How to determine the sex of a Love Bird
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How to determine the sex of a Love Bird

Love Birds are prolific shredders The females will pack their rump feathers with the shredded paper Males will make confetti

This helps them carry more nesting material back to the nest. In Love Birds, three of the nine species are dimorphic. A species is dimorphic if the cock is visibly different in color from the hen.

The following three love bird species, Madagascar Love Bird, Red-faced Love Bird, and Abyssinian Love Bird, fall into this category.

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Is Higgins Millet Really Organic?
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Is Higgins Millet Really Organic?

Find Versele-Laga French Organic Millet for Birds Here

Thanks for touching base with me on that. Actually, I haven’t used any of the millet yet because the package says on it natural not organic. What does that mean? Everything is natural, even preservatives and pesticides. It’s all from nature.

Is it organic and why doesn’t the package say so?

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Cordless Rotary Bird Nail and Beak Trimmer Questions
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Cordless Rotary Bird Nail and Beak Trimmer Questions

Hi Mitch,

How does the “Cordless rotary bird nail and beak trimmer” in your current promo compare with my dremel ( which is not cordless)?
Do I need thus for my birds if I have. A Dremel brand dremel (which I don’t use on my birds cuz it scares them, so I take them to the bird groomer.
Would this one you have be less noisy and upsetting to my birds than my Dremel (I have a CAG, a hawkhead, 2 lories, and lovebirds)

Any advice appreciated 🙂

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What Are Fake Canary Eggs Used For?
What are Fake Canary Eggs used for?

What Are Fake Canary Eggs Used For?

Fake Canary Eggs are used to replace the real eggs in a canary nest while the canary is laying a new clutch. When the first egg is laid, carefully with a spoon, remove the egg and put it in a safe place, a small box or bowl lined with tissue or cotton. (a plastic spoon is thinner and easier to get under the egg without breaking it) Put a fake egg in the nest.

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What’s the Story with Parrot Food Pellets?
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What’s the Story with Parrot Food Pellets?

Parrot Food Pellets
So what’s the deal with parrot food pellets? They’re popular for many reasons but on the flip side, there are no pellet trees in the rainforest. With all the bird foods on the market, why would you select pellets over a seed diet? Can a bird survive on an all pellet or all-seed diet?

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