My canary just stopped singing, whats going on?
A. When a canary that was previously a good singer suddenly stops singing you need to find the reason why, some causes are easy to take care of, others may require a visit to your vet. The most common cause of a canary to stop singing would be that the bird forgot the words to the song, HA just kidding, the reason is moulting, (the periodic loss and replacement of feathers). Generally a bird moults after the breeding season which is usually the spring and summer. The normal moult time is about 6-8 weeks starting at the end of summer. If the bird is either losing feathers or is in the process of growing any in, it may not sing. The bird should be singing again by Halloween but may take as long as Thanksgiving before it regains its full song. Sometimes it’ll help to play some music, get a cd or tape of other canaries singing and that will regularly get them going again as well. Another common reason that canaries stop singing is that the bird you bought as a young male (only males sing)
