Four plain-language guides for Burlington small-bird owners. Free to read, no newsletter, no sign-up. These are things we would do for our own birds at home — written out so you can do them for yours. None of this is part of our boarding service; the boarding service is feed, water, and a quiet room at $50 flat per cage per trip.
Three budgies for a week at a per-bird boarder is $945. Here, it is $50. Flat. Whole trip. This is the full honest explanation of how one billing-unit switch produces a nineteen-times price difference — and why no other Burlington boarder copied it.
Winter heating, spring windows, summer AC, and fall drafts — the four seasonal things that cause most small-bird problems in Ontario homes. Skip the expensive gear and focus on these.
The short checklist we use on every glance: posture, feathers, eyes, droppings, food bowl. Learn to tell a relaxed budgie from a stressed one in under three seconds.
You do not need boutique toys. Paper cups, cardboard, and a few seeds is a full foraging setup. Here are five setups you can build tonight with kitchen materials. Note: we do not do foraging during boarding — this is for when your bird is home.
The short list of houseplants that will poison a small bird, and the short list of plants that will not. No fluff — just two columns and a paragraph on why each one is on its list.
