Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
My bird(s) will get proper lighting using a timer to provide an accurate light cycle
I will work with my flighted bird to make him or her a better flyer. If my bird is not flighted I will consider allowing the wings to grow out for a more confident bird that screams less. (more…)
Last Updated on December 22, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
I just love this time of year with my parrots. Currently, we’re singing and dancing to rambunctious Christmas carols while hubby wraps presents. It’s time to think about gift-giving for your beaked family.
Homemade toys are the answer, because, like me, you probably have lots of things around, like wrapping paper tubes to make into foraging toys. Husband wraps with the pretty foil paper which isn’t suitable for them.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
Hello
I love your birdie brunch and read it first thing every Sunday. Thank you!
I hope you can help me. I have an 8 yr. old white-bellied Caique. Conrad has owned me since he was 3 months old. I am also a strong proponent of flighted birds (seems to me they were made that way), so Conrad is fully-flighted.
He’s delightful and we are strongly bonded. He’s really a great bird and good company. HOWEVER, I don’t seem to be able to stop him from chewing on everything in sight. He has numerous toys of varying types and textures in all his houses (currently 3, not including travel), but when he’s out he chews on furniture, window sills, molding, electric cords, shoes, to name a few.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
Hi Windy City Parrot.
All this blogging about food but I really need to know what you feed the budgies – and what they actually will eat. Standard seed mix? Any pellets? Avicakes? (molasses = sugar)
People food? Mine eat an uncolored mix (millet, canary seed, oats) and Harrison’s pellets, which they seem to eat more of than the corn pellet bits that come in their seed mix.
Last Updated on September 29, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
One of last week’s posts was entitled Comparative Human and Bird Digestive & Respiratory Systems – it was a bit heady and I think the point was lost on many readers. The message was that avian and human digestive and respiratory systems are very different.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
Comparative Physiology: Human and Bird
The human body uses food and liquids for energy, growth, maintenance and repair. Before it can use food and liquids for these purposes, it must go through a process called digestion, which is carried out by the digestive system. The digestive system consists of the following organs: Mouth, salivary glands, oesophagus, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, stomach, large and small intestines, duodenum, rectum and the anus.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Catherine Tobsing
If you are considering making your own birdcage perches from trees in the backyard or local forest preserve, it’s important to know which wood species are safe and which ones are not. Please use the list below as a reference.
If you do introduce outside wood into your bird’s cage you should disinfect the branches with a good quality disinfectant like Mango Pet Focus – and allow them to dry completely before putting them in your bird’s cage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghkn57fQw_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmitjN24eYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yQMbVhtnGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZUzJgpboRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLXmc7l5DKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIJ1BBe5EE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUaVdivyDsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8BZuzkmark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4Bu89h02U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3KR3eWQTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMpDW48uA0
Last Updated on October 11, 2024 by Catherine Tobsing
My parrots love eating any kind of fruit or juice, nuts or seeds, but aren’t interested in any other kind of food I think is good for them. How can I change this?
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
Rant-> Why we don’t know Jack about proper perch sizes for caged birds.
All these bloody geniuses on the Internet. YouTube rock stars of bird care. “Where are you getting your information?”
Avian vets have the of ability to predict the outcome of interactions between multiple birds. “Don’t put that bird near the other bird – an attack is imminent!”
Humans with no credentials will make videos about bird care without a stitch of evidence to present that the information they present is accurate.
We have 10-year-old pages on our website that will tell you precisely the diameter of perches certain size birds require.
