·  Rajan's Bird Shop, Burlington

Fifty
Dollars.
Per Cage.
Per Trip.

One flat fee for the whole stay — 3 to 21 nights, same price. A long weekend costs $50. Three full weeks costs $50. Run by Rajan out of a quiet room in Burlington for small caged birds only. Food, water, twice-daily checks, no frills. Up to three budgies share a cage at the same flat rate.



Book a Stay See What You Get Pick Your Neighbourhood
Trip Flat Rate NEW One drop-off. One pickup. Any length from 3 to 21 nights. One flat fee. Doesn't matter if you're gone for a long weekend or three weeks — same price. Up to 3 small birds share one cage.
$50/cage/trip
Daily Rate Prefer to pay by the night? Stays shorter than 3 nights or longer than 21 nights bill at the daily rate. Up to 3 small birds per cage.
$12/cage/day
Drop-In Check You'd rather leave your bird home in its own room. Rajan stops by, tops up food and water, eyeballs the bird, locks up, leaves.
$7/visit
No per-bird surcharge. No weekend premium. No holiday markup. No enrichment fee. No photo package. No add-ons of any kind. The number above is the number you pay. The Trip Flat Rate is the cheapest option for any stay 5 nights or longer.

Who Runs This

Rajan. That's who.

Punjabi-Canadian, Burlington local, runs the whole thing out of a quiet room with a bunch of cages in it. No staff, no receptionist, no fancy website chrome. Picks up your bird, feeds it, waters it, gives it back. That is the entire job and Rajan has been doing it for small-bird owners since small-bird owners started getting quoted nine hundred dollars a week at the gentle-nature-caring boarders down the road.

Background: Indian-kid-who-grew-up-with-budgies background. Dad had a pair of lovebirds in Chandigarh before the family moved. Bird instinct runs in the blood. You do not need to pay for a certificate to know when a budgie is fluffed up wrong.

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.

Small Caged Birds Only


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. That is a different business at a different price.

The Price Ladder That Isn't One


Three budgies in one cage. Watch what happens when the trip gets longer.

Every Burlington boarder except Rajan charges you per bird, per night — so a longer trip is a bigger bill, always. Rajan charges fifty dollars flat for the whole trip. Three nights or three weeks, the number does not move. Here is the math in four rows.

Trip length
Per-bird boarder
Rajan — trip flat rate
3 nights
long weekend away
$405
$45 × 3 birds × 3 nights
$50
flat trip fee
7 nights
standard vacation week
$945
$45 × 3 birds × 7 nights
$50
flat trip fee
14 nights
two-week trip home
$1,890
$45 × 3 birds × 14 nights
$50
flat trip fee
21 nights
the long haul — still flat
$2,835
$45 × 3 birds × 21 nights
$50
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

Read all the reviews →

Three Steps, Five Minutes Each


How It Works

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

Book the Cage. Not the Bird.

$50 flat per cage for the whole trip, 3 to 21 nights. $12 per cage per day for stays outside that window. $7 per drop-in check at your own home. Up to three small birds per cage at the flat rate. Booking form only — no phone line, no walk-ins, no confusion.

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