Eight honest reviews from Burlington small-bird owners who picked Amir on price and stayed because the service did exactly what the website said. One flat fifty-dollar fee per cage, any trip 3 to 21 nights. No frills praised here — Amir does not offer any. Just cheap, reliable boarding for small caged birds.
Three budgies in one cage, full week trip — fifty dollars flat, no matter the length. Every other boarder I called quoted me over three hundred for the same stay. One flat fee, the cage came back the way I handed it in, the birds were fine, and nobody tried to upsell me anything at pickup. Exactly what the website promised.
My cockatiel is fine staying in his cage for a few days. I don't need photo updates, I don't need a care journal, I don't need a Zoom call with my bird. I just need someone to feed and water him while I'm out of town at a price that isn't insulting. This is literally the only boarder in the GTA that prices like a normal human being.
I have a pair of zebra finches. Most boarders either don't take finches or charge the same rate they'd charge for a conure. Here it was fifty dollars flat for the whole trip, both birds in the same cage, no upcharge for the second bird. The cage sat in a quiet room and both birds came home looking exactly the same as when I dropped them off. Simple. Cheap. Worked.
Green-cheek conure, five-night trip. Fifty dollars flat instead of the two hundred plus I was paying at the last place. I asked specifically about out-of-cage time before booking and they told me straight up they don't do it. Appreciated the honesty — I'd rather pay fifty bucks and let my bird chill in his cage than pay extra for service I can't verify anyway.
Four canaries in one big flight cage. At other places this was going to run me a hundred dollars a day. Here it was fifty bucks flat for the entire ten-night trip — same price as one canary for three nights. I asked if they were sure and they were. The booking form took five minutes, the drop-off took five minutes, and my canaries were fine. That is how this should work.
I was a Lakeshore skeptic at first — the price looked too low to be real, and I wondered what corners were getting cut. Turns out the corners that are cut are the ones I already didn't care about. No pre-stay interview, no photo updates, no fancy toys. My parrotlet stayed nine nights and the whole bill was fifty dollars flat. At my old boarder it would have been over four hundred.
Lovebird pair, two-week trip during a home renovation. One fifty-dollar flat fee for the whole fourteen nights, both birds together, no length surcharge. No consultation, no meet-and-greet, no stress. I wish they handled bigger birds for my parents' African Grey, but for our lovebirds they are a perfect fit.
The drop-in check option saved my trip. I didn't want to move my diamond dove at all — she gets stressed changing rooms, never mind changing houses. Seven dollars a visit, they came twice a day for four days, she stayed home in her own cage, the whole thing cost fifty-six dollars. I wouldn't board anywhere again for a short trip.
