Fifty
Dollars.
Per Cage.
Per Trip.
One flat fee covers the whole stay — anywhere from 3 to 21 nights, the number never moves. A long weekend up at the cottage costs $50. Three weeks back home for a wedding costs $50. Rajan runs it out of a quiet room a few minutes off Lakeshore Road in Burlington, small caged birds only: food in, water refreshed, a calm twice-daily look, nothing you didn't ask for. Up to three budgies share one cage at that same flat rate.
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Who Runs This
Rajan. That's who.
Punjabi-Canadian, Burlington local, runs the whole thing out of a quiet room with a row of cages in it. No staff, no receptionist, no fancy website chrome. Takes in your bird, feeds it, waters it, hands it back. That is the entire job, and Rajan picked it up because half the people in this town leave for somewhere — the cottage in Muskoka, a flight out of Pearson, March break, a stretch back in Punjab for a wedding — and kept getting quoted nine hundred dollars a week to park one budgie at the gentle-nature-caring boarders out toward the QEW.
Background: the kind of kid who grew up with budgies in the house. Dad kept a pair of lovebirds in Chandigarh before the family came over. Bird instinct runs in the blood. You do not need a certificate on the wall to know when a budgie is sitting fluffed up wrong on a cold Burlington morning.
The Stuff You're Not Paying For
No out-of-cage time. Your bird stays in its cage the entire stay.
No photo updates. If something goes wrong we text you. Otherwise, silence is good news.
No video calls. This is not a concierge service.
No enrichment programs. The cage is the environment.
No care journal. You want a journal, keep one at home.
Which Birds Does Rajan Take?
Yes — $50 flat, same cage
- Budgies — up to 3 per cage at the flat rate
- Cockatiels — single or pair
- Zebra finches — pair or trio
- Canaries — up to 4 in a flight cage
- Lovebirds — single or bonded pair
- Small conures — green-cheek, pineapple, cinnamon
- Parrotlets — single
- Diamond doves — single or pair
No — too big, too much care
- African Greys
- Amazons
- Macaws
- Cockatoos
- Eclectus
- Large conures (sun, jenday, nanday)
- Any bird that needs out-of-cage time
- Raptors, waterfowl, poultry
Big birds need enrichment, handling, and room — none of which Rajan provides. There are full-service avian boarders around Halton for that; this is a different business at a different price.
Birds We Board — Species Guides
Species-specific notes on how each small bird is boarded, what stresses it away from home, and how the flat-rate stay accommodates it. Greys and other large parrots get an honest where-to-board guide instead.
Budgie Boarding in Burlington
Flock-aware care for the busy little parakeet — up to three budgies share one cage at the flat rate, with morning-and-evening wellness glances built around how budgies mask illness.
Cockatiel Boarding in Burlington
Calm, night-fright-aware boarding for a gentle crest. Quiet, draft-free rooms and a steady routine that keeps a sensitive cockatiel settled while you are away.
Conure Boarding in Burlington
Busy, noise-tolerant boarding for a bold little clown — rotating chew and foraging toys keep a green-cheek or sun conure occupied, and we let a loud bird be loud at the right times.
Lovebird Boarding in Burlington
Warm, draft-free boarding for a feisty tiny parrot. Bonded pairs are never split, the room runs warm for a small fast-burning body, and territorial quirks are handled calmly.
African Grey — Where to Board
An honest guide on why a Grey needs specialty avian boarding, not a flat-rate small-bird room — and what to look for instead.
Macaw — Where to Board
An honest guide on why a big, brilliant, long-lived macaw needs specialty large-parrot care — steel cages, crush-proof perches, out-of-cage time — and what to look for instead.
Three budgies in one cage. Watch what happens when the trip gets longer.
Every other boarder around Burlington and Halton charges you per bird, per night — so the longer you are away, the bigger the bill, always. Rajan charges fifty dollars flat for the whole trip. Three nights at a cottage or three weeks overseas, the number does not move. Here is the math in four rows.
long weekend away
$45 × 3 birds × 3 nights
flat trip fee
standard vacation week
$45 × 3 birds × 7 nights
flat trip fee
two-week trip home
$45 × 3 birds × 14 nights
flat trip fee
the long haul — still flat
$45 × 3 birds × 21 nights
still the same flat fee
At 21 nights the gap is $2,785. Read the full write-up on why nobody else prices this way →
What Owners Say
"Three budgies in one cage and every other boarder wanted to charge me per bird, per night. Rajan took all three at the flat fifty-dollar trip rate. Whole week, one price. Would have been the same fifty for two weeks. Came home to three happy, well-fed birds."
— Rachel W., Aldershot
"Was quoted sixty dollars a night elsewhere for our cockatiel. Rajan charged fifty for the whole week. Flat. Done. No video calls, no care journal, just our bird in his cage getting fed. Honest people, honest price."
— Tom B., Roseland
How It Works
Fill Out the Form
One form, five minutes. Tell Rajan when you're leaving, when you're back, and what kind of bird. No phone call, no pre-stay interview, no meet-and-greet. You will hear back within one business day.
Drop Off Your Cage
Drive to Rajan's Burlington room, hand him the cage with your bird inside, pay the flat $50, leave. Five minutes at the door. No intake paperwork, no orientation, no video tour.
Pick Up When You're Back
Text Rajan when you land, pick up your cage, go home. Three nights or three weeks — same $50 you already paid. No checkout fee, no invoice surprise, no care journal to review. Done.