Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: parakeets Message-ID: <3993@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 11:26:34 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.3993 Posted: Wed Aug 15 11:26:34 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Aug-84 00:27:37 EDT References: <592@pyuxc.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 19 I'd been meaning to ask this, and the base posting on parakeets reminded me: Back in the 50's or so, when last I had a parakeet, it seemed like canaries and parakeets were about equally available; any store that had one had both for sale, in various varieties. Now, looking at Woolworths and the pet departments of department stores, I see lots of parakeets, but no canaries. Is this just the result of changing fashion and taste in pets; that is, are canaries just unpopular these days? Or was there some virulent disease in the past decade or two that wiped out the canary strains normally bred for sale? (Or is this a local [St. Louis, MO] phenomenon?) I only knew one household that had a canary; it used to sing along with the stereo, which I thought was nice (though I can imagine that such behavior might get tiresome or bothersome, especially if you are an audiophile and are trying to do critical listening). How does one choose a canary that will sing? Will