Do Expectations of Our Birds Set Us Up for Failure?
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Do Expectations of Our Birds Set Us Up for Failure?

Last Updated on October 3, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

They warned me it was a slippery slope. A week away from my 62nd birthday I find myself a short white balding Jewish guy who’s become a “crazy bird person”.
Our apartment is 60 feet long and 30 feet wide or more in places.
 
In the morning I tend to domestic chores going in and out of rooms organizing, cleaning and while this is going on I have 95g of white feathers following me.
And if someone was looking through the window it would appear as though I was happily talking to myself because I’m carrying on a conversation with 95g of white feathers who happens to be in the same room wherever I am.

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How Bird Food was Sold More than a Century Ago
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How Bird Food was Sold More than a Century Ago

Last Updated on October 3, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

This catalog from the Max Geisler Bird Co. is clearly pre-1900. The picture is interesting on the cover the little girl offering a parrot of no discernible species would appear to be a cookie or a cracker with the term “Human Talker” above the couple.

How can you argue with the power of magic when it comes to feeding your bird? This food claims to work for any bird well or sick and improve its feathers and voice. It was appropriate for all seed-eating birds – according to the label.

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Bird Cage Make Over Winner is Amberly Hoffman
Bird Cage Make Over Winner is Amberly Hoffman

Bird Cage Make Over Winner is Amberly Hoffman

Last Updated on October 3, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

It was interesting to see one of more than a thousand entries from around the country – thank you for the great response. We’ll be launching sweepstakes on a regular basis – Just to perk up those of you who didn’t win, how about a crack at a $100 Amazon gift card.  (more…)

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Have We Finally Found a Cure for Feather Plucking?
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Have We Finally Found a Cure for Feather Plucking?

Last Updated on October 3, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

From Facebook fan last night
“I’ve got a Catalina macaw that has a problem of plucking, I took her to the vet, she has a clean bill of health, now if anyone can help with the feather plucking problem, I would appreciate it , Thanks.”
 
From a customer on the West Coast during a phone call this week
“My 14-year-old lovebird began to pluck for no reason at all. We have him on the best foods we can provide like Harrison’s pellets but we had to put a collar on her to stop the feather loss. Nothing has changed in her life and she is fully flighted”

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A Diet Your Bird Would Eat in the Wild – It’s Healthier, Right?
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A Diet Your Bird Would Eat in the Wild – It’s Healthier, Right?

Last Updated on October 3, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Super Bowl Sunday and we’re pinned in by snow and freezing temperatures. Popcorn our blacktail Albino Cockatiel (A.k.a. the tail dragger) flitting between the top of my computer monitor play stand and the floor creating little clouds of seed husks and the pieces of woven IKEA baskets at the bottom of our entertainment center.
How do I pick what to write about each week? I’m an analog guy living in a digital world. Being a post-war baby boomer I grew up watching black-and-white TV. I still like watching old war movies where the radio guy is frantically turning dials trying to “tune in” to a certain radiofrequency.

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Help – My Catalina Macaw Is Chewing Everything!
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Help – My Catalina Macaw Is Chewing Everything!

Last Updated on October 3, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

I have ordered toys from you previously. To be quite honest, I have probably ordered at least one toy from every place I’ve found online. 

I have a 5 yr old Catalina Macaw that I have had since he was 6-1/2 weeks old. At 6 months old, he broke the bars of his first cage, then we got him a big “Kings Corner” Cage, and it didn’t take him long to learn how to open the latch on the door, so we have been duct-taping that for quite some time now. (more…)

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