- A clean hygienic cage and environment.
- Space to fly.
- Clean water.
- A variety of different seeds.
- Sunlight and fresh clean air.
- Greens & Weeds – Fruit & Veg.
- Shell Grit.
- Toe nails trimmed if too long.
- Familiar surroundings.
- Music.
- A friend / companion, human or bird.
- A bath as often as possible (weekly).
- Perches that are clean and of various sizes.
- Perches that sway and move.
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- A dirty cage.
- A small confined cage, which provides no ability to
fly and exercise.
- Dirty water.
- Plain Canary Seed without variety.
- Insect spray, gas fumes, cigarette smoke, cooking
fumes.
- Excessive heat.
- Full sun without shade.
- Drafts.
- Dirty or contaminated seed and food.
- Rodents or Mice.
- Cats.
- Barking dogs.
- Excessive noise.
- Shocks & vibrations.
- Savage birds in the same cage.
- Savage wild birds (Butcher Bird etc).
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