Last Updated on September 17, 2018 by Mitch Rezman
Donna B writes on 9/9/2018
I have a 6-1/2 year old Jubilee Macaw (named Bijou) who seems to be having a very difficult molt.
I am concerned his constant picking might turn in to plucking.
Bijou has begun constantly picking on himself and pulls out not only larger feathers but also small to mid size feathers and gray fluff.
As of now, however, I don’t see any skin abrasions or blood.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Catherine Tobsing
What will our parents say
about dating outside our species?
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
I love this video because it clearly illustrates how destructive even small birds can be.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
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In about 24 months our household has gone from 0 to 9 birds.
Six budgies (2 males/4 females), a female Senegal (surgically sexed) and a male African ringneck (males have the ring).
I fondly call the budgies my little hooligans who have their own cage as does Peaches our 9 year old female Senegal and Keto the newest member to our family, the 17-year-old male African ringneck.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Catherine Tobsing
I’ve often said the universe is too complex to be arbitrary.
We brought home a Prevue F040 birdcage for our six budgies, but once built we clearly felt it was too small.
It sat in our living room for about three weeks.
During that time we received a phone call and long story short we ended up rescuing a 17-year-old male African ringneck.
Last Updated on September 5, 2018 by Mitch Rezman
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There are no wrong or right procedures or specific foods for any given bird.
It’s always good to start with a manufacturers well rounded parrot food blend like Hagan Tropimix which has seeds, nuts, fruit and Hagen Tropimix pellets.
Some birds are extraordinarily picky eaters and will only eat seed.
A straight bird food pellet diet is not necessarily the answer.
We tell people “there are no pellet trees in the rain forest”
and
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
Children are loud, messy, and time-consuming, but every family has 2.6 of them (Pew Research).
I probably spend less time cleaning up after my eight birds in three birdcages than most moms cleaning up after 2 six-year-olds
or a single toddler
To say that all birds are time-consuming is an unsupported blanket statement.
We have a Senegal parrot and an African ringneck.
Neither is very noisy.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Catherine Tobsing
The following is a thread between Mary Anne M and Catherine
Editor’s note: We will do our best to provide cage bird-keeping solutions.
The more information we have, the more precise our answers.
8/23/2018 – I have a Hawkheaded parrot named Rudy (above) that is the greatest companion!
He has been with me for the past 2 years & comes out with me daily.
Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman
I just want to thank you for the weekly messages – for the stories you tell, and all that you teach us.
I have had a 10-year-old female Goffin’s cockatoo in my care for 2-1/2 years.
Editor’s note: Goffin’s cockatoo aka, Tanimbar corella aka Goffin’s corella.
Her owner was someone I knew most of my life and she committed suicide suddenly with no warning.
She had many animals.
Horses, dogs, cats, snakes, rats, and a bird.
Last Updated on September 3, 2018 by Catherine Tobsing
Dear Mitch and Catherine! 😊
First of all, I want to thank you for all the wonderfull “breakfast meals” you give us “hungry” parrot slaves every sunday! 😊
They are so informative, and I always look foreward to read them every weekend!
Thank you very much for ALL the work you make in the research of writing these articles! ☺️
By the way; I love the new format you’ve made on your website!! 😊😊
I appologize for the inconvineance, but I hope you have the time to help me, please, with a couple of questions about a few different subjects.
First of all; my heart is owned by my 6 month old sweetheart parrotlet boy, named Charlie. ☺️❤️
