Hi there, i am a new member, thank you admin for accepting me on this group.
My rescue bird, male canary (age within 3-4y) just passed away yesterday due to respiratory problem and mites.
I previously rescued two canaries whom adore each other and used to live together in the same cage. Just early of this week the male was sick and i began to separate them and its quite stressful for them, they keep chirping and calling each other, only stop whenever i put the cage side by side. And unfortunately he didn't make it and passed away even though i already used over the counter medicine and also brought him to the doctor.
The female is now frantically fly here and there and keep chirping a lot , i believe she is looking for the male. FYI she just laying 6 eggs in total but all infertile and already thrown away.
My question is, should i buy another companion for her? If yes do you think it's better to be female too? I just think that breeding will be too much for me and i worry if it's getting out of hand.
Or should i leave her alone? Will she be okay alone after used to live together with another bird? Did anyone experienced this before? Its so heartbreaking to saw the male passed away yesterday at my hand and i don't have a heart to see the female sad like this.
If anyone can share their experiences, i will really appreciate it. Thank you.
My rescue bird, male canary (age within 3-4y) just passed away yesterday due to respiratory problem and mites.
I previously rescued two canaries whom adore each other and used to live together in the same cage. Just early of this week the male was sick and i began to separate them and its quite stressful for them, they keep chirping and calling each other, only stop whenever i put the cage side by side. And unfortunately he didn't make it and passed away even though i already used over the counter medicine and also brought him to the doctor.
The female is now frantically fly here and there and keep chirping a lot , i believe she is looking for the male. FYI she just laying 6 eggs in total but all infertile and already thrown away.
My question is, should i buy another companion for her? If yes do you think it's better to be female too? I just think that breeding will be too much for me and i worry if it's getting out of hand.
Or should i leave her alone? Will she be okay alone after used to live together with another bird? Did anyone experienced this before? Its so heartbreaking to saw the male passed away yesterday at my hand and i don't have a heart to see the female sad like this.
If anyone can share their experiences, i will really appreciate it. Thank you.