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New Canary Coloring Instructions
By Kevin Wirick
Your bird has been fed a mixture of canary seed, rape, flax, niger, and sesame
seed for his basic diet. He also enjoys fresh fruit and vegetables. Canaries do
not need to be covered in the evening IF they are kept in a room where there is
no artificial light after the sun goes down. If however, your bird is in your
living area I would suggest you cover him around 7 p.m.
Bisko sold in 1 KG (2.2 pound) container for $3.90. To one teaspoon of dry
mixture add 1/4-teaspoon warm water (approx. 120 degrees) or a 1:4 ratio.
Discard what you do not need after 24 hours. Feed 1 teaspoon daily in addition
to their dry seed. When the birds are moulting (late May or June) you will need
to add the coloring agent to the water.
During the warm months of the year, the canaries moult and will replace their
feathers. You must feed your birds a coloring agent to keep the color in your
birds. I would recommend the following products that I purchase from Miami Pet
Supply, 3601 N. W, 54th Street, Miami, FL 33142. Phone (305) 635-4800 Fax (305)
63509658. They do accept credit cards, which speed up delivery.
Bogina is sold in 10-gram packages for $3.70. I normally ad 1 gram Carophil
which is .35 per gram to the Bogina which works out to a 10:1 ratio which gives
the best color. This is the total coloring agent that will need to be added to
the dry mixture.
To 1 cup of dry mixture, add 1 teaspoon of coloring agent. Keep this mixture dry
and use only the amounts your bird will eat in a day. For a single pet bird I
would recommend 1 teaspoons of dry to ¼ teaspoon of warm water and let sit for a
minute. Fluff with fork and feed at least once each day. If you have a lot of
birds I would recommend 1 cup of dry to 1/3 cup warm water.
Be sure to clean your birds cage paper daily and provide fresh water daily.
Provide fresh fruit and/or vegetables every few days. During the moult limit
your fruit/vegetables because you want the birds to eat the coloring agent.
Order: Bisko, Bogena and Carophil
303-456-0068
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