Year: 2021 - Page 7 - Windy City Parrot

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How Droopy Wings Sent Us Flying to Our Avian Vet This Morning

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

We keep the apartment at a cool 65° but Popcorn has an oil-filled heater next to her cage and an old-fashioned mercury thermometer next to her cage so we know that she’s in a temperature comfort zone.

She had been spending a lot more time in her birdcage rather subdued. We attributed it to the cool apartment meaning she enjoyed staying warm in her cage.

I had run errands earlier and when I got home she had moved from one of her Booda perches that she sleeps and spends most of her time on to her heated perch. I didn’t give it a second thought.

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What are the 3 Most Important Things to Teach Your Bird?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Thank you for once again allowing us into your inbox. Because I add motorcycling and swimming to my weekly activities in the summer months, I end up with a little less time for blogging and newsletter writing.

I’m sure after a long harsh winter you want to enjoy the summer sun too.

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How Do I Reduce My Male Budgies Aggression?

Mitch Rezman
June 5, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Nutrition / Birds & Lighting / Budgies / Feeding Pet Birds / Habitats for caged birds / Parakeets
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

I look forward to getting your email every Sunday and reading it has become as much a ritual as the old Sunday paper.

And now I have a question for you.

Thunder and Lightning are my bonded parakeets.

I’ve had them for years.

Last summer I saw more and more breeding activity, so I bought a box and let nature take its course.

Thunder laid four eggs, one of which was fertilized.

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Let’s Start With Forgetting That Birds Do Not Like Change!

Mitch Rezman
June 4, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / Conures / Green Cheek Conure
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Hi! I very much enjoy your emails and all the information you provide. By the way, my green conure (Wyndle) looks just like the bird you have in the picture with you, Mitch.

Wyndle is a “mutt”, not a pedigree like my Sun Conure was. She has a HUGE personality and is full of spunk; very strong, inquisitive, eats all day (not overweight, tho), etc.

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What’s Up With the Disconnect Between Avian Vets & Birds?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Mitch,

I have a question and thought perhaps you might know the answer. I am also a strong proponent of flighted birds. I was wondering if there is any scientific data on whether flighted birds are less likely to pluck?

It would seem to me that being able to fly produces a more confident, content bird, so it stands to reason that it would reduce feather plucking.

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What Types of Parrots Can You Legally Own in the US?

Mitch Rezman
May 20, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / The Traveling Bird / Veterinarian Related
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Last Updated on December 8, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Start with the Endangered Species Act from 1973

Quaker parrots are illegal to own or sell in

California
Georgia
Kansas
Kentucky
Hawaii
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Wyoming

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Do Parrots Know What They’re Saying or Are They Just Repeating Sounds?

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

The following are the leading paragraphs to some of the more than 30 answers to this question on Quora.

“My African Grey has startled me so many times that I now assume he knows what he’s saying, even if he doesn’t always choose to communicate on that level with My African Grey has startled me so many times that I now assume he knows what he’s saying, even if he doesn’t always choose to communicate on that level with me”.

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Veterinarian doctor is making a check up of a kramer parrot. Veterinary Concept.

8 Simple Actions You Can Take to Keep Your Bird Healthy

Mitch Rezman
May 18, 2021
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Veterinarian Related
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Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

1 – Weigh your bird

Birds are prey animals. Evolution has taught them that if they look weak they are more subject to an attack by a predator in the wild. Thus it is not uncommon to see a bird appear to be healthy one day then fall over dead the next because there are no visual symptoms like you can see with a cat or dog.

One of the most precise tools you can obtain for a mere $19 is our best bird scale ever which can be used to weigh birds from budgies to large macaws.

When you weigh your bird regularly at least twice a month you can easily see large swings in weight gain or loss possibly indicating an illness without being visible by looking at the bird.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Beak!

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

R-E-S-P-E-C-T that is what your parrot needs

Aretha Franklin famously sang the song Respect where that word was spelled out as above. The song was about demanding that a man respect her if he wanted her love. But the same word applies to our parrots just as much if we want to develop good, healthy, loving relationships with them.

These magnificent animals are not like domesticated dogs and, in some cases even cats, whereupon first meeting, positive interaction is likely.

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