Caring for a singing canary
Why isn’t my canary singing? Light, moult, sexing and care.
Only male canaries sing fully. Provide a long horizontal cage, 12–14 hours of light with true darkness at night, a varied seed diet with greens, egg food during the autumn moult (when singing pauses) and baths.
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