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More Free Bird Toys & DIY Bird Toy Videos

Sometimes it’s just hard to rationalize spending money on bird toys that you know will be destroyed.

Gas prices are not going down soon and available funds that we have to devote to our pets seems to be getting diminished daily.

Search the term “bird toy” on Google and you get 7,300,000 results. Windy city Parrot like many sites offers bird toys with free shipping ( $49 minimum order on our site). Bird toy parts although getting harder to find are still available.

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Would You Like to Spend Less on Your Bird?

Without sacrificing the quality of life?

Every once in a while we get a little blowback from the people that sell us the bird toys that we sell to you. They don’t understand why we give you instructions on how to make your own bird toys.

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Following Up on Last Week’s Conversation About Our Birds

Mitch Rezman
March 6, 2015
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info
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Rant

You are reading a blog.

Blogs are considered social media.

I consider myself a social media guy telling my stories to you, listening to yours.

We press the digital flesh every day on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn and Pinterest.

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Not Looking at Your Bird Holistically May Be Dangerous to Its Health

How many times have you watched in awe as a flighted bird hops off the top of it’s cage – the “flap, flap, flap” then it lands on an inch wide piece of ceiling crown molding or a computer monitor and in bird speak says “what’s up?” Never giving a thought to that gravity thing that keeps the rest of us tethered to Mother Earth.

These are special creatures indeed.

Do we really give our birds enough credit for their ability to adapt?

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How Did Our Cockatiel’s Leg and Foot End Up in a Paper Cast?

Mitch Rezman
February 26, 2015
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info

Funny you should ask – file under life imitating art imitating life.

On the heels (<- pun) of last week’s blog entitled “How do birds sleep standing on one leg?” where we saw the most exceptional illustrations of how the flexor tendons in a birds leg act as an ingenious pulley system enabling a bird to firmly grasp a perch even while sleeping and in the case of birds of prey this system also aids in the killing of said prey.

Mother nature as usual was simple eloquent and right to the point. The question arose recently, for us, how do you shut down 50% of that system for maintenance? It’s been an interesting few days.

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Bird Cage Seed Guards – A Pet Bird Keepers Solution Or Problem?

I purchased a new cage for my severe macaw about a year ago and the seed guards are only 3 inches in width. Since she seems to like to hang on the side of the cage, and of course poops while there, the guard doesn’t catch it and we have a mess on the floor.

Could you recommend a particular cage approx? 20 deep x 24 wide with larger seed guards? thanks!

Deb

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Your Government Wants to Outlaw Your Pet Bird!

Mitch Rezman
February 13, 2015
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info
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We’ve all heard about all those government perks Swedes get – 97% of their healthcare is picked up by various Swedish taxing bodies (about 9% of Sweden’s costs for health and medical care amount to approximately 9 percent of Sweden’s gross domestic product GDP)

Stuff like 5 weeks paid vacation when you start a job, increasing with your length of tenure – 480 days of paid parental leave – it’s cold and dark and then sunny and perfect and all those beautiful women (although I’m reminded here in edit by Catherine that the beautiful women are not supplied by the government 🙁

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What Bird Flies Across Two Continents in Two Days – Nonstop?

From my exposure to falconry, I learned Peregrine Falcons can attain speeds of 300 miles an hour or more while in a dive pursuing prey. But what about getting from point a to b? How fast & long can a bird really fly before needing to land?

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Bird Teflon Dangers You Didn’t Know and Other Household Perils

Mitch Rezman
January 29, 2015
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Veterinarian Related
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One of the first things new pet bird keepers learn is that Teflon is bad for your bird which is pretty well-known. The statement “I threw out all my Teflon cookware before I brought my bird home” can be found on the internet as often as Lady Gaga changes hairstyles.

The potential danger of Teflon does go beyond cookware so I wanted to give you a little background.

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Accessories to Keep Your Bird Cage Area Cleaner That Actually Work.

Mitch Rezman
January 24, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info
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We’re going to start out with one of our favorite product lines that’s been solving birdcage cleanliness for more than a decade – Lixit water bottles.

Do you really need a water bottle? Birds being the messy creatures that they are will poop in their water dishes regardless of placement we think yes.

They spray food, poop, and other contaminants into their drinking water which carries bacteria that gets ingested by your bird causing mouth & throat infections. Think of the $200 vet bill….minimum.

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More Free Bird Toys & DIY Bird Toy Videos

Would You Like to Spend Less on Your Bird?

Following Up on Last Week’s Conversation About Our Birds

Not Looking at Your Bird Holistically May Be Dangerous to Its Health

How Did Our Cockatiel’s Leg and Foot End Up in a Paper Cast?

Bird Cage Seed Guards – A Pet Bird Keepers Solution Or Problem?

Your Government Wants to Outlaw Your Pet Bird!

What Bird Flies Across Two Continents in Two Days – Nonstop?

Accessories to Keep Your Bird Cage Area Cleaner That Actually Work.

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,Lowell, IN 46356 USA

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA