I used to have a canary when I was a child, called 'Minnie'. But she sadly died after about 8 years. My parents told me under no circumstances was I getting another one as I was heart broken when she died. So when we ended up with another one, my mum really didn't believe how we came across her. It really does sound made up but I tell you its all true. I went up to my dads work after finishing my own. My dad is always one for joking around and trying to scare me, so when he approached me with a box and said 'carefully have a look in there', I really wasn't up for it. After about 10 minutes I decided to have a look, and staring up at me was the most gorgeous ...  Read the complete review

If you haven't room for a large pet I recommend you get a canary. When I was a teenager,my father was friends with a man down the road from us who had an aviary full of them and one day when I got home from school sitting in our kitchen was a large shiny new cage with a very tiny bird inside.Dad called him a really original name - Joey.Ha ha. He wasn't very pretty at first, in fact he was quite a murky green colour but as he got older he lost a lot of this and became a lovely two tone bird with a bright yellow breast and green head and wings so he looked very striking espcially when his cage was moved into the sunshine which he loved. I ...  Read the complete review

We got our canary on the spur of the moment last year and I know you're not supposed to buy pets like that with no thought but it's worked out proper good and he's such a cute little thing. When we got him he come in a very small cage with another canary, there was no toys or anything in there for them and the seed bowls were tiny. The woman used to put a bowl of water in the cage for them to have a bath in and never let them out, we reckon the canaries were still very young when we had them because their feathers were still a bit fluffy even though they were about adult size. We made a classic schoolboy error when we got them because after 3 weeks ...  Read the complete review

Ive always been a fan of large pets such as dogs and cats, When I had my son who is 11 weeks I decided on a smaller pet maybe a cockatiel, my partner was against the idea but I dragged him along to a petshop where ....... we both fell in love with a Gloster corona canary, we went home and decided to forget about it we wanted something more exciting but we couldnt forget about we decided if it was a male (better singers)we would have it, we went back to the petshop to discover it wa a girl, but we coudn't resist buying it anyway. Now We love it and are just beginning to hand tame her, and Im just on the lookout for a male to breed them. They are ...  Read the complete review

Working for a bird breeder part time is a hazard as you end up bringing home a lot of the ones that aren't fit for breeding! Last season the lady had this little runt of a canary in one nest so I knew it would end up here. How interesting to watch it get feathers and grow with its brothers and sisters knowing it would be mine soon. It turned out to only be 1/2 the size of the rest but such a pretty little thing! She won't release them until they attempt to sing for her and she told me this one sang great. I had never heard it sing though. It came home and was happy but silent for the longest time.Then one day I was ...  Read the complete review