Amir Khela runs Lakeshore Bird Care out of a quiet boarding room in Burlington, about 11 minutes from most Brant Hills addresses. Fifty dollars per cage for the whole trip — any length from 3 to 21 nights, same price. Up to three small birds share one cage. No per-bird fees, no photo package add-ons, no weekend premiums, no long drives to Oakville or Mississauga for a boutique avian boarder.
Same price for Brant Hills residents as for everyone else in Burlington. No zone surcharges. No travel fee inside the city. No holiday premiums. The Trip Flat Rate is the cheapest option for any stay 5 nights or longer.
Brant Hills sits at the north end of Burlington, above Upper Middle Road, climbing toward Mount Nemo and the escarpment. It is newer-build family territory — a lot of younger families, a lot of first-bird households, and a lot of owners who need reliable boarding for their budgies and canaries during summer camping trips and winter ski weekends. Amir is about eleven minutes south from most Brant Hills addresses, which beats the thirty-minute drive to any premium boarder in Oakville.
The short version of why Brant Hills bird owners end up at Amir's room: short drive, trip-flat rate, small-bird expertise, no sales pitch. You send the dates through the form, you drop the cage off, you pick it up when you are back. The whole trip costs fifty dollars. Same price whether you are gone for a long weekend or three weeks. No surprises.
“Nobody in Burlington will take zebra finches at a reasonable price. Most boarders charge the same rate as a conure, which is absurd. Amir charges fifty dollars flat for the whole trip, both of my finches sharing one cage. Same price as one finch. Same price as three. No surcharge for the pair. No surcharge for the length. I live up in Brant Hills and the drive down to him takes about eleven minutes. Never dealing with another per-bird-per-night boarder.”
— Michelle K., Brant Hills resident, a pair of zebra finches
Same three budgies in the same cage. Same 11-minute drive for Brant Hills residents. Different boarder.
Forty-five dollars per bird per night at a typical GTA avian boarder. Plus the enrichment fee. Plus the photo update package. Plus the holiday surcharge if your trip lands on a long weekend.
Fifty dollars per cage, flat, for the whole trip. Three budgies share one cage. Any length 3-21 nights. No add-ons. No photo package. No holiday surcharge. Total at pickup: fifty dollars flat.
Premium boarder: $2,835 · Amir: still $50
Every extra night past the 7-night snapshot above is free at Amir's. The Brant Hills drive time does not change either. The gap at 21 nights is $2,785.
