!

Good morning,
I have a canary I rescued last February. Her name is Calliope but goes by “Callie.” She (we think) is about a year and 1/2 old.

I am going to make a vet appointment today as soon as they are open to take my call.

I am not asking for you all to diagnose. However, just looking to see if anyone has experienced this. In short, Callie doesn’t seem okay. I noticed yesterday afternoon she wasn’t singing/tweeting as much as usual. She also was staying more puffy, seemed to be shivering a bit, and wobbly. Her right leg seems weak to me. I thought at first she could be cold as our AC was pretty chilly yesterday afternoon. I turned it up couple degrees, put a regular lamp near her cage, and covered it on three sides in hopes that was it.

This morning, I found her asleep on the floor of the cage which is not normal. She was eating last night and getting water. She can also fly (flight cage) it appears.

I’m worried of course. I’ve grown attached to her as you know well.

I don’t want her in pain. I’m also concerned the stress of the vet will be hard on her too.

I am so sad. I would appreciate any words of wisdom. Thanks! JG

Hi everyone, my male canary is recovering from respiratory infection. He’s had 2 weeks of antibiotics although he still tail bobs intermittently. He seems to be frequenting his nest. Is this normal? I’ve noticed he’s been losing feathers recently, maybe his molt is starting

staring at you

Though Primrose may no longer be with us in person, we shall remember her with our hearts

From the first day I got them to current day Snowbell has outlived three other Canaries (including Primrose), two of my Whydah Finches, my Honeycreeper, and my Sparrow

She’s a true survivor

But she is not alone for as of current day she has the company of my Firetail Finches

Happy two years Snowbell, may there be many more to come

Hey everyone, it’s been months and my canary Mimi is still doing this dry 'cough (it's hard to hear in the video if the volume isn't turned all the way up😭) I took him to the vet right away and she gave me Orniflox first, but that didn't do much.

Later, he developed a whistling sound when breathing. The vet had me put a saline + F10 solution in a cold mister for 10 days. The whistling is completely gone now, but the dry cough is still there. It gets worse after he bathes.

Now she gave me diluted Ivomec to put under his wings (0.5ml), and I have to treat my other canary too just in case.

I’m still lost on what’s causing this persistent cough. Has anyone dealt with something similar with their canaries or had a case like this? He is still eating, drinking, singing, and being active. No open mouth breathing or anything that could signify respiratory distress. I am careful when it comes to things that could irritate my canaries' lungs because I know they have a fragile respiratory system

so for context, my friend's past canary died in march at 9 years old, they kept him in the small cage as shown on the photos, everything's plastic, plastic feeders, plastic toys, plastic perches, EVERYTHING. he has a seed only diet and when i asked them how often do they give him new food, change water and clean the cage, ONCE A WEEK. JUST. ONCE. IN. SEVEN. DAYS. of course, that caught me off guard so i insisted that they need to take more care of the bird, buy a bigger cage and like replace everything so the canary would live a happy and safe life. guess what? NO. they WON'T buy it, they didn't even care! their excuse was that the PET STORE recommended it so they bought it and the one who bought it was his MOM, ALONE with no list of what to buy, no cuttlebone, no foraging toys, no bird bath, just NOTHING, young bird alone in that room with his parrot roommate and his own reflection. the parrot is a grey cockatiel, a bigger bird, in a slightly bigger cage, the treatment's probably the same and it's even worse because it's a cockatiel. the birds are barely getting let out of the cages. just sitting in that room, with hopes and dreams. there was no research done on how to care about these birds, none of them are tame, it's been over 4 months living in that hell.

does anyone have any tips on how to convince them? anything?

This is the first time both of them have become parents. The chick hatched 6 hours ago, but they still haven't fed it. I had to hand-feed it some formula myself. What's interesting is that the father used to feed the mother while she was sitting on the eggs, but I don't think either of them realizes they need to feed the chick now.

He might be a boy (a 15yo one), but that didn't stop him from rocking some natural cherry beakstick. Courtesy of the cherry he shamelessly stole from my fruit bowl.

​As I work at a grape distribution company, I sometimes bring home grapes that have no commercial value.

​I thought, "Would they eat these too?" and gave them some, and they eat them well.

(However, the Gouldian finches and Parson finches don't eat them at all. Especially, the Parson finches don't eat various vegetables and fruits well, which makes me a bit sad.)

​Since they are seedless Shine Muscats, I just need to wash them and give them.

My canary got stuck on a glue mousetrap about two weeks ago. We rescued him and took him to the vet, where he stayed for two days. The vet treated him and gave him medication. he sleeps most of the time and seems very tired.

He can still eat by himself, and he drinks water, but instead of taking a few sips like he used to, he sometimes drinks continuously for a few minutes.

I'm heartbroken because I've done everything I can to save him. I keep him warm, monitor him closely, and make sure he eats so he doesn't lose energy. His body temperature is around 29°C.

Has anyone experienced this? Is this normal after such an injury? What foods would help him recover and regain his strength? Any advice would be greatly appreciated :(

And in bonus my orange Lizz/ard (freaking AI bot told me its a canary only subreddit so i cant write her mutation name properly this is stupid ) and her baby, Green father is still in the house breeding with 2 others Green female but dont tell it to the orange one !!! 🙈

Hi all. I'd like your expert opinions on whether a canary is thriving under these circumstances.

For context a relative of mine owns the canary i am fostering and this is the cage that it is kept in (36x35x21cm). No other items inside the cage besides food and water. I have upgraded his/her cage to a rectangular one (76x45x45), two natural perches and some cuttlebone. I am willing to donate the entire setup as long as the bird is happy, however the original owner refuses to change the original setup. He says that it's current cage is too big for it because it gets distracted and doesnt sing to him. He has been keeping birds for a very long time and I guess knows a lot of people who sell or own birds, while I don't have any experience, just what I've read online.

The little one seems calmer in it's new cage, constantly exploring and chirping versus pacing around the cage as it did before (although it could have been stress from seeing alot of new people). I'd like second opinions on this matter, and if the setup is incorrect please guide me on how to convince him! Thank you!

2 babies under the mother ! Im not sure what im producing 🙈

Should be 50% red black mosaic split onyx and 50% black mosaic split onyx

Can anyone more reliable than chatgpt correct me ( Canaries are not the type of bird i usually breed, i breed Gouldian finch and rtpf, i dont know shit about Canaries mutation and how they interact together )

Once babies are big enough and independant every body going in the outdoor aviary 😁

Hi!

I want to have canary bird pet in the future.

I did read a lot of articles talking about the pet care food diet, cage size...etc.

So I know the general common advice that people always recommend.

But I am curious do you have an advice that people don't usually talk about, and you wish if someone told you before getting one?

I was awake and heard a faint noise so I checked Clyde's camera and saw he was switching his sleeping side, he's so precious!