How to possibly tame canaries
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2021
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Today's video is about how to possibly tame canaries! We made a small guide with a few steps that might win your birds their trust.
Please let us know what you think of our small guide and if you see improvement in your birds trust! Also feel free to leave suggestions for the next video!
ps. because I can't stress this enough, don't remove juvenile birds from their nest to tame them, they need their parents until independent and also remember that not every canary (or any birds) is able to trust humans and become tame towards you.
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Our canary didn't want to be tamed for a while. But when we discovered he was just afraid of fingers, we could do a lot more :)
Yess, it's often the fingers they are afraid of 😄
So.. you removed your fingers??
Update: today he ate some seads out of my hand for the first time. He does it over and over now, lol. Never hoped of that but it worked!
@@musicalcubes1462 aww that's amazing! 💛
@@ayoubboufous I put strawberries mixed with greens broccoli so they could see that my fingers are food XD
I have taken a found canary on February 13th.
I never thought she'd ever come near my hands, but since yesterday, she started to inspect them.
My scared birdie is now a handtame canary that likes to be with me everywhere.
Canaries are amazing pets.
She's always flying loose.
She has her safe spaces on top of the closets, in the plant bins, on the watercooket, well, anywhere she pleases really.
I don't bother her, she will talk to me, or come to me herself if she wants attention.
Her body language will tell if she appreciates me being closes or not.
Today she even slept close to me when I took a little nap.
My house is a mess, because I took my time to enjoy these moments with her.
The first landing on my arm, jead, first time sirting on me for a while, first time landing on my finger, eating deom my hand.
it was amazing.
it IS amazing.
My scardy birdie has become a sweet companion that loves close contact.
I loved reading this so much! 🥰 it really shows the amount of love you have for your sweet and also very lucky canary 💛 and it's also the best life ever, doing what they please and searching for contact if they want to 🥰 the smallest creatures have the biggest personalities 💛
@@LemonBirbs bro today my little canary was flying around the house and then something happened and suddenly I see my canary literally sitting with his body on the floor and then I took him to see that both of his legs were absolutely numb and one of them is bleeding, is there a way to help him or is the only way putting him to sleep?😭😭😭
@@user-cm7om6mw2k sounds like you need to go to an avian vet asap! I am not a veterinarian and your birds needs to be seen physically
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I lost 3 of my original canaries back in December 2022, and before seeing this video I did all of these things without knowing that's how you tamed them. The ones that have passed did have moments when they would randomly hope on me. This helps assure they knew I loved them and that they started to feel the same towards me before they passed.
It took a long time but I was able to tame my canary with seeds as treats. He doesn't like to be pet but he loves sitting on my arm 😊
Aww that's so sweet! 🥰 Captain Birb doesn't like fingers a lot either, but Sicko loves them 😂
congrats :) I'm trying with two
How long
@@alixldn how did it go
@@idirgh505 It took about 1 year.
A year ago my grandma canary had 3 babies. I noticed that the mother was ignoring the smallest one and feeding the 2 bigger ones. In the past the mother had done the same thing and the smallest one always died. To prevent this from happening again I took the smallest one to feed. I then placed him back in the nest hoping the mother will just sit on him because I didn’t know how to keep him warm. Once I did that the mother stoped feeding the other 2 and would not sit in her nest. So I ended up taking the other 2 and had the responsibility of taking care of 3 newborn canaries. I did a good job and raised them to be fully feathered canaries. Once they learned how to fly around the house the two older ones would have nothing to do with me but the little one would always fly to my shoulder and just chill with me. I had a plan to go to Florida for a week and had to leave them with my grandma. When I came back the little one had passed and I was very Heartbroken. I felt guilt. My grandma said he just got sick out of nowhere. Maybe the mother canary knew that the youngest was weak and was going to die that why she was focusing on the other 2 but at least I tried and I hoped he lived a great life even if it was short.
Awww you have done the best thing you could 💛 he lived a short life, but at least a well fed and loved one. Sometimes rescueing an animal is sadly impossible for us
@@LemonBirbs bro today my little canary was flying around the house and then something happened and suddenly I see my canary literally sitting with his body on the floor and then I took him to see that both of his legs were absolutely numb and one of them is bleeding, is there a way to help him or is the only way putting him to sleep?😭😭😭
I couldn't agree more with you, especially about their 'safe space'! And broccoli is the best treat for them for sure! I definitely need to train more with mine, but mommy is lazy🤣🤣🤣🙈🙈🙈 thanks for the video!! Can't wait for more🥰🥰🥰
Broccoli is love, broccoli is life 😂😂
@@LemonBirbs TOTALLY AGREED
Awwwww they are adorable great video!!🥰 love all the cute footage of them
This is very useful, thank you so much for these videos! am new to the world of birds and these tipes are just great!
Very valuable tips for owners and future owners like me. Thanks for posting this!
A lovely bird with beautiful owner, im still learning how to keep canary as pet at tropical place. I really love canary bird.
Ooooh. You know they look very easy to tame but it's actually more spiritual and emotional. If they really feel that u love them they will become your babies ❤️ I love how u suggested treats too. It's like a small cheat code even if they're mad they will be near u to eat treats lol. Keep it up ❤️❤️❤️❤️
That's very true! You really have to build that connection 💛 and they do almost everything for delicious snacks 😂
@@LemonBirbs plz keep it up. May the Lord protect those precious furr balls
My yellow Canary named Nugget is such a good boy! The moment I let him out the cage he immediately wanted to land on me but was hesitant. He likes to be close to me he's just a little weary with my hands. When I greet him in the morning he wiggles his butt and starts listening to what I'm saying. Honestly I love my bird and he knows it! thanks for the tips looking forward to seeing more from you 💛
Awwwww that's so sweet to hear! 🥰 and I love the name Nugget 💛
@@LemonBirbs your video actually inspired me to let him out the cage I'm glad I did! Hope your little nuggets are doing well! Cool necklace by the way
Thanks for your useful content, keep up the videos !
Your birds are beautiful and so do you!
Excellent training.
Beautiful Canary, thanks for the nice explanation
Cutest birds ever. My canary really likes apples, and sometimes when I sit next to her cage, she seems intrigued. When I try to grab her for whatever reason, nail clipping or whatever, she acts like her hour has come. So dramatic! Very cute.
They really dont like when people grab them. Whenever you do, they lose more and more trust in you.
@@bekiboy4863 I know, but sometimes it's necessary for health checkups to grab the bird.
So lovely birds 💛💛
Thank you so much for a lovely video
Its so nicely i really like it amazing bird
So lovely birds
Wonderful advice
Thank you for sharing this video.😊☘🌱🌿🍀🐥🐥
I tamed an adult Canary, it was very difficult, but now she is my friend
Can u share u story, I happened to rescue one yesterday
wonderful! thank you
What a lovely video
I love your video's about the canaries !!
Please keep on making them.
Greetings from Holland
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Thankyouu! 🥰 we are from Holland too! 😄
@@LemonBirbs Dat is leuk...hahaha
Je spreekt erg goed Engels moet ik zeggen, maar ik zie echt uit naar nieuwe video's, komen die er nog aan denk je?
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@@hansem3988 Dankjewel! Er komen zeker nieuwe videos aan 😄 alleen editten neemt naast de studie veel tijd in beslag 😂 maar ze komen zeker!
@@LemonBirbshahah je accent is Nederlands :)
Thank you so helpful
Lovely video 🥰
Thank you for this video I will try my best to tame them
Greetings from Switzerland 😊. I've bern watching my friend's canary this week and discovered that canaries are social if you pay attention and give them space. They enjoy being talked to and love being outside of the cage when it suits them. Your video makes me think I could be happy with a canary again and not a budgie.❤
@@robertkerr9527 Canaries truly are amazing little creatures 🥰 but so are budgies (I personally would go for canaries all the way 😂 I love them so much!) 😍
Wow amazing 😊
Wow I like it 💖😍
Какие у вас прелестные канарейки. Какое доброе видео. Успехов вам и процветания.Привет из Украины.
I love canaries so much
Amazing
Very cute, they are lucky to have you as an owner.
Aww, thankyou so much 💛
Perfect🙏
Nice canary 🥰
I like it
ماشاءالله الله يديمو يارب
You see dear, the reazon the Tweety birds ♡ u iz because you raised them since they were babiez.
They see you as their mommy 😍
I know 😊💛 but it's even possible to tame canaries that weren't raised by hand 😄 there are a lot of people that have tamed their canaries (with different ages) 💛
Ubóstwiam kanarki ❤ dziękuję za film 🥰
Wow amazing nice may friend bird canary kolor yellow. 👍💞🌹🌹🌹🐦🐦🐦🐦👍👍👍
Lovely! Really wonderful job! I can hear from your voice that you are dutch hehe😂
Thankyou! And haha yess, that's correct 😂
My canary sadly doesn’t eat if he’s out of his cage :(
I have been taking him out of cage for about a year now, and if manually put his feet on my fingers he can stay for 20 seconds.
Any tips?
Super.
thank yuou
Great 👍👍👍👍
Mine talks. Translation
This helped so much
Nice 👌
I' love canaries❤
Interesting
So beautiful birds, love them. I was wondering what you do with poops when they are outside the cage ? Also what diet you give to the birds, you change it if they are in productive period?
I have another video about their diet on this channel 😄 it's the latest one we have uploaded. I clean the poops every evening, very managable with just a wet cloth 😄
Too Cute
My mom doesn’t let me free them in the house because she thinks there going to poop everywhere so I don’t know what to do
Mine mostly sit in the same places (on their playgrounds, on me, near us) and we have napkins and blankets on those places 😄 very easy to switch out of they poop on there. Also their poops are very easily removable with a wet cloth 😄
Why possibly. I tamed my canary about 45 years ago even the bird was adult when I got him... Anyway you have my like, and support!
Because there are some canaries that truly do not wish to be closento humans at all, and I don't want people pushing those birds for interactions 💛 Animals need to be able to show what they want to do and not what we want them to do 💛
Hi I have a question, can a domestic female canary coexist with wild western tanagers in a cage? Will they be able to keep each other company and mate?
Hii, sorry for the very late reply 🙈 I don't know the answer to your question honestly, sorry! 😅
My mother once brought me a canary, and i was very pissed off by that. But i figured out how am i gonna tame him and he stood on my shoulder after a month just like a parekeet. If you scare them for once they wont be near you anymore at all costs
Yes, respecting their boundaries is a very, very big part of the taming process!
Wonderful video and a very comfy watch. If you don't mind the question where is that accent from I can't place it
Thankyou so much! I am from Netherland 😄
@@LemonBirbs thanks for the answer
Good canary
ماشاء الله انشاء نافورة
Çok güzel maşallah
Omg how did you do that. I gotta watch the video
Ik had een gewonde kanarie gevonden buiten, na het bezoek aan de dierenarts besloot ik om haar zelf te houden. Ze heeft alles wat ze moet hebben, een ruime kooi, bad, eten, snacks, water, stokjes, spiegel, speelgoed,… alleen weet ik niet of ze gelukkig is. Hoe kun je zien of een kanarie zich goed voelt? Hoe weet je of ze helemaal niet tam wilt gemaakt worden? Alvast bedankt!
Ze heeft het in ieder geval goed getroffen bij jou! 💛 als kanaries gelukkig zijn dan laten ze dit vaak zien door te badderen, poetsen, lekker hun eigen ding te doen, goed te eten en drinken en fluiten (al doen voornamelijk mannetjes dat). Kortom ze zijn dan lekker de hele tijd bezig 😄
Het niet tam willen zijn merk je eigenlijk pas in het proces. Als er vanaf de eerste stap al een langere tijd (ook deze stap kan weken duren) geen positieve veranderingen zijn en dat ze minder comfortabel lijkt, dan zal ze niet tam willen worden. Maar ook dit kan na een lange periode en vertrouwen winnen door niks te doen en alleen de dagelijkse verzorging, verbeteren waardoor het ooit wel mogelijk zal zijn 😄
Dankjewel! Mooi mens ben je
Dankjewel!
It’s beautiful 😍. Can you please tell me where can I get a cage similar like that one 🙂
We have bought this one from avonturia.nl. it's called the Fiona bird cage 😄 I think it's also on amazon
Thank you so much 😊
ODER 1 FROM FISH AND FEATHERS I HAVE THE SAME CAGE
When I was a kid, I had a young budgie fly out an accidentally opened window after being with me only 3 days. How do you let your canaries free fly without escaping?
We only open the windows at night when my partner and I both know for sure they are both in their cage (we lock them in their cage when they sleep) and we check every window like 3 times before opening the cage again 😄. And if we want to open the window during the day we communicate and make sure the canaries are inside the cage and locked in (they easily jump in of we bring them to the cage). We also have an extra door between the front door and house and our house rule is that one of the doors must be closed at all times when the other one is being openend, but if we expect visitors we lock the birds inside their cage to prevent possible accidents. We take a lot of precautions 🙈
Hi what size cage should I get for two canarys thx
One that's big enough to have at least 3 different sized perches inside and where they can still fly a little too 😄 our cage is 78x47,5x81cm, and they also love a wider cage more than a tall one 💛
Hi. I would like to have one canary male for the first time and I'd like to ask you some things can I? Is he loud in the morning? Could I sleep with him in one room? If he would be often in his cage, how large at last should the Cage be? He prefer longer cage than tall as I heard. Is dust dangerous for him? How often he need special send and cutting nails? And if I must leave him alone for one weekend and I will give him enough food and water, will he be ok? And can I replace his cage for night next the wall and at the day replaced the Cage in front of the window to have more sun? Thank you for answer 🙏 and sorry for bad English 🐦
Woah, that's a lot of questions buddu, I may not have canarirs yet but I think I can help you with some of your questions, is that Ok ?
1) Is he gonna be loud in the morning?: YES yes he will most likely be, and not just in the morning, if you have other birds he will likely even try to mimic their dounds in his song.
2)Could you sleep in the same room with him?:
It depends, I personally have no issue sleeping in the same room as my birds but some people may have allergies to the dust that bird feathers produce.
3)How big should his cage be?:
Although a finch or budgie flight cage is the best option I would say that a breeding cage(around 60 cm in length) can still be a great option if he doesn'r spend too much time in the cage.
4)should the cage be long or tall?:
Preferably both, birds like to fly horisontaly but they still need some height to feel comfortable. Depending on how much time he spends out of his cage you may even be able to get away with a cage that is taller than is long.
5)Is dust dangerous to canaries?:
Birds have a very fragile resperatory system, and canaries are no exception,dust particles in the air can cause resperatoty infections and other health related problems.
6)Will he need to have his nails cut?:
Almost all birds will have to get their naild trimmed every once in a while, however you can slow the need for a nail trim by using natural wood perches, platforms and consrete perches(never sand perches).
7)Can I leave the bird for the weekend and will it be fine?:
You will need to have someone come and check on the bird at least once a day if you are gone, they will also be able to do some dasic meintenance such as changing the wather in case the birds taked a nath in the wather dowl, or if you use water bottles change in case it starts leaking.
8)Can I use a differect cage for sleeping?:
You probably can but I dont reccoment it, it's better to just move the cage from the window to the place where the birds will be sleeping.
Have a great rest of the day buddy !
@@Thebeetlemangr thank you very much
Hello! Thank u for sharing this. I tried with my bird but unfortunately it has some bad attitude like biting and three user actions that I can't control, well u pls help me fix this? I wanna send to h some vids about the situation, so tell me how I can contact u if u dont mind
Hii! Is it bad attitude, or are you maybe not seeing his boundaries and crossing them?
I have different social media platforms of lemon.birbs, the links are in the description below the video 😄
İ know that it's been a year. but i really need your help with something l, so i've just got a new canary and i am in my grandma's house so i can't let it fly in the house, will this affect the bird and won't make it love me? Waiting for your response
It will be different as your bird can't leave it's safe space and therefore you need to enter it's safe space (which is not advicable) 😊 Do you live there permanently or temporary? Otherwise I would try to keep most of the contact outside of the cage 😊
Also never push your bird to sit on you or have contact with you if it doesn't want that, that only works the wrong way
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Of course every individual bird is different and it the case with taming them too. I ve got my tamed whithout any special methods even he was already an adult bird. Anyway canaries like to sing the most and not to play games like parrots. In any case it is nicer to be closer to these beautiful little friends... 🐦
Yess absolutely, and age indeed doesn't matter at all! 💛
Hi I have a question, my canary keeps flying from one side of the cage to the other side and only stops to eat and bath is it something I should be concerned about?
This could be various things like being bored or having too much energy or something else. How big is their cage and do you give them enrichment?
@Lemon Birbs well we just got her and we will try to get her out of their cage more
Mantaaap boskuh👍
Istimewa👍
One question, are they making a mess ? Or are they good and clean?
Messy for sure! 😂
Hi nice video! What's the size of your cage?thanks
Thankyou! The cage in the video is 70 x 40 x 80 cm 😄 but I have upgraded the cage last year for one that is 80 x 50 x 110 cm 🥰
@@LemonBirbs wow，lucky birds got you as owner
Hello, I really enjoy your videos! I have a beautiful American Singer named Maestro, about 8 years old, who wants a companion. What do you recommend? Have u a website? I love your taming techniques. I was told that canaries can’t be hand tamed, so thank you for showing the truth!
Hii! He sounds great! I think it's great to pair him with a female 😄 People often say they will stop singing once they are paired, but I know a loooot of paired canaries that still sing as much as "normal" 🥰 our female even sings together with our male 💛
I am active on different social media platforms like Facebook (LemonBirbs) and Instagram (@lemon.birbs) 😄 we do not have a website (yet)
I would love to acquire a hand tamed female! Do you know of any needing a home? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, if you can recommend any like-minded breeders or rescues/fosters. How can I allow them together, without breeding?
Kiiroitori ❤🐤
My canary is rescued from my aunt, because of their mistreatment he lost a leg and is afraid to go close to humans and I need to know how to help them
The steps that I mention in this video is a good start for this 😄 hopefully he has adapted to his one legged life 💛
i also have cannary :D
i have almost 1 month old canary bird and he is still eating liquid handfeed formula. How do i make him eat sold food now?
How often are you giving him formula? Try to provide solid food and give less formula 😄 do you have other birds? Maybe set him close so he can see and copy foraging and eating behaviour
@@LemonBirbs After every 2 hours i give him formula. Yes, i also have other canary birds if you remember i have told you this before that his mother is not taking care of him and now she is preparing to breed again in her cage. Is it possible that this baby bird would never eat seeds in his life if i keep feeding him formula?
@@im_a_ghostlyboii is it the same canary you told about 10 days ago? Stating that it was just a few days old then? Can you maybe contact me on our Facebook or Instagram chat and send photos of the juvenile canary? Its best to see the juvenile for me to give adjusted advice.
What we do in the rescue centre is provide solid food at all times and handfeed a little less the older the animals get, we make sure they see the older birds so they can copy them and have an example on how to be a bird
@@LemonBirbs Yes its the same bird. Sure, I'll share his pics/video with you on Instagram tomorrow.
Check your Instagram inbox please
I have four canaries I’ve only just got them the other day they’re over a year old I have two yellow canaries, which are a pair and two Gloster canaries, which are also a pair. They’re together in a cage although I realise that’s a mistake and I will separate them when I can afford to. I am worried about letting them fly around the room in case I can’t get them back in again they escaped today and I had to get my neighbour to come and catch them with a net Although I know that must’ve been very frightening for them. How do you get them back into the cage if they’re not tame yet?
@@Gracie765 Birds will often go back into their cage when the sun is starting to set 😄 They see their cage as safe space and will always go back to it for food and rest (although some birds are very stubborn and think closets are also a good resting spot 😂). So you could try testing letting them fly around the room a bit before sunset to let them get adjusted to flying back to the cage 😄 but do make sure they are also fully adjusted to the cage already, otherwise they might not go back either if they don't feel like it's their territory yet 💛
Hello i have a canary bird question, could you help?
Hii yes ofcourse! You can either ask your question here or via a dm on Facebook or Instagram (those are linked in the description of the video), whatever you prefer 😄
i have one cannary bird baby born just few days ago but he is very weak. Her mother is not feeding him properly. I'm afraid he is going to die. What should i do?
How is it going now with your canaries? I hope I am not the only one you contacted with this problem. The best thing you can do it find out if there might be something wrong with the youngster and maybe get help from an avian vet. If the mother is not feeding properly then you might need to feed the youngster, depending on its health
@@LemonBirbs He is fine now I have started to handfeed him with Kaytee exact formula. I feed him every 2 to 3 hours as he digest quickly. Thank you for showing your concern.
@@im_a_ghostlyboii glad to hear he is still thriving! Hopefully he grows up to be a strong, healthy birdy
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My canarys know me and aren't scared of me but they don't come to sit in my head or my hand I dont know why,they breeded and got 2 eggs one of the hatched and the another egg hasn't hatched but the one which hatched doesn't run but I'm afraid I will hurt them if I touch them and they have already full hair,
still...
Aww they know you're not dangerous, but might indeed still be a bit wary just in case 😄 If you want to touch their baby I would wait until it's a fledgling 💛 that way you might be more confident with possibly picking him up 😄
😍👍.!!!
My canary sometime sit on my head and lap and shoulder but he isnt tamed why that ?
Mayne because he just wants to 😄 some birds are very curious 💛
@@LemonBirbs aww cute
Heyyy, I was wondering how long it took you to Tame your canaries? :)
My canaries were tame from the very beginning 😄 I had to raise them by hand when they were only 10 days old (their parents escaped the aviary at their previous owners their house) and they have always seen me as their mother 💛
One of my friends also has a half tame canary (and he started taming him when the canary was already a few years old) and he's now working with him for over a year. But it's so amazing to see the progres 🥰 His canary will now fly onto his head and hopefully soon also on his hands 💛
@@LemonBirbs thanks so much! I’m hoping to get a canary myself :)
@@ukiyo_5306 If you have the time, space and money I would definitely adopt canaries 🥰 they bring sooo much happiness into your life even when they aren't tame 💛
So I just got this canary I think he's just over 6 months old. His owner couldn't take care of him anymore . And I don't know much about canaries. I'm talking to him every day and sitting with him. He has had no training previously. I've only had him for 4 days I'm holding food in my hand. I'm patient with him. At the moment he's just getting used to me sitting I know he wants the food out of my hand but he's not sure about this at the moment. I want to be able to let him out for a fly around. And hopefully returned to my hand to be put back in his cage do you think this is possible with what I'm doing at the moment 🤔O And i think you and your birds are amazing. You must put an awful amount of time into them. That's why I thought you were the best person to ask. Your videos are very interesting and informative thank you 😀
Hiya! Thankyou for taking care of him! I bet his previous owner really appreciates that! 💛
Four days is a very short time for a canary to get fully accustomed to his new life and surroundings, so that may cause him to be even more uncertain of what to do. The goal you want to achieve is definitely possible, but may take a looot of time (days to months to years) depending on the birds character and respecting his boundaries, but possible!
And thankyou so much! I do indeed put all my time into them (and have done multiple behavioural studies in my current study) 😂
I was gifted one of these birds after his friend's died but I always feel bad for him sitting alone in his cage. He mostly just looks at his mirror, so I wanted to tame him so I could interact with him. Since it's an older bird I worry getting him a friend might just make them fight instead. I sometimes put on bird noises on my phone for him though
Aww thankyou for taking care of him 💛 I think your bird might like to have a companion as well as spending time with you 😄 some canaries can live alone, but if they had companions before and he is looking at his mirror mostly, that is an indication that he might miss another canary to chirp too or to have fun with 😄
Can I keep two male canaries together ?
It is possible if they have enough space (big cage and lot's of outside the cage time), but they can start fighting for dominance or due to hormones during breeding season.
What are the breeds of birds?
I don't know as they are rescues and raised by hand since 10 days old 😅 but people have referred to them as waterslagers
And my canary isn’t feeling well it’s not flying moving and open mouth
Have you visited an avain vet with him?
God i hava axakli dat bord
How you poop trained them?
I did not poop train them 😄 a bird trained to poop on command or in a certain place, keeps holding their poop in until they reach that place or get the command. This can cause a prolaps, not to mention how uncomfortable it must be to hold your poop if you need to 😅 canaries poop around every 15 minutes and if they get the right diet, their poops are very easy to wipe away with a wet cloth (doesnt even need to be wet though)
Do you have ig that can follow, I want to consult about my pet canary
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My canary doesn't want to be tamed, but she can sit still long enough to satisfy her need of apple bites.