- 19 avian vets listed
- 180 free articles
- No sign-up
For bird owners
Resources
Everything we publish that is not about booking a stay — the vets we would call, a guide for every species we board, the care brochures we hand out, and the two communities we run alongside this site.
App Birds · boarding in Mississauga
Everything here is free. So is the app.
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
A few of our guests
- BudgiesStayed with us
- Quaker ParrotStayed with us
- LovebirdStayed with us
- CockatielStayed with us
- CockatielStayed with us
If something is wrong
The pages to open first, and the one to bookmark before you need it.
- Ontario's avian vets (19 clinics)Addresses and phone numbers, grouped by region.
- Emergency care & safetyWhat to do first, ordered by urgency — and the household things that kill birds.
- Frequently asked questionsBoarding, grooming, vet requirements and what we will and will not take.
Guides you can download
PDFs, served from this site. No form, no sign-up.
- New Client Welcome GuideWhat to bring, what happens on drop-off day, and how the updates work.
- Bird Training GuideSamantha's 25-page guide to step-up, recall and settling a nervous bird.
- AAV care brochuresEleven Association of Avian Veterinarians handouts on feeding, illness, feather loss and UV light.
Our other sites
Separate properties we run for bird owners in the GTA. Each opens in its own tab.
- Client portal (opens a separate site in a new tab)Quotes, your stay, your photos and the client agreement.
- Learn (opens a separate site in a new tab)The long-form library — hundreds of articles on species, diet, behaviour and health.
- BST Community forum (opens a separate site in a new tab)Ask other owners something you would not phone a vet about.
- Lost & Found birds (opens a separate site in a new tab)Report a bird you have lost, or one you have found, in the GTA.
- BST Arcade (opens a separate site in a new tab)Free bird games we wrote ourselves. No account, no ads, nothing to sign up for.
Reading
Written here, about birds we have actually looked after.
- The blog (180 articles)Care, travel, species guides and what we have learned from a few thousand stays.
- Past birdiesSome of the guests who have stayed with us, and what we wrote about them.
- How to choose a bird boarderEight questions to ask any boarder, our own room under the same questions, and the other GTA places whose websites say they board birds.
- Site mapEvery page on this site, in one list — the fastest way to find something you half-remember.
- Our own flockThe birds who live here, and why the house is set up the way it is.
Rehoming
When a bird needs a new home — ours or somebody else's.
- How rehoming works hereWhat we take, what it costs, and what happens to a bird while it waits.
- Birds looking for homes (opens a separate site in a new tab)The live listings and the adoption application.
- Rehoming policyThe terms a surrendering owner and an adopter both agree to.
Species guides
One page per bird we board — temperament, diet, noise, and what its stay costs.
Looking to book instead? See what a stay costs or book a stay.