Canary Feeding.
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Treats are an important part of your canary feeding routine and an imperative part of a...
Balanced Diet.
Extra treats--in addition to the staples of seed, water, and cuttlebone--will help keep your canary convinced that you are his best friend.
Yes...Your canary needs a well balanced diet just like you and I.
He will get bored to tears with nothing but canary seed or pellets all the time. Wild canaries enjoy a variety of canary foods including grasses, insects, fruit, and seeds.
I sure like to have a snack now and then--If I could stay away from the brownies and go for the carrots instead I'd be a lot better off...but bored. I'd bet you like snacks too...who doesn't? One thing I know for sure...Your canary likes...
Treats.
Occasionally offering the following canary foods as part of your canary feeding routine will keep your canary happy and healthy and SINGING!
Below are few treats that your canaries will love... and are good for him too. Just BE CAREFUL...too much of a good thing can be bad. Plus...
I know a lot of people sometimes like to give their canary something sweet and tasty. I'll say it again...
BE CAREFUL.
You just might end up with a fat canary on your hands...not good--for him OR you. Click here to learn more about your fat canary.
Plus...some foods will KILL a canary or make him very sick. Click here to see what foods you should STOP FEEDING YOUR CANARY.
One of the most important treats you can give your canary is...
Boiled Egg.
Egg is a great supply of protein which wild canaries get from insects.
Boiled egg is a huge part of canary feeding for canary breeders. The protein is super-important for canary egg production and as a soft food for baby canaries.
It's also important for canaries that are not breeding. Protein supplies the muscle with amino acids which keep the muscles strong and healthy.
Boil the egg for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the shell...or not...I like to offer the shell separately so the canary can choose which one he eats.
Mash it up and put about a teaspoon in his treat dish. (Let it cool down first.) Don’t let the egg sit in the cage more than 4 or 5 hours. All kinds of nasty bacteria and such like to grow on eggs and can make your canary sick. Twice a week will give your canary a good amount of protein in his canary feeding program.
A good protein source without the mess that your
bird will love is
Egg Biscuit. Egg Biscuits are a mixture of egg, sugar, and
wheat that canaries find irresistible. They are a highly
nutritious canary food and extremely tasty treats for your pet bird.
Remember what Mom always said. "Eat your...
Veggies."
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Broccoli
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Corn on the cob
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Yams
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Sprouts
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Romaine lettuce
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Grated carrot
And believe it or not
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Jalapeno peppers make good canary food.
Some say the peppers will encourage your male canary to sing more…He's probably trying to cool off his tongue!
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Eight in One makes a good mixture of dried greens that is easy to use for canary food. All caged birds will enjoy this variety of premium dried greens featuring alfalfa flakes, cabbage, crushed chili pepper, and celery.
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"An apple a day keeps the vet away." Another important part of canary feeding is...
Fruit.
Apples
Oranges
Banana
Melon
Fruit twice a week is a nice treat and addition to your canary feeding plan.
Just offer a chunk and let them go at it. NO APPLE SEEDS... these are toxic to canaries.
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Try these for an easy fruit snack...
Tropical Fruit Treats. This colorful blend features real coconut, pineapple, and more for a taste of the islands.
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Other treats to add to your canary feeding regimen are...
Millet Sprays. A very welcome treat for canaries. You can clip them to the inside wall of the cage with a treat holder--like a clothes pin--or for a little entertainment attach it to the roof of the cage. Your canary bird will have a ball.
One canary feeding of millet per week is plenty. Millet is a high fat canary food and most likely your canary seed mixture has a little millet in it already. Natural unprocessed millet is a treat that bird's love!
Honey Sticks are a great canary food. Canaries love'm. Limit his access to honey sticks to a few hours once or twice a week. Your canary will enjoy these so much he will ignore his normal canary food and seed.
Honey sticks are a fun, tasty, and nutritious treat stick that combines vitamin enriched seeds and delicious fruit but your pet bird needs his canary seed and greens for a balanced diet.
Bee Pollen is a healthy snack and appreciated as canary food. You can find bee pollen in most grocery stores or health food stores.
Cuttlebones are made from the skeletons of squid and as canary food are an absolute necessity for your pet canary.
NOTE:
Cuttlebones are really NOT a treat but a staple. Your canary should always have access to a cuttlebone. They are high in calcium and the eating routine will help keep your bird’s beak in good shape. Leave a cuttlebone in the cage at all times with canary seed and fresh water.
One snack food per day is plenty.
In other words...you can give him a piece of orange or broccoli or egg food today...but don't give him all three in one day. (Except cuttlebone. Leave it and the canary seed in the cage at all times.)
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Use a canary food clip or treat dish to attach the canary food snack to the inside of the cage bars. This will prevent your bird from slinging canary food around the cage in his enthusiasm and creating a mess for you to clean up. Plus, it's not a good idea to have canary food on the floor of the cage in the vicinity of his waste.
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