How do I choose a bird boarder?
Ask every boarder the same eight questions. A good one answers all eight in specifics, and that includes us.
The checklist
A bird that falls ill goes downhill in hours, not days. Ask whether somebody sleeps under the same roof as the birds, or whether the building is locked and empty from evening until morning.
Ask about air filtration, heating that does not depend on the rest of the building, humidity in winter, and how the room is cleaned and how often. A boarder who can answer in specifics has thought about it.
The answer should be no unless the birds already live together. Ask how far apart the cages are and whether new arrivals are kept separate at first.
A boarder that asks for nothing is a boarder that takes anything. Ask what they need from your vet and what they do if a bird arrives looking unwell.
Ask what a normal day's update looks like — a photo, a video, a line of text — and how you reach a person if something worries you mid-trip.
Ask how much out-of-cage time is included, where it happens, and what the bird has to climb on and chew. A bird with nothing to shred starts on its own feathers.
Ask for the per-day rate by bird size, what counts as an extra, and what happens on a statutory holiday or at peak season. Published prices are a good sign; a quote that changes on the phone is not.
A boarder with nothing to hide shows you where your bird will stay before you book: in person, on video or on a tour. Ask, and look closely at what you are shown.
This is us
We board birds too: our own answers to the same eight.
Per bird, per day
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Where else to look
Only businesses whose own website says they board birds, in their words.
📍 Toronto🩺 Veterinary clinic
If your pet needs a temporary home away from home, our Toronto veterinary clinic offers boarding services that cater to the unique needs of birds, rabbits, ferrets, rodents and other exotic pets.
Quoted from their own boarding page, checked 1 October 2026
Their Boarding PageBecause we only name a business when its own website says it boards birds, and we quote that website rather than describing the business ourselves. Several places in the GTA are known by name but publish either no website or no page about boarding; they are left off rather than guessed about. If you run a bird boarding service in the GTA with a page that says so, tell us and we will read it.
It depends on the bird. A bird on medication, or one you are worried about, may be better where a vet can look at it during the day. A healthy bird that is used to a busy house usually settles faster somewhere with other birds audible and a person at home overnight. Ask both kinds the same eight questions and compare the answers.
Ours is priced per bird per day by size: the four sizes are on this page and every price is on our pricing page. We do not publish other businesses' prices — they change, and a number copied from someone else's website is wrong the week after.
No — it's our family home, so we don't do in-person visits or tours. You can look around the bird room on the 360° tour in the free BST Mobile App.
Every statement on this page about a business other than ours was read on one of these pages, on the date shown.
Bird Sitting Toronto is not affiliated with any other business named on this page. Each business name is the trademark of its owner and is used only to identify that business. Every statement about another business is quoted from that business's own website, with the page and the date it was read listed under Sources; if something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
. Every source re-checked that day.
