It's a man's world ?

Sometimes we do things in good faith and then all goes pear shape.

Above is a picture of my snow white male canary, and he sings so loudly that you can hear him way down our busy street.

Not only is he a superb roller, but a very pleasant little bird as well.

He's lived in our household for the last 5 years, and a few weeks ago I felt so quilty that he lives a life in solitude, that's when I decided to get him a little female companion.




Needless to say, the little guy wasn't amused with the imposter in his cage, or as Mr. CC said "The little guy was practically forced into an unwanted marriage!"

Above is a pic (the best pose I will ever get of the little female demon)

One week after madam's arrival, I saw her sitting constantly in the seed bowl, and refused to move from her comfy spot.





The following morning, while cleaning their cage, I saw the reason why she was so reluctant to remove her skinny little legs from the seed bowl.

Soon after the shock of finding 3 tiny eggs in the seed bowl I noticed that all was not kosher with my male canary. Not only has he stopped singing, he looked a proper mess.

He has no energy what so ever and he remains sitting in one corner at the bottom of his cage, all puffed and doubled in size.

So off we rush to the petshop in search of answers.

To my surprise the lady at the pet shop said it's a normal procedure for birds to become "overworked" due to their male duties during the mating season.

HUH!!!

That sure was a new one on me!

So we seperated the two love birds, and my beautiful little singer could find a little peace and quiet from the very demanding female.



Two weeks down the line, and the poor guy looks no better, yes he's lost all zest for life.

I've tried all the home remedies in Grandma's good book - to no avail.



In the meantime I'm legging around like Mother hen hoping my bird will snap out of his Zombie state.

When I mentioned my worries and frustrastion to a total stranger today, she told me I should invest in a small bottle of BACHBLÜTEN TROPFEN because he's probably still in shock and the good stuff well do the trick on him.
I can't seem to find the English word for Bachblüten (the dictionary tells me it's Brook blossom drops) but I'm really not sure, all I know is the Bachblüten is a Homeopathic remedy and comes from the Bach flower.

So, if it doesn't kill, it'll cure !!