is it ok to put 3 canaries in a cage together? i have 2 females and 1 male.?

Question

i've had them together for about a week and they were ok. today the 2 females seem to be fighting and i wonder if they are ok living together. how does this work?!

Answer 1

I suppose that it could depend on the birds and if they're willing to share their space with another bird.

However, if they seem to be fighting, then I'd suggest that you separate them.

Also, if you have a female and a male in the same cage, there may be a chance that they could lay eggs.

Good luck and I hope I helped you!

Answer 2

According to Robirda
http://www.birdsboard.com/faq/index.cgi?read=16

"Can Canaries share a cage?

Posted By: (:>)
Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2002, at 7:33 p.m.

A. "You can sometimes allow more than one canary to share a flight cage for part of the year - but never can you keep a group of canaries in the same cage, no matter how large it is, for the full year! If you want them to share a flight, fine - but you will still need to have *at least!* one cage available for each and every bird you have, as somewhere along the line, you will need to use it to separate them!"

"It can be confusing, because canaries are photo-sensitive birds, and thier personality will change according to the season - so birds who get along just fine during the summer, or in the early fall, will be seriously trying to kill each other, if they are kept together during breeding season... (late winter, spring)

"If you want to have more than one bird in a cage year-round, you will be far better off to get birds from a more social species, like budgies or zebra finches...

"Canaries (and most other species which sing pleasant songs) are not social, they are territorial, and one male will try to claim the entire inside of a cage, no matter how big it is! If you have other males in there, they will be constantly trying to challenge that - and sooner or later, somebody will die, indirectly through starvation and harrassment, or outright through fighting, and being killed directly - which way it actually happens depends on the personality of the birds involved...

"I hope this helps clarify things for you, good luck, eh?" -Robirda "

http://www.birdsboard.com/

Answer 3

Keeping canaries together is not exactly simple. There's a great article on this canary website:

http://www.birdsboard.com/faq/index.cgi?read=16

Bottom line, not such a good idea. However, canaries are splendid birds when kept alone! Mine is upstairs singing her heart out.

Answer 4

the female lays the eggs yet whilst the male did no longer mate astonishing along with her then the eggs might by no skill be fertile. Why do you prefer to reproduce them besides? There are thank you to many undesirable birds already.

Answer 5

DONT ITS BETTER NOT TO THERE MIGHT BE A FIGHT AND WHO NOS ONE MITE DIE SO 1 FEMALE AND 1 MALE ........................................GOT THT