The Difficulty of Keeping Canaries / myLot

Semarang, Indonesia

June 5, 2020 6:40am CST

I have at least three times tried raising canaries. I like it because the color of the feathers is beautiful and especially the sound is very melodious and varied. But in the end all three birds died. At first they were exposed to a disease which caused many bumps in the legs. over time their appetite decreases, then they die. Though I have given various kinds of drugs but to no avail. Maybe this is fate.

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Jayanth

@jayanth_77 (7179)

• India

5 Jun 20

Canaries are beautiful birds. I was just going through various sites to know about the cause of the bumps in the feet you mentioned. It is called bumble foot caused due to lack of nutrition or Physical activity. mites also seem to attack the bird feet by burrowing into them.

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

5 Jun 20

Maybe that can happen because I always use the same cage. Is there a right medicine to cure it?

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Jayanth

@jayanth_77 (7179)

• India

5 Jun 20

@Babale on searching the term Bumble foot I got the treatment as Treatment often requires opening the wound to drain the pus, soaking it in epsom salts, and antibiotic treatment and local application of the antiseptic povidone-iodine ( betadin ) as local dressing. it's is caused by bacteria.

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

5 Jun 20

@jayanth_77 thank you..

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Eric Tsuma

@erictsuma (9725)

• Mombasa, Kenya

5 Jun 20

They look nice.

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

5 Jun 20

Sorry for your loss birds. They are so beautiful but I don`t like to make them as pet as I don`t know how to give them good life.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

9 Jun 20

Oh, I'm so sorry. My father had canaries and parakeets, but the parakeets outlived the canaries for some reason.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

9 Jun 20

@Babale True. Poor babies.

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

9 Jun 20

Yes, it seems like canaries are more susceptible to disease than other domestic birds.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

5 Jun 20

I am not god at having birds pet. I ever had a couple of pigeon, buying them in the market, but they left the cage after a week

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

5 Jun 20

@Babale nope, i fed them more than enough. I think they were not attached to ke

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

5 Jun 20

Maybe you don't feed him enough, corn kernels for example ...

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Lakshman

@Lakshman15 (2662)

• India

5 Jun 20

canaries birds really beautiful to see.Hope it live long life..take care of you.

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

9 Jun 20

Thank you...

Judy Story

@jstory07 (148734)

• Roseburg, Oregon

10 Jun 20

They must be hard to own. Sorry.

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

10 Jun 20

This bird is widely bred in Indonesia, from the cheapest to most expensive prices available. The most expensive imported from England, the type of Yorkshire.