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Making Your Own Bird Safe Birdcage Perches

Mitch Rezman
November 27, 2016
Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Supplies Info
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If you are considering making your own birdcage perches from trees in the backyard or local forest preserve, it’s important to know which wood species are safe and which ones are not. Please use the list below as a reference.

If you do introduce outside wood into your bird’s cage you should disinfect the branches with a good quality disinfectant like Mango Pet Focus – and allow them to dry completely before putting them in your bird’s cage.

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Windy City Parrot Videos- November 2016

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My Parrots Love Eating Any Kind of Fruit or Juice, Nuts or Seeds, but Aren’t Interested in Any Other Kind of Food

My parrots love eating any kind of fruit or juice, nuts or seeds, but aren’t interested in any other kind of food I think is good for them. How can I change this?

My answer:

Shelly

The problem is that’s not a balanced diet as they’re not getting enough protein. I would advocate introducing a product like Lafeber’s Avi-cakes.

They are considered a sweet treat but they offer 100% nutrition to your bird because they contain a high percentage of pellets. The pellets are wrapped with seeds and nuts and fruit held together with molasses.

In addition to the Higgins Sunburst Cockatiel seed blend that our cockatiel Popcorn fed on regularly she goes through a package of Lafeber’s Classic Cockatiel Avi-cakes about every two weeks.

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Why My Bird Doesn’t Know What Size Perch to Stand On

Rant-> 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 of ability to predict the outcome of interactions between multiple birds. “Don’t put that bird near the other bird – an attack is imminent!”

Humans with no credentials will make videos about bird care without a stitch of evidence to present that the information they present is accurate.

We have 10-year-old pages on our website that will tell you precisely the diameter of perches certain size birds require.

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Pull the Trimmer Away From Your Bird’s Beak and Back Away From the Bird Mam

Our economical bird nail trimmer has become very popular now that caged bird keepers realize how easy it is to trim their own bird’s nails while saving money at the same time. Make sure you know how to towel your bird to make nail trimming much easier.

Although we recommend using our electric nail trimmers to keep your bird’s nails trimmed, we do not recommend that you attempt to trim your bird’s beak.

It’s a sensitive organ and has a lot of sensory receptors and which could potentially be very painful to your bird if handled in the wrong way, which got me to thinking about today’s topic. Think – just slipping a 1/8 inch on the bird’s beak in the wrong direction can damage sensory cells (Herbst corpuscles).

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My M2 Has a Problem and I Thought I’d Run It by You

Mitch Rezman
November 16, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Feather Plucking / Plucking/Screaming
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Hi Guys,

Love your newsletter!

My M2 (Moluccan cockatoo) has a problem and I thought I’d run it by you.

I’ve had birds all of my life, parakeets, cockatiels, amazons and this is my first ‘too. I got him as a baby and have had him for 10 years.

He seems very content as far as I can tell.

About 6 months ago he molted 3 feathers at the same time from his tail. The new ones sprouted, of course. But over the course of these six months, he continues to pick his tail skin raw.

I know M2’s are notorious for self-mutilation. I don’t think that’s the issue.

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Canaries – Nature’s IPods – Why They Sing

Mitch Rezman
November 14, 2016
Feeding Pet Birds / Habitats for caged birds / Species Specific / Veterinarian Related
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Before iPods there were boomboxes. Before boomboxes, there were stereo radios. Precursors to phonographs were Victrolas.

But the way to get tunes in your home long before there was electricity was the natural sound of bird songs.

For years people would place a Canary or other singing finches in a small cage on either side of the room and whoever did that first can take credit for inventing stereo sound.

Canaries are small songbirds coming from the Finch family and were initially found in places like the Azores and believe it or not the Canary Islands.

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Air Purifiers for Birds and Parrots – What Should I Look For?

Barry asks, Do you have any recommendations for air filters that are safe for my bird?

Hi Barry

Just make sure that it is sized appropriately for the room, house or apartment so it actually does what it’s supposed to do – remove dust and allergen particulate from the air we breathe at home. (more…)

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Clicker Training Videos for Birds – From Tricks to Flight

Mitch Rezman
November 9, 2016
Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Bird Supplies Info / Biting Birds / Training Birds
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It is opaque to me as to why caged bird keepers refuse to embrace clicker training. We spend hundreds (thousands) of dollars on birds, equipment, toys, accessories, and food (thank…

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Short Circuit From Love to Attack Behavior With My Rainbow Lory Recently

Mitch Rezman
November 9, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Biting Birds
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Connie S wrote:

I looked at the anatomy of a bird’s brain that you had in a recent email.

I would like to know more about the portion that says: Short Circuit from love to attack behavior!

That is happening with my rainbow lory recently.

He is 18 years old and has suddenly started attacking my hand when I reach to have him climb on my finger.

Otherwise, he hangs out with me with no problem – when I’m sitting in a chair or lying on the bed. (more…)

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Making Your Own Bird Safe Birdcage Perches

Windy City Parrot Videos- November 2016

My Parrots Love Eating Any Kind of Fruit or Juice, Nuts or Seeds, but Aren’t Interested in Any Other Kind of Food

Why My Bird Doesn’t Know What Size Perch to Stand On

Pull the Trimmer Away From Your Bird’s Beak and Back Away From the Bird Mam

My M2 Has a Problem and I Thought I’d Run It by You

Air Purifiers for Birds and Parrots – What Should I Look For?

Clicker Training Videos for Birds – From Tricks to Flight

Short Circuit From Love to Attack Behavior With My Rainbow Lory Recently

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