Year: 2021 - Page 4 - Windy City Parrot

If the bird is new to you and your home and you are trying to get the new bird to learn where his cage is and settle in, and/or also trying to bond with a new baby bird.

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Is Garlic Safe for Pet Birds?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Howards asks,

Can she have home-roasted garlic?

No Howard, birds cannot have garlic.

It is toxic to them in any form be it powdered, raw, cooked, or processed.

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Thank You for Recommending Tropican by HARI

Mitch Rezman
July 16, 2021
Bird Nutrition / Feeding Pet Birds / Large macaws / Macaw
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Jen M. writes,

Hi, we just wanted to thank you for the Hagen Tropican recommendation!

We ordered the sticks.

Our macaw just loves them and they smell amazing!

I feel so good knowing that I’m feeding them healthy food.

I had no idea that Zupreem had sugar in it and all that color can’t be good.

We also ordered the Prime Vitamin per your recommendation.

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What Would Be a Good Perch for My 2 Amazon Parrots?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
Amazons / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Deborah F. is looking to get new perches for my blue fronted amazon male and orange wing amazon female… they like to sit on the same perch during their out time ..which is most of the day.

Would this perch (small) or the same one in medium be strong enough to hold them both?

Coffee Tree Perch Natural Y by Prevue 9″ Small

Right now they have a medium Polly sand perch with no coating on it and it holds them just fine.

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Will Bright Full Spectrum Lighting Cause My Bird to Go Blind?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
African grey / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Rob K. has a “Light question”

Mitch, I have read much and understood all of your points about lighting.

My bird is a Congo African Grey.

My concern is that I have also read articles about the danger of eye damage such as cataracts from such closeness and intensity of the light. At the equator, high noon footcandles range from 9-10,000 and cycle up and down moonlight to moonlight (.01 FC @ full moon) and between dawn & dusk (10 FC).

I have a full spectrum bulb in my ceiling 5′ above his cage.

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Why Does My Ringneck Keep Flying From My Shoulder to Her Cage?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Ringnecks
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Lydia G. has 2 issues with my Indian Ringneck

Hi, my Indian Ringneck keeps flying back to her cage all the time when I take her around on my shoulder.

She won’t venture further than a foot away from it.

She also has a box she likes to spend time in and on.

She has toys to play with and I give her branches to rip up.

I keep going and getting her every time and repeat it quite a few times and she always goes back.

She was doing this at her previous owners too.

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How Do I Handle 2 Flighted Out of Control Cockatiels?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Biting Birds / Cockatiels
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Elleen A. relates,

I have 2 male fully flighted cockatiels that will not let us handle them. They are bonded. How can I get them to let us handle them again?

Dear Elleen

Short answer. You can’t. Birds of a feather stick together and you have no feathers.

Long answer.

You can clip their wings, separate them into different cages, and plan to spend several hours with each of them individually in daily sessions in hopes to earn their trust and want to be with you.

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