Year: 2018 - Page 10 - Windy City Parrot

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How Do I Tame an Older Vicious African Grey?

Mitch Rezman
April 7, 2018
Bathing and Health / Veterinarian Related
5 Comments

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

This was most recent answer to that question on Quora:

“So, I did something that, again, I do not recommend for anyone else.

I got myself comfortable against the cage, and put my left hand into a balled fist, and let him hit me. Again. And again. And again.

Eventually blood ran down my elbow. He hit me 40+ times while I looked at him with my eyes half-lidded, calm & relaxed, glancing away as if bored from time to time.

After around ten minutes, Sammie stopped striking at me. He had a long pause, looking at me sideways, then with his head upside down.

Then he put a foot on my bloodied hand.”

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Eclectus toe tapping and wing flipping issues

Mitch Rezman
April 7, 2018
Bathing and Health / Eclectus parrots / Feeding Pet Birds
0 Comments

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Image above – Female Eclectus r. vosmaeri at North Carolina Zoo, no other subspecies combines a purple abdomen and clear yellow undertail coverts.

Hi Mitch,

I just read your piece on eclectus, and I have a question.

If the elongated digestive tract is urban myth, then why does my bird develop the eclectus toe-tapping and wing-flipping if he has been given regular pellets and/or too many vitamins?

What would cause this?

Thanks,

Barbara

Let’s start with the toe tapping wings flapping things.

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Exercise Your Bird – Why and How – Videos

Mitch Rezman
April 7, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Enviornments / Exercising birds / Habitats for caged birds / Ringnecks / Veterinarian Related
4 Comments

Last Updated on May 30, 2024 by Mitch Rezman

We focus on bird and parrot nutrition a lot here because of the complexity of a bird’s anatomy.

Birds require far more energy than their ground-based counterparts.

Migratory birds fly at high altitudes where the air is thin.

You and I would require supplemental oxygen at those altitudes.

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Egad, Ants Are in My Birds Cage & How the Heck Can Ants Be Good for a Bird?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Updated 4/2/19

Hi Mitch,

I wrote to you last year with my ant guard idea (below), but I improved it after that and thought I’d share my improvement of the scheme.

The cage legs in plastic sandwich bags inside cups of water eventually didn’t work.

The bags developed holes letting water in and causing the metal to begin to rust.

I then put the legs directly inside the cups, and put the cups into plastic tubs with water inside them. Ant moats 3.0, so to speak.

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For Your Bird’s Health: Gas Heat, Bugs And Muscular Atrophy In Bird Legs

Mitch Rezman
March 30, 2018
Amazons / Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Clean
4 Comments

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Carol P. replied

How can you get rid of the little brown bugs that come around the bird food without hurting the birds? Is there a spray or something I can order?

Thanks for your help, Carol in Tennessee

Hi Carol

Knowing what kind of bugs they are is half the battle.

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Cocky

The Bird World Wants to Hear From You

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Do you have something to say about your pet bird or captive birds in general?

We love meeting new people with fresh ideas especially when you can see something differently than us.

We are selective about who submits content.

Why are we looking for guest bloggers on Windy City Parrot?

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Eclectus Parrot Elongated Digestive Tract – Fact Or Fiction?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Here’s an earlier eclectus parrot feeding question from our database:

I’ve read different articles on how much fruit to give my ekkies.

Some say it is ok to give them as much as they eat and others say the veggies should be their top priority.

I do try to give them an equal amount but it seems they have gotten picky about their vegetables lately.

I have been giving them different varieties and mixing up how I serve them – warm, cool, different spices on them but they still prefer the fruit.

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7 Budgie And Parakeet Questions Answered

Mitch Rezman
March 23, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Budgies / Habitats for caged birds / Veterinarian Related
2 Comments

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Question about Male Parakeet.

Every time I put my arm in the cage he attacks it, or he flies at me when I look in the cage.

My female looks depressed like she would rather he move out.

She used to be so happy.

I got her first, then him a couple of months after.

She would sing, and play with her toys.

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How Do I Train My Birds To Always Fly Back To Me?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Original verbatim Quora question(s): How do I train a budgie to free flight and come back to me without having to fly away?

How do you train two budgies to free flight?

Can you train two budgies to free flight at the same time?

These questions were found as a single question on Quora.

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What Is a Good Summary About How It Is to Own Parrots (Macaws Specifically)?

Mitch Rezman
March 16, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Rescue / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Parakeets / Peaches the Senegal Parrot / Plucking/Screaming / Veterinarian Related
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

I don’t know that there’s enough storage space on the Quora servers to answer this.

I read that parrots are loud, noisy, and messy – a lot.

Then again so are children.

Let’s start with a top-level explanation.

Pet people in the disciple category will always react negatively towards the word own preferring instead to call it pet bird companionship.

In reality, birds are the most owned pets we can have.

We have to lock them up in a bird jail.

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Eclectus toe tapping and wing flipping issues

Egad, Ants Are in My Birds Cage & How the Heck Can Ants Be Good for a Bird?

For Your Bird’s Health: Gas Heat, Bugs And Muscular Atrophy In Bird Legs

Carol P. replied

The Bird World Wants to Hear From You

Eclectus Parrot Elongated Digestive Tract – Fact Or Fiction?

How Do I Train My Birds To Always Fly Back To Me?

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Carol P. replied

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA