The importance of foraging behaviour + some examples

[@MusicDoctor77]

Good to give them something interesting. Very nice bird's 😊👍

[@Loveofpets]

Excellent video! I found you on Facebook and now KZbin. I subscribed to your awesome channel

[@LemonBirbs]

@@Loveofpets Thank you so much! 🥰

[@6400az]

Hi, you sure love your birds. I only have one gloster wich hasn't sung in 3 months . It just stopped while moulting but hasn't started again . Like yours it has a play pen and loose inside the house. Everyday take it out in its cage for a few hours on sum. Greetings from Miami FL.

[@LemonBirbs]

Is he maybe still moulting? Sometimes the moulting process can be so terribly long 😓 and maybe you can try putting some singing canary videos on, that might trick him into singing 💛 Thankyou for providing your canary the life he deserves 🥰

[@6400az]

Hi, yes he started moulting around Christmas. Lost all but 2 tail feathers and could'nt fly at all to go with the not singing as well. This one is a rather large plain head gloster with lots of puffy feathers so maybe that's a reason for the long moult. I've read it could take up to 12 weeks but this one's been a bit longer. I do play music and canary videos so maybe that will stimutae him. At the moment it does try to sing but just a little bit . He has started to fly again but not like before. Maybe in a bit more time. I'll keep you posted. Thank you @@LemonBirbs

[@LemonBirbs]

@@6400az I think he might need a little more time indeed! But it sounds like he will be singing loudly again soon 😂💛

[@friermama]

I love this! Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to provide helpful information and examples ❤

[@LemonBirbs]

I love talking about birds 💛 It's also part of my study and job! 🥰

[@rubencarvalho230]

Thank you, im going to try to do something similar!

[@ndalyoussfi]

I am so happy to watch this video we recently have bought a canary and he is very shy and still afraid of us , i tried to make a foraging toy once an he got afraid of it i will try your first method 👍🏻 i was afraid he will eat the paper cardboard or paper but as i see you using them it means they won’t eat it 👍🏻 thank you for your videos and waiting for your next

[@LemonBirbs]

He might nibble on the cardboard 😄 Mine do that too when I use it in a toy, but it's harmless if they only do it sometimes (and still eat and drink the right stuff) 💛 and thankyou for giving your canary an amazing life 🥰

[@Miskayc]

This is amazing!! Love it. I just bought a similar playpen with a swing so I will definitely do this. So you keep it out for a week then discard? Do you keep adding seeds everyday? This is my first canary - very excited learning new things about them! 💛

[@LemonBirbs]

Thankyou! And yess I remove everything from the playground every week and clean it with warm water 😄 I do sometimes add extra seeds, but I do check what they have eaten first. If I only see the hulls I will add more, otherwise they can forage for the last few seeds haha. If you have more questions or are in need of advice or just want to talk, feel free to send me a message on Instagram or Facebook! (Or here in the comments is fine too, but sometimes I do not get notifications from YT) 💛

[@Anna-px9bd]

Good to see you back! I have a few questions for you if you don't mind answering, Why does my canary smell ( Not a pleasant smell at all)? Their cage is cleaned and they still smell really bad. what should I feed my canary every single day? Xx I cannot wait for videos in the future from you! Also how's your hand if you don't mind me asking as I know that it's be really bad Bless you!

[@LemonBirbs]

Hii! Sorry for my late reply! Do they have a bath to bathe themselves in? That might make a difference if they don't have a bath 😄 It might also be worth it to take them to an avian vet for a check up, to make sure there are no pathogens causing the smell! I feed my canaries a mixed diet of seeds, vegetables, greens and fruit (in a 50/70% seeds/grains/oats and 30/50% veggies/greens ratio) 💛 I will try to make an updated video about my birds their diet once time will let me! 😄 And how sweet of you to ask! I have had surgery in November and since a month or two I can finally do everything again with my hand 🥰 it is truly better than ever! 💛

[@hazaubel6532]

very helpful ♥ ♥

[@Epicshada]

Your canary is so sweet! 💛 I have 1 canary and all his family died when he was young he was afraid of the bathtub ( his little one) and won't bathe, he stopped singing last December and no matter what I did he won't sing again i fed him special seeds..I played canary singing videos... My dad said it's probably because of old age but I don't think so, he just sits in the cage all day and I feel bad, Do you have any tips!

[@LemonBirbs]

@@Epicshada Thankyou! And I'm sorry to hear that, their songs have a healing effect on our souls 💛 is he moulting (or losing some feathers day by day)? Does he have enrichment in the form of being able to forage through stuff? Do you know what age he is? What are his droppings like and can you hear his breathing during the evening/night?

[@saifmasror2296]

Sistr, I need your help about the canary.

[@LemonBirbs]

@@saifmasror2296 Hii, what's going on, where do you need help with?

[@saifmasror2296]

@LemonBirbs I have a canary, I am fond of it, I wanted some information about it.

[@adrianopapagna6962]

Bellissimi i tuoi canarini! ❤

[@muhammedahmed9448]

💛💛👋🏼

[@EstyMyry]

Very informative video ❤ What do you use on the bottom of the cage ?

[@LemonBirbs]

I use the same materials 😄 the discovery bedding with mosses, with on top leaves, sticks, bark, pinecones, flowers and/or herbs. I switched their bedding to this for a couple of months now and they absolutely love it 🥰

[@EstyMyry]

@@LemonBirbs Thank you !

[@nataliebutler]

Hi, How often do you change the discovery bedding in the cage? I've been using Easichick pine shavings but I'm curious about this alternative.

[@LemonBirbs]

@@nataliebutler I change it weekly and I think it can be left in the cage for max 2 weeks (depending on how wild they bathe 😂)

[@CutesyDaisy]

What do you think of putting food (their usual seeds/pellets, broccoli, lettuce, apples) on a paper towel with some old toy parts on a counter outside their cage? How should I slowly upgrade?

[@LemonBirbs]

That counts as foraging 😄 you can slowly upgrade by for example putting small and light stuff partly over the food (so the canaries can see them, but have to shove the light material aside to have a good bite) 💛

[@CutesyDaisy]

@@LemonBirbs okay, thanks!

[@drilonagjokaj1151]

What should I do with my canary who isn’t able to fly high just about 30 centimeters high? The last owner has cut the wings a bit too much..

[@LemonBirbs]

@@drilonagjokaj1151 Awhh so sorry to hear his wings are cut 💔 the best you can do is try to adjust his cage so he can go from bottom to the top while jumping. How long have you had him for? If the wings aren't too damaged the feathers could grow back during the moult (which often occurs at the end of summer)

[@drilonagjokaj1151]

@LemonBirbs yea I have bought tree branches so that he can go jumping. I got him since last week Monday. I went to the doctor and they said he isn’t doing that bad and the wings can return back after 6 months or so. The doctors advice was to give him vitamin drops so that is what I am doing. Thanks for the reply, btw may I ask where are you from? I sense you are from the Netherlands

[@LemonBirbs]

@drilonagjokaj1151 yess I have done the same with my newest adopted bird, lots of vitamins and eggfood (but she was stuck in moult) 💛 She can now fly a little bit again after 4 months 🥳 I hope your bird gets to enjoy flying again soon as well! I am indeed from the Netherlands haha 😂 but I try to make English videos as that language is more globally known than Dutch 💛

[@drilonagjokaj1151]

@@LemonBirbs thank goodness that he / she got better ❤️.. I also hope for mine to recover and that he will be able to fly again. So great I also live in the Netherlands Eindhoven de gekste 😂..

[@LemonBirbs]

@@drilonagjokaj1151 With time, patience and love wonderful things happen 💛 ejj das redelijk dichtbij! Ik woon in de richting van Den Bosch 😂

[@atak.3012]

Hi, I noticed that you keep both of them in the same cage. Can you share your experience with that? Were they ever fighting? Did you have any issues?

[@LemonBirbs]

@@atak.3012 Hii! I now even have 3 canaries in one cage 😄 They never really fight, but do occasionally have vocal discussions (about who sleeps where, and who gets to eat some snacks first). But no real fights or issues 💛 I think it might be because they have the space to get away from each other if one is claiming a perch before bedtime or food bowl (and we have at least 3 food bowls in the cage so they can always eat at the same time) 😄

[@atak.3012]

Hahaha yeaaah xD I thought the same. Have two girls it a big cage and it seems quite peaceful for now but I got really anxious after hearing all the bad stuff. Thank you, it makes me a bit more comfortable now.​@@LemonBirbs

[@pisanggoreng6789]

ahaha lovely birds

[@froggert277]

none of these sites ship to where i live (bc i live in Canada :( ) do you have any alternatives?

[@LemonBirbs]

Maybe you can try and take the name of the product and search for it in google? If I try to search for these products in Canada it still shows shops local to me 😅 or Etsy, but if you look on that, make sure to look at the reviews to be safe! Maybe if you are active on Facebook or Instagram you could ask in bird groups if they know of webshops that ship to you?

[@mohammad_alhalla30]

take care of canary is so hard , I got one , after year he sing a lot , then got girl for him , any way after 4 month I have 8 and 4 egys in progress 😂 but I'm sad that I cant find more than 10% of materials that you has in my country I :"")

[@milanshrestha2318]

You are gorgeous same like your canaries

[@LittleBirdiii]

*small* collection 😂😂😂

[@LemonBirbs]

Veeerryyy small (and to think it's not even everything yet in the pictures) 😂🙈🥰