| If you're considering sharing your home
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| | cage, then you've picked a spot that's
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| with a pet canary, it's probably because
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| | too drafty for your new feathered friend!
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| you've heard so much about their nearly
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| | As far as cages go, your canary doesn't
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| constant, bubbly singing. Join the club!
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| | require anything too spectacular-just
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| Since the seventeenth century, pet owners
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| | enough room to hop about and stretch his
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| the world over have kept canaries for
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| | wings. Make sure you purchase a cage that
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| nothing more than the sheer pleasure of
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| | is at least two feet wide and three or
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| birdsong filling their homes. A canary is
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| | four feet tall. Get a cage with a tray in
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| not merely a feathered music box, though,
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| | the bottom to make for easy cleaning, and
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| and pet canary care is so much more than
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| | make sure that the bars of the cage are
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| the gilded cage of old. A canary is a
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| | not coated with toxic paint or other
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| living thing, dependent on you for food,
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| | chemical sealants. You should clean your
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| shelter, and love, and canary care, while
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| | canary's cage thoroughly at least once a
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| not rocket science, involves a certain
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| | week, washing perches, food and water
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| level of avian expertise. Ready to become
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| | containers, and toys in a mild bleach
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| an expert? Study hard!
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| | solution, and washing down the rest of
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| Thanks to selective breeding, there's
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| | the cage with dish soap and warm water.
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| quite possibly a canary out there to suit
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| | While they can't stand drafts, canaries
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| every personality and desire. Some
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| | do love indirect sunlight. A good supply
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| canaries are bred for their coloration,
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| | of natural light will keep your canary
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| some are bred for their shape, and some,
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| | singing, and will also interest him in
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| of course, are bred to produce a very
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| | breeding should a female be present. If a
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| specific song pattern. What kind of
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| | draft will kill a canary the fastest, a
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| canary you purchase will depend on what
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| | second runner up is dehydration. Because
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| canary resources are available near you.
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| | of their speedy metabolisms, canaries
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| If you can find a reputable canary
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| | require a lot of water and may die if
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| breeder, that will be your best option.
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| | they go as little as a day without it.
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| Many pet stores now, however, commit to
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| | Change your canary's water daily and
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| purchasing healthy birds only from
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| | never leave for more than a day without
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| reputable breeders, but check first to
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| | asking someone to water your canary for
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| make sure that your canary was not wild
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| | you. As for food, seed is the mainstay of
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| caught or raised in less-than-desirable
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| | a canary's diet, and there are many good
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| conditions. If the pet store manager can
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| | commercially available seed mixes made
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| not account for where your potential
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| | specifically for canaries. You should
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| canary came from, don't buy a canary from
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| | supplement your canary's seed with a
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| that store! Oh, and be sure that the
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| | little fresh fruit and boiled egg every
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| canary you purchase is a male, if it's a
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| | day. An apple slice and a fourth of a
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| strong singer you're after. The females
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| | hard boiled egg is enough. You should
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| are incapable of producing the
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| | also provide your canary with a
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| characteristic long trills and melodies
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| | cuttlebone, as he will gnaw on this to
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| that made canaries famous.
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| | attain necessary calcium.
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| Canaries can be quite delicate, so a
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| | With these basic rules and supplies of
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| primary part of learning to care for a
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| | pet canary care well in hand, you're
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| pet canary is to realize that prevention
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| | ready to seek out the perfect canary for
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| is key. If there's a number one rule of
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| | you. Will you choose a rosy red colorbred
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| pet canary care, it's that you absolutely
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| | canary, an exotic Persian Singer, or
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| must keep your canary away from drafts at
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| | something in between? Whatever your
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| all times. A drafty room can kill a
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| | decision, your canary will thank you
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| canary without any warning whatsoever,
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| | exuberantly for the next ten to fifteen
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| and even a slight draft can prevent your
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| | years the best way he knows how-by
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| canary from warbling. If a lit candle
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| | singing his heart out.
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| flickers when held outside your canary's
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