- From $14.75 a day
- Birds only
- Photos every day
Bird boarding in Toronto and the GTA
Birds only, in a real house, with a photo and video update every day. From $14.75 per bird per day.
- 5.0★
- on Google, from 609 reviews
- 3,000+
- boarding stays since 2021
- 1,500+
- birds looked after
- 364
- days a year we are open
What it costs
Priced By The Size Of Your Bird
From $14.75 per bird, per day. Find your bird below and you have found your price.
Small
$14.75 per bird per day
Medium
$19.75 per bird per day
Large
$24.75 per bird per day
Extra Large
$29.75 per bird per day
* Large macaws: please contact us before booking.
- Longer stays cost less per dayLonger stays are charged at a lower rate per day — the discount is already factored into your quote, so there is nothing to ask for.
- Birds sharing a cage50% off each extra small bird. 25% off each extra medium or larger bird.
- Every size is welcomeFor large macaws, please contact us first.
- Statutory holidays$5 to $10 extra per bird, per holiday.
- Busy weeksBook early and you always pay the ordinary price. Only last-minute bookings in our busiest weeks — the Christmas and August holidays, when we are close to capacity — cost 5–20% more.
Extras, if you want them
- Fresh daily chop $2 / day
- Daily fresh fruit $1 / day
- We supply the food $2 / day
- Medication administered $10 / day
- Extra out-of-cage time $5 / day
- Cage rental $4-$10 / day
- Deep clean of your cage $25
- Nail clipping during the stay $30
Boarding By Bird
What each species is actually like to look after, and what it costs a day. Out of the cage between 9am and 7pm — about 4–6 hours a day, depending on how your bird gets on with the others.
Small Birds
$14.75 per bird per day
Budgies$14.75/dayThe second most common bird in our home. Budgies are flock birds, so a single budgie is placed where it can see and hear other small birds.
Lovebirds$14.75/daySmall, fast and much stronger than they look. A bonded pair stays together in one cage; a single, hand-tame lovebird gets more handling.
Parrotlets$14.75/dayThe quietest true parrot we board, and the easiest to underestimate. Kept away from bigger birds, with short, frequent handling.
Linnies$14.75/dayGentle little parakeets that would rather climb than fly. Linnies board with our small birds, away from anything big enough to bully them.
Canaries$14.75/daySingers, not talkers. Canaries love a splash, so the water bowl doubles as a bath, and their time out of the cage is always supervised.
Finches$14.75/dayFinches live in pairs and small groups, so birds that share a cage at home share one here, and they stay on the food you send.
Sparrows$14.75/dayYes, sparrows too. Small, quick and wary of hands, so a sparrow boards with our small birds and its time out of the cage is always supervised.
Medium Birds
$19.75 per bird per day
Conures$19.75/dayThe bird we look after most. A conure's cage sits inside the flock, never off on its own, and most settle within a couple of days.
Cockatiels$19.75/dayThe species most prone to night frights, so cockatiel cages sit away from doorways and the room keeps a low light overnight.
Quakers$19.75/dayRegulars here. A quaker gets safe weaving material and a cage it can't rearrange into an escape, and we clean without reaching past one guarding its door.
Meyer's Parrots$19.75/dayQuieter than a conure, and a cousin of the Senegal. A Meyer's likes a steady day, so we keep to the routine you describe on the registration form.
Starlings$19.75/dayA songbird, not a parrot, and a gifted mimic. Please send its own food from home: our house mix is seeds and pellets.
Large Birds
$24.75 per bird per day
Indian Ringnecks$24.75/dayAthletic, quick to get bored, and escape artists, so a ringneck gets toys it can destroy and every latch is double-checked.
Caiques$24.75/dayBouncy, bold and always busy. How much of its day a caique spends out with the others depends on how it gets on with them.
Senegals$24.75/dayCurious, acrobatic and mellower than most parrots, with a quiet voice. Senegals board with us as large birds.
Pionus$24.75/dayPionus can be sensitive to stress, so time out of the cage on its own, away from the flock, is always an option.
Alexandrine Parakeets$24.75/dayThe big cousin of the ringneck, with a beak to match, so every latch is double-checked.
Lorikeets$24.75/dayNectar eaters. Please send its own lory food from home, as our house mix is seeds and pellets.
Pigeons$24.75/dayCalm, gentle and happiest with room to walk about. We can trim nails, wings or beaks during the stay.
Doves$24.75/dayA happy dove is calm, well fed and has room to stretch its wings. Doves come to us for nail and beak trims too.
Extra Large Birds
$29.75 per bird per day
Congo African Greys$29.75/dayGreys notice everything, so they get a calm, predictable day: the same person doing the same things at the same times.
Timneh African Greys$29.75/dayThe smaller, darker grey with the horn-coloured beak. Like the Congo, a Timneh does best on a calm, predictable day.
Eclectus$29.75/dayThe males are green, the females red and blue. An eclectus boards as one of our extra-large birds.
Cockatoos$29.75/dayBig, affectionate and loud. A cockatoo's cage sits inside the flock, and it boards as an extra-large bird.
Amazons$29.75/dayBold, vocal and full of opinions. Amazons board with us as extra-large birds, at the same rate as African greys.
Macaws$29.75/day*The biggest parrots we look after, so please contact us before you book a macaw's stay.
* Large macaws: please contact us before booking.
App Birds · boarding in Mississauga
Boarding with us, every day on your phone.
Book a stay and get the free BST Mobile App: photos of your bird every day, alerts, and the 360° tour of the bird room.
- Photos every dayYour bird's day, posted to your phone.
- Check-in alertsA note when your bird is settled on the perch.
- Pick-up remindersThe evening before drop-off and pick-up.
- Instant quoteDates and birds in, price out.
Free · iPhone & Android · sign in with your BST account
Boarding by city
Owners drive their birds to us from all over the GTA and beyond, or book the avian shuttle well in advance.
Arrivals Our place, Mississauga
Drive time, without traffic
- Mississauga
- Brampton
- Oakville
- Milton
- Vaughan
- Toronto
- Burlington
- Richmond Hill
- Markham
- Hamilton
- Pickering
- Ajax
- Newmarket
- Whitby
- Guelph
- Oshawa
- Kitchener
- Barrie
Drive times from each city to our door, measured on OpenStreetMap roads, without traffic.
One home, in Mississauga: you drop your bird off with us and collect it here.Areas We Serve →
Availability
- A set number of spacesWe are a family home, so each stay has its space held for it.
- Christmas and August go firstOften weeks ahead. Most other dates can be arranged the same week.
- A deposit holds your datesAny amount will do.
- Open 364 days a yearChristmas Day is the one day we don’t take drop-offs or pick-ups. We’re still here, caring for every bird.
How booking works
- Pick your dates onlineSee your exact price in about a minute.
- A deposit holds the datesAny amount. It comes off the total.
- Tell us your bird’s routineA short registration form, so we know how your bird likes its day.
- Sign before drop-offThe stay agreement goes out a week before and must be signed first.
On Our YouTube Channel
Getting your bird ready for its stay
How to prepare your bird for boarding
“Seeing is believing, and we want you to be completely comfortable with where your bird will be staying.”
In the film, at 2:59 Everything to pack and plan before your bird's stay with us.
Watch On YouTube
A few of our guests
- BudgieStayed with us
- BudgiesStayed with us
- BudgiesStayed with us
- ConureStayed with us
- ParrotletsStayed with us
Every stay includes
Our care, card by card
Tap or hover a card to see what it means in practice.
Daily free-flight time
Out of the cage between 9am and 7pm — about 4–6 hours a day, depending on how your bird gets on with the others.
Play & one-on-one time
Supervised time in an enriched room with a playstand and play fountain. Cages sit inside the flock, never off on their own.
Daily photos & videos
Photos and video of your own bird every day in the BST Mobile App, with an email too. If anything changes you hear from us straight away, not at pick-up.
Fresh food daily
Food is changed every day, and the fresh fruit and veg you send are given daily. If you would rather not send food, our seed and pellet mix is $2 per day.
Fresh water, all day
Fresh filtered water, kept fresh all day — every bird here thinks pellet soup is a delicacy.
A clean cage
Fresh tray liners and a tidy cage, so your bird’s home away from home stays clean and comfortable.
Fresh chop
Fresh daily chop is an optional extra for boarding guests — add it when you book and it is served every day of the stay.
Grooming during the stay
Ask for a nail, wing or beak trim on the booking form and it is done during the stay, so nobody makes a separate trip.
Watched Around the Clock
Cameras on the birds even when we are not in the room. Temperature and humidity monitored; air HEPA-filtered.
In Memory Of Matcha
Why We Take Food Seriously
Matcha, Samantha’s first budgie
“I made the mistake of giving my first budgie, Matcha, a seed only diet for several years which led to her unfortunate premature death by liver disease. Matcha’s passing was the reason why I picked up several books on birds and studied how to provide better care for birds. Matcha is the reason why I try my best to educate others, so they don’t repeat my mistakes.”
Simple process
How a stay works
Get your instant quote
- Pick your dates, bird and extrasAll online, in about a minute.
- See your price right awayNo waiting on a reply.
Book & get confirmed
- A deposit holds your datesAny amount will do.
- Sign the stay agreementCare, vet consent and pick-up — for every stay.
- Confirmed automaticallyDetails by email and in the app.
Drop off
- Come at the time you bookedWith your bird’s food, and its cage if it travels.
- A reminder the evening beforeFrom the BST Mobile App.
- Using the avian shuttle?Booked with your stay, times confirmed well ahead.
Watch from anywhere
- Photos and video every dayIn the BST Mobile App and by email.
- First update by 7pmWhen you drop off before 4pm.
Questions we get asked
How much does bird boarding cost in Toronto?
From $14.75 per bird per day for a small bird such as a budgie, $19.75 for a medium bird such as a conure or cockatiel, $24.75 for a large bird and $29.75 for an extra-large bird such as an African grey. Longer stays are discounted automatically, and so are extra birds sharing one cage.
Do you board birds only, or other pets too?
Birds only. Nothing else comes through the door — no dogs, no cats. That is the single biggest difference between us and a general kennel that will accept a bird.
Will I hear from you while I am away?
Every day. You get photos and video of your own bird in the BST Mobile App and by email, so you can see the cage, the food and the bird rather than take our word for it.
How far ahead do I need to book?
Christmas and August fill weeks ahead and are the two windows worth booking early. Most other dates can usually be arranged the same week. A deposit of any amount holds your dates.
Can I bring my own cage?
Yes, as long as one person can lift or carry it — no large rolling flight cages. If you would rather not move a cage we rent them by the day, priced by cage model on the pricing page.
What if my bird needs medication?
We administer it, at $10 a day, and it goes on the daily update so you can see it was given. Fifty-five of the birds we have looked after came to us on medication.
Going away? Tell us the dates.
See your exact price, and whether we have the space, online in about a minute.