Can I Train An Aggressive 7 YO African Grey?
Inna asks,
Hello. We have a 7 year old African grey.
Unfortunately, we made a mistake and did not train him properly.
Inna asks,
Hello. We have a 7 year old African grey.
Unfortunately, we made a mistake and did not train him properly.
Yellow-headed Amazon (aka the Yellow-headed Parrot and the Double Yellow-headed Amazon) Lupe asks My yellow-headed Amazon (Chelsie) has been seeing a vet for feather plucking since Feb. We have done…
Panama Amazons
(aka the Panama Yellow-headed Amazon)
My Panama Amazon (26 years old..all with me 😉 had a very long hormonal season (approx. 4 months).
During that time he followed me from room to room and ate a lot of food, especially PB sandwiches and apple chunks, corn, and Nutri-berries.
We get the following phone call on a regular basis.
Me: “Hello, Windy City Parrot”.
Caller: “Hi do you all sell talking parrots?”
If you are a bird person you know there is no such as a “guaranteed to talk”, parrot.
In the wild, birds will land on most any tree regardless of perch size
Or
Why we don’t know Jack about proper perch sizes for caged birds
All these bloody geniuses on the Internet.
YouTube rock stars of bird care.
Where are you getting your information?
Avian vets have the ability to predict the outcome of interactions between multiple birds.
“Don’t put that bird near the other bird – an attack is imminent!”
Hi, Mitch and Catherine.
I love your blog.
Chock full of great info.
I read it every week.
I am getting a young cockatiel in about 5 weeks.
My question is about cleaners to use in my house around birds.
Lois writes
I have a product called Green Gobbler for drains–says it contains no VOCs, petroleum solvents, chlorine, ethoxylates, synthetic fragrance — so it should be safe to use in a household with parrots.
I read that fleece isn’t safe for birds, like to cover a wood shelf with, what do you think?
My blue-front amazon is having foot problems on and off.
Last September there was a red spot on the bottom of his foot.
Hello!
I just sent a response to my recent order for 5 more flat perches to be put into my African Grey’s cage.
He was sold to me without toenails, and when I questioned the store owner, he told me “they’d grow back” which they never have.
Some snippets from the Google search results page.
Raw peanuts contain a toxin called Aflatoxin in them. Aflatoxin is a liver toxin and is dangerous for parrots. So it’s for sure that raw peanuts are not safe for parrots.