Canary Foods That Will
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Lean, mean, singing machine!
Make sure your feathery friend gets a good staple of...
--Canary seed mixture
--Cuttlebone for calcium
--And Fresh water
Then provide him with healthy and wholesome treats and, in no time, you'll be your canaries best friend. Also keep in mind that...
Some foods can KILL. Keep reading and you may just save your canaries life...
What's the first thing you think of when thinking of canary foods?
Bird seed of course!
However, it's important to know that there are as many kinds of commercially available seed mixtures as there are species of bird. Give your canary...
Canary Seed
--Hey, I never said this is rocket science--
There are different mixtures of canary seed. Make sure
you're using a good one for your canary foods. Hint...you get what you
pay for. For great tips on
seed as canary food CLICK HERE...
A great variation on the standard DRY canary mix is soft seed. Prepared correctly it is a highly delectable addition to plain old dry seed. See the article The Controversy: Boiled Seed vs. Soak Seed.
Keep reading for tips on canary foods such as... Treats Watering information Grit Vitamin and mineral supplementation. A big part of your canary's diet are...
Canary Treats
-->HEALTHY treats of course. Fresh baked brownies
won't cut it...I keep those for myself
--actually brownies won't kill your canary but they
will make him fat and unhealthy...More on the FAT canary below-- What I am talking about are foods you
might not ever think of like avocados, apple seeds, and several others.
Click here
to learn what foods are super-bad for your canary---IMPORTANT. "So...what are the GOOD treats?” you ask inquisitively.
Glad you asked...A steady supply of GOOD treats will provide your canary
with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Not to mention-->Variety. You have an entire page devoted to good treats...
Water
Make sure your pet bird has fresh water available...
AT
ALL TIMES! Sorry, didn't mean to yell but...
Your canary
can die within 24 hours without water. The standard glass tube
waterer works great. Also,
this larger waterer is a good one. It holds a generous supply of
fresh water for canaries. This waterer is generally used when there are several birds in a large cage. It's probably to big for one canary in a standard size cage. You won’t want to use a large open dish or bowl for
drinking water. He'll end up trying to take baths in it and foul
his drinking water. It will also end up as a receptacle for
canary foods, seed hulls, feces, and feathers. --YUCK!-- SPECIAL NOTE: When you move a canary to a new cage he might be
somewhat disoriented for a day or so and not be able to find the
waterer. Make it easy for him that first day or two. You might see him using the temporary dish as a bath
tub. Don't worry too much about it. Let him have fun. Canaries
love to take baths. Just remember to change the water often. You
should provide him with a shallow dish or bird bath a couple of times a
week anyway strictly for that purpose. Get a bath ready for your canary early in the day and
remove it by late afternoon. You want to make sure the bird is dry
before night sets in, plus you don't want him drinking the "foul" bath
water. OK where do you NOT want to place your pet canary's
drinking water?...That’s right...No canary foods or water under a perch.
Near a perch is good. Under a perch is bad. Don't make me slap your
hand! You should change the drinking water and clean the
waterer every day to keep them bacteria free. I’ve known people
to change their water once per week without any problems but
bacteria growth in the waterer can make your bird sick. And how good can
week old water taste anyway? ***Low Maintenance Tip*** To Grit or Not To Grit... In addition to a bit of grit now and then supplement
your canary foods with...
Vitamins Just like you and I your
canary needs to have a proper amount of vitamins coursing through his
body for optimal canary health. Without living in his
native habitat it's difficult to get everything he needs...even though
you may be giving him all the BEST canary foods. Right about now you should be thinking... Whoa!...Hold on just a
cotton pickin' minute...one question at a time. There are plenty
of answers to your questions and plenty of time to get to them...Click
here for answers to your canary vitamin questions.
Remember, some treats are great as canary foods and
others can KILL...and I'm not just talking about brownies and other
fattening foods.
Go there
now...click here.
There is one exception to this rule...When bringing a new canary
home for the first time, it’s probably a good idea to have an easily
accessible water dish in the cage in addition to the tube waterer.
Check your local pet store for a water treatment that will keep algae
from growing and keep the water fresh tasting. A few drops in the
waterer and you can let the water changing go for a few days.
***End Low Maintenance Tip***
Bird owners have been giving there flying friends grit as a supplement
to canary foods for ages. Lately though there has been a bit of a
disagreement among canary aficionados as to the best grit policy...Click
here to find out if you should give your canary grit or not.
"How much? When? What kind?
Where do I get the canary vitamins?"
O.K. That's my summary on canary foods. Click over to one of the articles mentioned above for more details.
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