Qi don’t know! Where are you located?Why are they so hard to find? Is it just my location?
Gotcha. And if your stores are like mine there’s no consistency in the quality of birds.I'm in central Oklahoma. There aren't even many fish stores here. Petsmart and petco are the only places I've encountered birds at all. There's a lovely wild bird store with special regional specific foods, though.
That's an incredible age!I've had both as well. My zebras were very prolific. They had 3 boys, then 5 boys, all healthy and happy, but of course it meant more cages. They are super fun to watch, yes busy and beepy.
I've had 2 male border canaries. One for 17 years who is in the background of every family movie we took. He was a sweet and very vocal boy. His song improved with age, adding more and more. Years later I got another border and oh my gosh, he was as friendly as a cockatiel. He jumped on his swing when we asked, he called us for greens when we ate a salad, wanted our attention all the time. It was amazing. Sadly he died of multiple strokes at age 2. It was heartbreaking.
With that all said, I like them both, but I'd give the edge to a canary, especially if you get one like my Bop.
I know! My sweet old man. At the end his eyes were cloudy but he got around just fine and still sang a little.That's an incredible age!
The company is enough. If you want to have a flock, and you choose zebras, the magic number is 6. between 2 and 6 you get constant squabbles. 6+ they suddenly behave like they're supposed to.Two of the things I do worry about for a pair is if The company is enough for them and what Is do if they fought.
That's why it's called AA, right?@Monaco I have fans on all the time, even in the bird room. They don't fly into them. Obviously somewhere, somebody's do because everyone repeats the caution; it's just not my experience.
The company is enough. If you want to have a flock, and you choose zebras, the magic number is 6. between 2 and 6 you get constant squabbles. 6+ they suddenly behave like they're supposed to.
If they fight, you can 1. enlarge their living quarters 2. rearrange the cage 3. provide barriers (lots of fake plants looping around works wonders) 4. Separate them for a time.
You do occasionally run across a pair that fights but normally they get along.
Canaries, I've never had canaries fight except when I have 2 males, like an adult and his sons, and when the sons turn 6 weeks they decide to pick on dad. Canaries are mellow and accepting IMO.You can keep any number of canary hens together with no problem.
Hope this helps. Or perhaps enables.