Setting up a Stress Relief Cage for New Canaries

Introducing new birds into your aviary or home can be very stressful for the new birds. It is important to set up their new cage with items that will occupy the transitioning canary into a new environment. Information from the original breeder is extremely important as it will help you provide items and food the canary is used to.

Here are pictures of the cage I set up for new birds. 

This is a white 36 x 24 x  24 cage. A good size for new birds.  The perches are arranged high, medium, and low height for the canary to jump/fly back and forth. They are different diameters to give the feet exercise. The perch you see in front is place so that the bird can fly to the perch you see in the back and then up to the high one in the middle. Seed cups are open for the bird to see its seeds, one has water as many birds do not know how to drink from the blue ball drinkers and must learn how.

I provided three items that are cottony in nature for them to pick. The nesting ball with tissues, the cotton squares/blue pins and a toy with shells hanging from the top. There is also artificial greenery on top of the cage.

Your new bird may not know to eat from the bottom of the cage. I have provided several food items for them. In the clear glass containers there is water and dry nestling food mix that I make from a recipe from the Border Canary 

Club. In the brown dish is soft nestling food with frozen green peas. (recipe in later post) If you have a breeding pair they need to familiarize themselves with soft food so as to feed new babies later on. The green veggie is kale. Romaine lettuce is a good green I use. No head lettuce.

The three hole feeder on the left has a variety of food. Petamine vitamins, song seed and song treat veggies. A variety of selected foods to keep their attention and avoid band and feather picking. I like a busy canary..

 close up of toy and nesting ball with tissue

   

Front view of set up. Newspaper is in the bottom tray so the dropping go thru the bottom of cage.

view of top high perch and treat cup on right

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Top of cage with greenery, protection from the florescent lighting above them when it is on.

Getting the right information from the breeder of your new canary is important to the health of your bird. The brand of food they used, the size of cage, type of water feeder, vitamin's used, disease control used

You will NOT get this information from a Pet Store. !!!!!

Your new bird will be imprinted from it original care giver and the care it was given. Success is knowing this information. Be observant.

Information I was given when I started raising canaries was, "They need water and 1 tsp of seed a day and once a week some broccoli" Yes, this will keep your bird alive, but I don't know how happy?"  This is how I do it.....contact me if you have questions..