What’s a feather?
It’s a product of the protein known as Keratin and comes in three flavors: contour, sensory, and down – feathers.
Feathers perform far more services for birds than you probably ever thought.
 We talk a lot about your bird’s foot health so when I saw this article, it was one of those “wow” moments. the importance of your bird’s foot health can not be overstated. The following is a post from ArsAnatomica on tumblr.
Peggie <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Love your website !
Thank you for that.
I’m hoping you can help me with training and integrating my birds.
I made the mistake of getting 4 budgies at the same time.
Doh !
Headline: My spoiled parrots love this bird food 🙂
Name: Pam
Location: Rockford, IL
Review: I have three CAGs and a Goffin ‘too.
In the morning they get Tropican Lifetime Formula Maintenance Parrot Granules and I feed this food to them in the evening.
Why do birds need bird toys?
So they can have fun right?
Well that’s one reason.
But the need for a bird toy goes far beyond entertainment.
Reason 1
Learning
Hi Mitch. Just a comment of concern.
Clearly, I understand the need to know a bird’s sex but I’m also very concerned about this kit that anybody can buy, including many of the idiots out there that own birds.
Editors note: not my words
Do you really want to encourage all owners to pluck their birds feathers and cut their nails too short in order to get blood for testing?
There are experienced owners out there that could do it but there are probably many more out there who could cause an emergency and pain.
I have lived with 17 budgies but I would would still go to a vet for something like that.
I wish you would write a follow up to that article to inspire caution. The article makes me very nervous frankly.
[email protected] replied –Â Feb 14, 7:35pm
Hi there,
This is my first time at your store.
I love it!
I have 2 White Bellied Caiques (WBC) and a Green Cheek Conure (GCC).
Species Profile White-bellied Caiques on HARI.com
One of my WBC, Jaden, has the Bornavirus and has been near death many times his first year and a half.
We upped his Celebrex and he’s been free of symptoms for 11 months.
He only gets Harrison’s High Potency with some soft fruits.
This ‘syndrome’ as vets are calling it, is referred to by many names as listed in the title of this article. For simplicity I will use the word Lockjaw.
First off, I would like to state that the following is from my own independent research while helping others and my own hands on personal experience.
I would also like to state upfront that I never bought into and was very skeptical on it being labeled Bordetella or B. Avium.
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