Vol. I · Rate Card Plain, public, no-haggling rates

The rate card.

Posted publicly because we don't think you should have to call to ask. Same rate all year except statutory holidays (Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Thanksgiving, Family Day).

Overnight Boarding

Per bird · per night
Tier I · Melopsittacus, Serinus

Budgies, finches, canaries

Up to two birds in the same cage at this rate. Additional bird in same household: half-off.

$18per night
Tier II · Nymphicus, Aratinga

Cockatiels, conures, lovebirds, parrotlets

Includes daily out-of-cage time in the play room (minimum 1 hr).

$24per night
Tier III · Pionites, Myiopsitta, Pyrrhura

Caiques, quakers, ringnecks, pionus

Includes 2 hr daily out-time and shoulder/lap socialisation if your bird is into it.

$28per night
Tier IV · Psittacus, Eclectus, Cacatua

African Greys, Eclectus, smaller Cockatoos

Bigger cages, more food, longer out-time. We cap at small/medium Cockatoo.

$34per night
Tier V · Ara (small)

Mini macaws (Hahn's, Severe, Yellow-collar)

By prior arrangement — we want to meet first to make sure the room is right.

$42per night
Holiday surcharge + $10 per night on statutory holidays only — never on weekends, never on summer. Most weeks of the year, what you see is what you pay.

Add-ons & extras

À la carte

Nail trim

Done quietly, in a towel, with no drama. Five minutes including reassurance.

$25

Wing trim

Conservative, even, no fly-feathers cut shorter than two below covert. We don't over-clip.

$35

Beak shaping

If your bird's beak has overgrown unevenly. We file, we don't clip.

$35

DNA sexing kit

Mail-in feather sample. We pull the feather, you get the result by email in ~10 days.

$85

Pick-up / drop-off

Within Newmarket, Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Sharon, Holland Landing.

$25each way

Day sitting

For local birds only

Drop-in visit

30–40 min at your home. Food/water refresh, brief socialisation, photo update.

$30per visit

Daycare at the studio

You drop off in the morning, pick up by 7 pm. Same care as overnight, day-rate only.

$20per day
Stay longer, pay less Bookings of seven nights or more get a 15% discount on the boarding rate. Bookings of fourteen+ nights get 20%. We post the math on your booking confirmation.
Already in the rate

What's included, automatically.

Things that other places charge extra for, but we think are non-negotiable.

Daily photo letter

3–5 photos and a short paragraph, every day. Sent by email or text — your call.

Diet maintained

We feed what you feed. Bring the food, leave the instructions, we follow them.

Cage scrub on arrival

A fresh cage liner and water-bowl rinse before your bird settles in. No grime on day one.

Vet-on-file

You sign the emergency form once at first booking. We keep it ready in case it's ever needed.

Out-of-cage time

One to three hours daily depending on tier, in a fully bird-proofed play room.

Return-home report

A short written note when you pick up — what they liked, what they didn't, anything we noticed.

Rates look right? Let's pencil you in.

We hold two households a week. Earlier bookings get earlier confirmations.

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