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Can a 1-legged canary breed?

sith'ari

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A friend of mine wants to breed canaries. She is an experienced owner but has never bred before (except accidentally). She recently purchased a few pairs for breeding including a wonderful singing male with perfect body shape and feathers. However, he has only one foot. Since my experience is with budgies and other parrot species, my immediate question was, "How can he breed with one leg?" Obviously parrot males require a good grip to mount and make good contact. She assured me that since canaries breed on the wing, he'd probably be fine. But I feel like even mating on the wing, they'd probably still need their feet for anchoring. Is this not the case? It's surprisingly hard to find information about this unusual case.

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Definitely a good question for your friend to ask their vet.
 

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This is not a question about bird care or bird illness, this is a question about breeding logistics. My own avian vet, who I asked about this in passing, said she really didn't know.

This is merely a curiosity. I actually ended up adopting the little guy since my friend decided not to set him up for breeding if he might not be able to. So now I have a tiny little canary in my flock. He's freaking delightful!
 

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