Help with my bird?

Question

I have two Canaries they are really good birds but when I clean the females cage she freaks out and will sit at the bottom of the cage with her wings spread out and her beak open. I don't know what this means canaries are active birds and she will stay compleatly still for 5 min. in that same position please help!

Answer 1

just clean out the cage and ignore her.  she is a snot.

Answer 2

You probably just freak her out. When you say beak open it sounds like she's panting which is a sign of nervousness and her wings out could be a defense to make herself look bigger or it could be for balance or support. I have chickens and they get scared easily and I see those signs too, but they are always fine after something like that happens. If she always does this it's probably just a normal thing she'll be doing every time you clean the cage and she should eventually get over it if you recently got her.

Answer 3

that is odd, usually scared canaries fly in the cage like crazy, she is probably protecting somthing down there, maybe she wants to lay eggs? I have had canaries for 5yrs and have been breeding them and in my experiences,, neither my tame or untame canaries do that.