Author: Mitch Rezman - Page 97

Why Are Veterinarians Injecting This Poison Into Our Birds?

File under “Our vets are injecting this sh#t into our birds – really”?

The reason I bring this up is an article that came across my desktop recently having to do with a drug called “Lupron”. Popcorn our cockatiel received two injections (at $80 per shot) over her 12 visits with our vet.

I read about it a lot on Facebook – Lupron is used to reduce egg laying and calm hormonal changes in birds. Its use is widespread in avian medicine. It is also available for cats and dogs.

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Nutrition of Psittacines (Parrot Family)

Mitch Rezman
February 15, 2017
Feeding Pet Birds / Veterinarian Related / Website Shopping
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Nutrition of Psittacines (Parrot Family) Client Information Series™
This information is designed as a means of communication between veterinarians and clients who are concerned about their pet bird’s nutritional needs. Diet, nutrient requirements, and feeding are discussed. If you have any questions, be sure to ask your veterinarian to answer them for you.

Birds are divided into 27 orders, varying from high-flying Falconiformes, such as the bald eagle, to the Struthioniformes, such as the ostrich, that does not fly at all. Most pet birds are found among the Psittaciformes (psittacines: parrotsfamily), Passeriformes (perching birds), Columbiformes (pigeon family), and Galliformes (chicken-like birds).

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Feeding Conversion – Scenic Bird Food Pellets

Mitch Rezman
February 14, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Parakeets / Pellet conversion tips
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How to improve your bird’s health with Scenic Bird Food and good fruit &
vegetable selections!

• Place Scenic Bird Food in a separate cup from your bird’s normal food and leave it there all day and night.
• Replace with fresh food daily.
• Keep the cup full.
• Only after your bird is eating Scenic Bird Food should you place it in the normal food cup.

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So I Have Left is This Crazy 28 Year Old African Gray

Dear Theresa

Your bird passed today? Oh my. I am so sorry to hear this. It is never easy to lose a pet, they are so much a part of the family. You have our deepest sympathies.

Theresa replied

I’m a bit at a loss. We’ve had her for twenty-five years. With the exception of some arthritis in her foot, she’s been healthy as can be. Just back from a vet check about a month ago…Good eater always eating the things good for her…Saturday I woke up to uncover her cage only to find she’s thrown up a cooked food I got from parrot island. It was a pea soup blend.

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When Sun Conures Attack!

Mitch Rezman
February 9, 2017
Bird Behavior / Biting Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Species Specific
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Good morning and thanks for your time,

I enjoy reading your newsletters every Sunday, and I just knew yesterday, Sunday, I had to contact you. In short, my sweet female, 1.5 year old, sun conure decided to attack her sitter yesterday when she entered our home. Here is the scenario:

We had three other people present whom she

ignored.
The Super Bowl was on. The constant annoying cheering of the tv fans.

Now, she did not attack her right away. Perhaps it was not intended to be attack mode. Once the sitter passed me and my bird Sofia, Sofia immediately flew towards her, the sitter, not expecting it, flailed her arms.

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Bird Chop Vs Commercial Bird Food Blends – What’s Best for My Bird?

Mitch Rezman
February 3, 2017
Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Veterinarian Related
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I talk a lot about avian digestive systems and respiratory systems but it’s been a while since we talked about feathers. Generally, the birds that we keep as pets have anywhere from 5000 to 7000 feathers. Waterfowl like certain species of ducks can have more than 11,000. Yes, scientists have actually counted them.

From Wikipedia we learn:

Feathers are among the most complex integumentary system appendages found in vertebrates and are formed in tiny follicles in the epidermis, or outer skin layer, that produces keratin proteins.

The β-keratins in feathers, beaks, and the claws, scales, and shells of reptiles — are composed of protein strands hydrogen-bonded into β-pleated sheets, which are then further twisted and crosslinked by disulfide bridges into structures even tougher than the α-keratins of mammalian hair, horns, and hoof.

β-keratin or beta-keratin is a protein in the keratin family. β-keratin is rich in stacked β pleated sheets. Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the protein that protects epithelial cells from damage or stress.

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Hagen’s (HARI) Alternative Formula Pellets Offer Better Nutrition for Mature Birds

Mitch Rezman
February 3, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Veterinarian Related
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December 10th of last year I sprained my ankle. I finally got my boot on that foot for the first time last week on 1/24/17. In less than a month Medicare will be paying all my medical expenses (in conjunction with a supplemental plan F policy). I can relate to getting old. I look old. I have a long gray beard. Look at me and you know that I’m old.

Not so much with birds

For those of you that have stuck with your birds through the screaming biting and destruction – kudos! You’ll learn how much life bird’s can bring into a home.

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Why 4 Roommates 2 Feathered and 2 Humans Need to Work Things Out.

Mitch Rezman
January 25, 2017
Bird Behavior / Biting Birds / Species Specific
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Jan 9, 6:36pm

Hello, I have two Caiques. The first we have had for 6 years and is sweet mostly. The second, we introduced about 2 years ago. At first, the two about killed each other, but now they are friends.

However, the second caique does have an issue with wanting to be super nice to me and then all of the sudden out for blood. It goes for fingers, almost always. I am fairly sure it had a bad childhood and feel awful for it. It has some great times, but then sometimes will revert and attack. It goes in phases.

I am curious if you have any ideas of how to break this? Currently, to hold the bird or get it, most times I need to have a towel, which it is so smart to hold it’s wings out so I cannot wrap it up. It flips out from the towel also so I cannot grab it, always going for fingers and biting. Thank you for any information! Sometimes I’m at my wits end with this bird, but have been trying and trying to make it have a great life.

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Wondering if You Can Guide Me on Care of my Umbrella Cockatoo.

Mitch Rezman
January 25, 2017
Bird Rescue / Bird Supplies Info / Birds & Lighting / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Plucking/Screaming
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Wondering if you can guide me with the care of my umbrella. Her vet is away on sick leave for a few months. I am her third owner.

I live in a two-room 35 ft camper trailer with six dogs and the bird. She likes to be around them – in her cage – and when they get treats she expects ( and gets) her own. They are her flock.

She has been a feather shredder since long before she came to me, about three years ago. She is also very indifferent to food. Her owner before me cared for her well and tried her hardest to get her to fresh fruit and veg. Her primary diet is Zupreem fruit blend, though her specific preference are the pink pieces. But she isn’t even very interested in eating.

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I’m Declaring Myself THE Caged Bird Keeper’s Influencer for the Internet.

Mitch Rezman
January 24, 2017
Events / Uncategorized / Veterinarian Related
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(no one else wanted the gig)

If you follow digital trends as I do, it’s impossible to not recognize “the next big thing in marketing” called influencer marketing

something that’s actually been around since 1940.

All the “experts” in the many LinkedIn groups I follow and blogs I read coming across my crowded inbox have very precise instructions on how to achieve influencer marketing.

Search for influencers, connect with influencers, reach out to influencers, tell the influencers what great stuff you have, offer cash and gold bullion with the goal of a said influencer with 3 million followers on Instagram happily talking to their fans and followers about what remarkable stuff you have to say. It’s nice you have an instruction document.

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Feeding Conversion – Scenic Bird Food Pellets

So I Have Left is This Crazy 28 Year Old African Gray

When Sun Conures Attack!

Good morning and thanks for your time,

Why 4 Roommates 2 Feathered and 2 Humans Need to Work Things Out.

Jan 9, 6:36pm

Wondering if You Can Guide Me on Care of my Umbrella Cockatoo.

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

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Good morning and thanks for your time,

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA