How to take care of canaries 

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Have you cleaned your birds cage?

@@lolmeme5087 thank you for the reminder but he died over year ago 😢

Awww that's so sweet!

Thankyou so much for your kind words 💛 I indeed hope I'm able to change some people their way of thinking about canaries, they are so much more then only singing little 'things'

If you ever have any other questions then always feel free to contact us! 😄 we are active on facebook, instagram and tiktok as well 💛

Thank you so much! Yess we agree, watching them sunbathe is so precious 🥰 Will definitely put that idea on our list!

Wow that's amazing 12 years 😱 I honestly don't know much about breeding but I know a few close people that do 😄 are you by any chance active on facebook? If you are you can join in 2 amazing groups to ask for advice 'Canaries, Budgies and Feathered Friends' and 'Foreign Finch and Canary Keepers - UK and Ireland'. Everyone is welcome in those groups 💛 And if you aren't active on Facebook then I will ask them to give you advice on this comment 😄💛

I just saw this comment, sorry for the late reply! I am indeed Dutch 😄😄 Fish are so cool too! 🥰

Try to have the windows/mirrors closed in the beginning and place something before them where they can sit on. This will train them to land before them and not fly into them! You can uncover the mirrors and windows every now and then so they can slowly learn that they can't go through them

Ooh yeah, we don't want the books to be nibbled on 😂 my canaries try to get a hold of my books every day!

@@LemonBirbs OMG they would eat nothing else but books my house is floor to ceiling . 🐥🐣😂💯

Hii, I'm so sorry for just responding now, I totally missed your comment 🙈 I think it's most important to always supervise when the dogs and cats are in the same room as the birds, even if the birds are caged as accidents can happen in freaky ways (and maybe get a cage with thicker bars to increase safety). When the birds do roam around the room, I would make sure neither the dogs or cats are in the same room and it's only the birds. Preferably I would house the birds in a room where the dogs and cats don't have access to, just to be safe 💛

Hii! Thankyou for watching our video 😄 They do make the room dirty yes, but we clean the poops every evening (they also poop in places they sit the most, so we use napkins on those spots) They also go to their cage by themselves 😄 otherwise I let them sit on my hand and take them to the cage myself 😄

Hii! Thankyou so much! 💛 They mostly poop on their playgrounds or other places they love sitting on where I have placed paper towels. But when canaries are fed the correct diet, their poops are kinda firm and in 1 piece, so easy to clean with a wet cloth 😄 I haven't trained them to poop in a specific place, and I would advice not train that to a bird either as it makes the risk for prolapses increase 😖 I spend around 5 minutes every evening wiping the poops away with a wet cloth (I often use baby cloths) and never have any issues with getting it away 😄

Thankyou 😄 it's very easy for me, I let them jump on my hand and put them inside their cage haha Captain Birb and Sicko are very easy 💛

Hahaha I gotta share them! 😂💛

We only open the windows when it's bedtime for them 😄 or of their are secured in their cage (but only for a short time)

Are they indoors? Then I would keep the room the same temperature as always, as long as they are not in draft they can endure most temperatures (I think they like temperatures between 17 to 24°Celsius the best 😄) They live better on a low humidity, because of their origins 😄

It depends on if they are used to being indoors or outdoors 😄 but they can handle all kind of temperatures as long as they don't sit in air draught and have possible heating places (if outside and temperature is below 0°C)

I got it from this website: www.avonturiashop.nl/beeztees-vogelkooi-fiona-open-zwart.html 😄 I love that cage so much! 💛

@@LemonBirbs thanks a lot 😁💜

The easiest way would be to search pictures of canaries online 😊 they have a lot of different colours and can look similar like other small birds 😄 if you have photos of the bird you can also send it in a dm to our Facebook or Instagram account 😄

The names of the plants are Callisia repens and Chlorophytum comosum 😄

We buy almost everything from avonturiashop.nl 😄 and I think Amazon has a lot of the stuff too!

@@LemonBirbs I don't think they ship to America. Thank you though for the recommendation!

I think the height was around 20 cm, but I'm not too sure as I don't own those anymore 😅

Training a bird to poop on command or in one place brings a few risks with them, like a higher chance of having a prolaps 😅 so I always advice against it. If your bird gets a good and varied diet, the poops are easily removable with a (wet) cloth 😄

That's a great idea! I had the same struggle in the beginning on what the best type of food was for my canaries! 😅💛

@@LemonBirbs omg HIII also ur like the ONLY canary care youtuber i've seen, so... yeah. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to canaries. I mostly watched that one lady who has a finch's channel (not the real channel name btw) I have no idea what kind of toys i should give them, food, I got a decent sized cage( a vision double medium), and ik that natural wood perches are the best, but im still pretty clueless lol, most of the birb channels on here are about parrots... which r quite dif from canaries, so getting advice from someone who actually owns one is awesome

@@froggert277 awww well hopefully my channel will be very helpful for you 💛 most canaries don't like playing with toys, except swings 😂 but mine also love playing with hanging toys that contains bell or balls haha I'll try to do a more detailed video in the future! 😄

@@froggert277Canaries love sweetcorn also - I heat the cob up to soften the corn, making sure it’s cooled down enough before giving it to them but they adore eating it and dandelion flowers including the leaves (after washing them first in case the dandelions have been near a roadway with diesel or petrol particulates having landed onto the dandekions. Also they love pieces of apple (not the pips) and pieces of pear (not the pips). Also they love coriander, mint, broccoli, cauliflower and Romaine lettuce, all healthy veg, herbs and fruit

@@freedomunltd oooh I didn't know about the coriander, corn and mint! Mine tends to shy away from apples and pears lol but ill definitely try out the dandelion leaves!

Thankyou so much for wanting to adopt the little canary 🥰 The experiences most people have with male x female and male x male (and even female x female) are very different. Sometimes it goes well and sometimes it results in fighting 😅 it depends on both birds their characters 😄 I think 2 males can go well together as long as they don't have to compete during breeding season, but if there are no females close then they often don't find the need to compete 😄. Also a male and female (this is the combination I have) can go very well and they will only breed during breeding season (when the days get longer and warmer) you can replace the real eggs with fake ones if you don't want baby birdies to be born 😄 the other times of the year they are like companions, playing, napping and flying together 💛

My canaries are indeed hand raised, but ofcourse not without a very good reason (their parents escaped in the previous owners their aviary). I explain about this story in my very first video 😄

Hii! The ones with the beads only and colourful sitting part are from a local pet shop, but I'm not sure about the brand (and I am not using those anymore either as I don't trust the steel they used). And the one with the leather squares inbetween is from the brand Petlala and is bought from avonturiashop.nl (they ship within EU I believe)

@@LemonBirbs thank you so so much. The swing with the beads only. Do you know what size is it? Because I bought some from Amazon but it way too big

@@minhthuluong7757 I believe the height was around 20 cm

Some canaries don't want to get close to humans, but at least you can still enjoy his singing and his wonderful behaviour 😄 happy, healthy and well taken care of pets are the best 💛

It's in the summer only and this is just an advice so they have cooler water and have a less change of overheating

We spot clean daily too, but cleaning the whole cage takes me 3 to 4 hours 😂 would be a bit too much of work for a daily chore

I have that explained in another video 😄

@@milachan5770 if you add a third male the chance of them fighting is bigger due to their hormones (especially in summer they can become meanies). I would not add any birds to the flock until they are stable 💛 and adding another male can make the fighting worse. If you do want a bigger flock then I would advice adding females (but more females than males in a flock otherwise they can fight for the females). You could also switch out real eggs for fake ones and don't have juveniles 💛

@@LemonBirbs Stable means when the 2 males like each other? How long does it take until they stop arguing? Because one wants to sing, but the other doesn't allow it and chases him.

@@milachan5770 When they stop fighting yes 😄 it's hard to say when it might stop. I think if it is due to breeding hormones, they might stop fighting in Autumn/Winter

@@LemonBirbs ok, thank you very much. 😊

Only if you house the canaries in a different room then the cat 😄 better safe than sorry

Kanaries zijn groepsdieren 😄 ik adviseer zelf ook altijd om ze het liefst met zijn 2en of meer te houden 😄

The 3 plant names are Callisia repens (known as turtle vine), Chlorophytum comosum (spider plant) and Cyperus zumula (cat grass) 😄

Nope! The Beaphar Xtra vital seed mix has egg food in it 😄 the frutti cocktail mix has dried fruits (it does contain small amounts of egg, but not much)

@@LemonBirbs Ohh I get it now thanks 😊

Yep! 😂 but they often sit in the same places so I put tissues and cloths in those places 😄 also if they are being fed the right diet and if they are healthy, their poops are firm enough to remove with a damp tissue, without leaving stains 😄💛

@@LemonBirbs thank you so much!!

That mostly depends on if and how many males or femals you have. Males tend to get more territorial during breeding season and normally don't share females 😄 and females can also get territorial for her nest. Although I know a group of canaries that don't mind sharing partners and nests 😂 Canaries are originally group animals 😄 so are more happy when they live together

Haha yesss we are 😄

@@LemonBirbs Leuk!!! Ik heb zelf 2 parkietjes, een red eyes lutino en een blauw met witte!🙃🙃🙃

@@chipsforlife Ooh wat leuk! Parkietjes zijn ook echt geweldig 🥰

Ohnoo I'm so sorry to hear about that! 💔 Do you know what might have caused it? Or was it very sudden 😓 Do you have instagram or facebook? You can DM me on there (LemonBirbs on facebook and @lemon.birbs on instagram) and I can try to help you and walk through things that might have happened or to help get the right care routine (if you haven't have that already) 💛

@@LemonBirbs its ok one became really skinny and the other had a disease...thanks btw :)

It is possible that they would still make nests and lay eggs in August, but I would try to prevent it. August is very close to their moulting period (some birds are even already finished with moulting in August) and they need all off their energy for that 😄.

@@LemonBirbs thanks for your reply .can I keep male and female both in one divided cage ?

@@LemonBirbs hi .do you know why canary coughing a lot in the molting time .thanks

@@milashk1099 male and female can indeed be housed together 😄 they will only make a nest and breed during long daylight hours (often around 12 hours). Also I would have that cough get checked out! There might be something else causing the coughing like airsac mites or maybe an infection in the airways 😓 My birds have never been coughing during their moult.

@@LemonBirbs thank you again for your help and to answer questions .

Yess you can 😄 and if you don't want them to make juvenile canaries in the summer during breeding season, then switching their real eggs out for fake ones is reccomended 😄

@@LemonBirbs thanks for the awnser and hello from croatia 😁

@@LemonBirbs and one more thing can you please tell me what greens can i feed them its hard to find that on google and the other breeders won't tell me 🙁

@@davidimosta1199 that's not very nice of them! I give mine mostly a mix of finely chopped chicory, carrot, bell pepper, spinach, and corn and often a big chunk of broccoli (mine prefer the broccoli as a chunk the most 😂 otherwise they won't eat the other vegetables). I don't give fruit as often, but if I do it's mostly apple, pear or kiwi 😄 Do you have Facebook by any chance? We have a group called 'Canaries Budgies and Feathered Friends' and we have written a big file filled with bird safe vegetables and fruit in the group 😄 and also the people in there are incredibly sweet 🥰💛

@@LemonBirbs thanks you are the best

Do you know the history of the lines of the parents (so possible illnesses, inbred, etc.)? Is dad feeding them? How old are mom and dad? Do they have stress factors near? And what temperature is it? Also are they indoors or outdoors? There are a lot of reasons why parents don't or stop feeding the babies 😓 Normally the maximum nesting rounds per year are 2, otherwise the mom can get exhausted, get illnesses and/or die. Breeding season is around end spring, begin summer (with colder temperatures the parents can leave the babies to die because that's what happens in nature too). It's also important to not give them unnecessary stress. If they don't feed their babies and let them die then maybe don't breed with this mom again 😓

Thanks for taking care of him! He would indeed have been better off with a wildlife rehabber (we have experience with keeping the animals wild and not get used to us, so they can be reintroduced into nature, and we have been trained in their diet, lifestyle, behaviour and stuff like that for optimal chances). However, that's not the case now, but maybe something to think about when you find another small birdy! 💛 For now, I think it's best to try and give him less feedings a day to stimulate him eating on his own more 😄 I also think that he is indeed not suitable to be released into nature now (but you could always call a local wildlife rehabber for advice), however I am uncertain of which bird species would be a better fit due to most species having their own language (I always make the comparison between someone speaking your own language and someone who speaks another language which you don't understand). Another house finch would be the best fit, maybe you could make a public post in hope someone else somehow also has a handraised house finch unable to be reintroduced into nature? Also canaries are a bit of both, solitary and group birds 😂 it depends on each individual as some prefer to be on their own, but most prefer conspecifics (I also have seen wild canary flocks foraging and sleeping together) 💛 One of my dear friends in Australia also has house finches (they legally can't be reintroduced into nature in her country) and I believe she mentioned the other day that the finches do not really make contact with the other birds residing at her sanctuary 😅 So I think the best option is hopefully finding another hand raised house finch unable for release or maybe a wildlife rehabber local to you can give advice on what to do (I am a wildlife rehabber in Netherland, but there could be different rules and regulations in each country so I am not sure what is possible for you) 💛 I hope I gave you enough information, but feel free to ask more if some is still not clear or if you want to know more! 😄💛 you could also message me via FaceBook or Instragram if that is easier (links to the accounts are in the description of the video)

Very understandable! I think it's a part personal choice too 😄 as long as they get enough vitamins and minerals it doesn't matter how often you give them the vegetables or fruit 💛 also one bird gets very watery poop from having vegetables every (other) day and the other have amazing poops with the same diet 😄 try to figure out what works best for you and you canary by closely watching the poop 😄 and also, have loads of fun and enjoy your time as a canary owner 🥰 best little birdies ever 💛

Awww, maybe you can make a cool playground for him where he can climb on! 🥰 hopefully his feathers grow back after moulting!