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Open Question: My canary used to be a BEAUTIFUL singer, help?

January 8th, 2010 | by admin | Open Question: My canary used to be a BEAUTIFUL singer, help?
Hello… I need some help/advice here. I have had birds in the past from small parrots to lovebirds, so I am not totally new to this. There was a local pet store that I stopped several times to buy dog supplies. Every time I went in there was a male canary that would sing his little heart out, beautiful song. After several times seeing him… I thought, yup I’m going to get him.
So I did. It was almost a year ago. Once I got him home it took several days for him to adjust but then he sang and sang and sang. Then last April… one morning there was no more singing. Every once in a while he will make some peeps BUT not even close to his beautiful song.
He is in a huge cage, lots of room to fly, he gets a high quality canary seed mix, he gets a honey treat canary mix and when he started molting I started giving him a molting/oily seed mix as well. He gets millet, he has a bath, gets distilled water, is in a draft free area, where he can interact with people, has a cuttle bone and a swing.
I understand that they stop singing when they molt but he molted 8 months ago. For the life of me I cannot figure out why he will not sing. He acts and appears to be very health.
Before you say it, I know several parrot breeders and have experience myself that taking birds to a vet does nothing but expose them to avian diseases and gives you huge bills for a vet doing a whole lot of nothing.
So could someone please share some advice with me here, what has worked for you? Why in the world would he not sing for this long?
I would greatly appreciate any helpful advice!
As always… 10 points for best answer!
Thanks… but no, nothing has changed. And yes there is lots of natural light in the room, especially in the morning. He gets way more attention here then he did at the pet store!

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:39:40 GMT

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