what should i do for my canary ?

Question

recently he loses some of his long and short feathers.If he will die?:(
please tell me something about canary interests .what temperature it likes?cold, warmth ,middle?

Answer 1

Canaries go through a process called molt every year. They replace all of their feathers, beginning with their tails and ending with their heads. This process takes a lot of energy so your bird will be quiet and not sing and may seem a bit depressed. He needs to be fed very well at this time. Add extra protien to his diet by feeding a bit of hard boiled egg with the shell. Also feed him dark green leafy vegetables, like kale or brocolli. (no iceberg lettuce! It will give him diarhea) Whole grain bread is good, as is carrot, sweet potato and any other vegetables.

As far as temperature goes, he can take a little bit of cool, but make sure its not drafty. I would keep the temperture between 65 and 75 degrees F. After the feather replacement is over he will be his old self! Good luck.

PS. DONT get another canary and put it in the same cage. Canaries are not social birds and will fight if crowded. Even males and females will fight outside of mating season. He is not lonely. Different types of birds have different social systems.

Answer 2

Do Canaries come from the Canary Islands? Are the islands named after the birds, or any incorrect way around? specific, we first meet up with the Canary chicken interior the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, in a line with Spain. The birds are named after the islands, not any incorrect way around. apparently, the Romans named them the "dogs" Islands, for the inhabitants bred an quite super form of dogs. As may well be predicted, the ever pragmatic Romans have been greater attracted to fierce, preserve dogs, than in little making a music birds! "Canary" is a corruption of "canis", Latin for dogs.

Answer 3

Usually birds go through a "molting" process where they lose their old feathers only to get new ones. If he's not looking sick such as sneezing, listlessness, discharge from his nose, etc. Then he's probably just molting. Buying him some vitamins that you can put in his water during molting will take some of the stress out of the molting process. Birds can handle cool temps. but they can't handle drafts, so keep him in a place where it is not drafty, and cover him at night with a towel, so he can be warm, and sleep well. Does this seem to answer all your questions?

Answer 4

Birds do lose feathers, just like humans lose hair. I don't think that's a sympton that it is dying. Room temperature will be just fine for any household bird such as a canary. However I would suggest a pal for your new friend. Wouldn't it suck never to have anyone to speak to, or never being able to speak to someone in your own language?

Answer 5

Birds like to be kept warm (not hot) & no drafts.Cover cage at night & partial in the day for coziness.Birds sometimes shed their feathers. You may want to get a book on canaries at your local pet shop.

Answer 6

I think that warm. Mine likes also to have baths every day;) - the water is in middle temperature (like in the room).
He is very sociable:) Flies over our heads...;)
As he is very active, he looses his feathers... Yours is probably during this period when the feather is exchanged, I suppose.... Do not worry. You can by him special grains for this period. Ask a vet or in a pet shop..

Answer 7

If he is just losing a few feathers then he is just shedding them. New beautiful feathers will replace the lost ones.
Females birds will pull out their feathers to line their nest. I wouldn't start to worry unless lots of the feathers start to fall out. If they all start to fall out it could be a number of different things. Consult your vet if it gets bad.
76 degrees to 78 will keep him satisfied.