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Mechanics of Your Bird's Wondrous Wings & Clay Lick News

Mechanics of Your Bird’s Wondrous Wings & Clay Lick News

– what you probably didn’t know ~ You feel it’s best to clip your bird’s wings – right?

A lot of you know us well, but many of you don’t. To be clear – we’re here to help whether you want to keep your bird flighted or flightless. We can talk about flight training and explore “degrees” of clipping.

Most importantly we want you to know birds use their wings for more than flight, like balance when on their feet and muscle strength maintenance.

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How Do I Cope with a 1 Eye 1 Wing and Diabetic Red-lored Amazons?

Mitch Rezman
July 22, 2023
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Rescue / Disabled Birds / Veterinarian Related
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I have a red lored Amazon who can’t fly as she was caught in Mexico as a baby and they broke one of her wings in the shoulder area.

A truly horrible thing for people to do to them to keep them safe?
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Why do pet bird keepers allow poop to drop in food dishes?

Why Do Pet Bird Keepers Allow Poop to Drop in Food Dishes?

Mitch Rezman
July 14, 2023
Bathing and Health / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments
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Marla S. Relates

Hi, your toys, treats, and perch setup is nice. Not overcrowded and laid out nicely. One comment though.

As a Lovebird Mom for over nine years now It baffles me to this day to see other bird parents place their bird’s open food and water dishes on the cage floor!

This is in the direct path of the bird’s droppings!
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How Dangerous is Wi-Fi for My Parrot or Pet Bird?

Mitch Rezman
July 13, 2023
Bird Enviornments / Habitats for caged birds
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Subject: wi-fi safety

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HI! Love the newsletter! have a question about wi-fi–how dangerous is it for my parrot? I do not use it often and since I was upgraded to 5g, I keep the computer unplugged when not in use and use ethernet.

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So You Thought Carrier Pigeons Were Obsolete – Think Again

Mitch Rezman
July 7, 2023
Bird Behavior / Pigeons / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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The significant contributions of Carrier Pigeons throughout history cannot be overlooked. In times when message delivery was uncertain, the urgency for swift and long-distance transportation of crucial messages led to the training of these avian messengers.

Throughout history, the course of wars has been influenced by a flock of agile aviators known as swift pigeons, adept at harnessing gales to soar at incredible velocities of roughly 60 miles per hour.

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Why Bird Physiology Doesn’t Care About Light Quality

We received the following request,

I need a full 5500K UVB screw-in fluorescent light bulb 20watts1100 lumens medium base.

I need one to put in my bird lamp. Do you carry them?

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Life With Birds @ Windy City Parrot

Mitch Rezman
July 6, 2023
Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue / Budgies / Cockatiels / Flight / Habitats for caged birds / Quaker parrot / Senior Birds
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They were separated shortly thereafter Most of our birds are rescues - we did help hatch 3 of the 8 rescued budgies Note brief cameo of me with beard tucked…

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Best Practices For How to Protect Your Bird This 4th of July

Mitch Rezman
June 29, 2023
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Plucking/Screaming
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You certainly need no reminder we are in the midst of a long holiday starting on Thursday (2024) the day we celebrate by shooting dangerous explosive devices 200 feet into the air and through the weekend.

Much like the Weather Channel reminds you to put a blanket in your trunk every winter, we’re here to provide a refresher for Parrot Pyrotechnic Prophylactic Preparation (that one caused a brain cramp 🙂
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