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Should My Budgies Nap Early So They Can Stay Up Late?

Mitch Rezman
May 17, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Lighting
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The original question on Quora was: Can I leave the lights out for my budgies for a few hours in the early evening so they can take a nap?

They usually stay up until 2am with us?

All birds get an extraordinarily large amount of information from sunlight both the visible spectrum that you and I can see and the invisible spectrum UVA/UVB light.

The light is sent to the pineal gland just behind the right eye where it tells the bird how long the day is and sets off melatonin cells that vibrate like micro metronomes enabling birds to tell the precise time of day – although they don’t know the day.

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60 Nasty Household Hazards Birds Shouldn’t Be Around

Mitch Rezman
May 17, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Surviving Disaster / Veterinarian Related
6 Comments

I hope the post on the Ultimate Bird DIY First Aid Kit will become part of your avian reference library.

We’re going to break down the first aid thing into several manageable parts.

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Miami’s ‘Parrot-Poaching’ Problem

Mitch Rezman
May 15, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird Rescue / Large macaws / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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The film examines the threat that poaching poses to Miami’s wild macaws. Please share your thoughts in the comment section below

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12 YouTubers For Parrot Lovers You Need To Know

Mitch Rezman
May 11, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Exercising birds / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Pellet conversion tips / The Traveling Bird / Training Birds / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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At first I thought to myself “this’ll be fun.”

Once I started the project it was a bit more difficult than I forecasted.

I originally started with 9 YouTube channels but some favorites needed to be included not simply based upon numbers.

For those who are not following on us Facebook or our YouTube channel, you’ll note that we are ramping up our use of Fid-eo to better communicate caged bird care.

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What Challenges Does Your Bird Face This Spring And Summer?

Mitch Rezman
May 4, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Raptors & Falconry
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Linda F asks,

Hi, As spring approaches we look to protect furry as well as feathered friends. Any suggestions on Frontline and heart guard type products that are safe around parrots and toos (Cockatoos) when used on three little dogs?

Are the two above mentioned harmful when used on a dog that lives in the same house as a bird?

Thank you for all help I have received as my CAG (Congo African Grey, goffie (Goffin Cockatoo) learn to share our life together.

Would not have made it as smoothly this far without your good advice and Birdy Brunch. Thank you again. Linda,

Micha and Stewie

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Is It Wrong to Trim a Baby Budgies Toe Nails?

Mitch Rezman
April 20, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Budgies
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Is it wrong to trim a baby budgies toe nails?

If it is wrong, then why is it wrong to trim a baby budgies toe nails?

This is my answer to a question on Quora.

Editor’s note: Another answer about trimming a budgie’s toenails had advised against clipping their toes to avoid bloodshed.

By using a Rotary trimmer you can avoid cutting any birds nails to the quick by having total control in conjunction along with knowing proper restraint for small birds.

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Bird Cage And Food Recommendations for 2 Quaker Cagemates

Mitch Rezman
April 12, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Quaker parrot
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Looking for an appropriate birdcage to house 2 Quaker parrot cagemates

Hi Rose,

I think this 3159 Select would be a great cage from Prevue.

The 36-inch wide footprint gives the birds ample room for separation if needed.

It provides the best of both worlds having a dome top for interior height and a play area for time outside the cage.

As you can see it has ample seed skirts

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How Do I Tame an Older Vicious African Grey?

Mitch Rezman
April 7, 2018
Bathing and Health / Veterinarian Related
5 Comments

This was most recent answer to that question on Quora:

“So, I did something that, again, I do not recommend for anyone else.

I got myself comfortable against the cage, and put my left hand into a balled fist, and let him hit me. Again. And again. And again.

Eventually blood ran down my elbow. He hit me 40+ times while I looked at him with my eyes half-lidded, calm & relaxed, glancing away as if bored from time to time.

After around ten minutes, Sammie stopped striking at me. He had a long pause, looking at me sideways, then with his head upside down.

Then he put a foot on my bloodied hand.”

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Eclectus toe tapping and wing flipping issues

Mitch Rezman
April 7, 2018
Bathing and Health / Eclectus parrots / Feeding Pet Birds
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Image above – Female Eclectus r. vosmaeri at North Carolina Zoo, no other subspecies combines a purple abdomen and clear yellow undertail coverts.

Hi Mitch,

I just read your piece on eclectus, and I have a question.

If the elongated digestive tract is urban myth, then why does my bird develop the eclectus toe-tapping and wing-flipping if he has been given regular pellets and/or too many vitamins?

What would cause this?

Thanks,

Barbara

Let’s start with the toe tapping wings flapping things.

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For Your Bird’s Health: Gas Heat, Bugs And Muscular Atrophy In Bird Legs

Mitch Rezman
March 30, 2018
Amazons / Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Clean
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Carol P. replied

How can you get rid of the little brown bugs that come around the bird food without hurting the birds? Is there a spray or something I can order?

Thanks for your help, Carol in Tennessee

Hi Carol

Knowing what kind of bugs they are is half the battle.

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Should My Budgies Nap Early So They Can Stay Up Late?

Miami’s ‘Parrot-Poaching’ Problem

12 YouTubers For Parrot Lovers You Need To Know

What Challenges Does Your Bird Face This Spring And Summer?

Is It Wrong to Trim a Baby Budgies Toe Nails?

Bird Cage And Food Recommendations for 2 Quaker Cagemates

Eclectus toe tapping and wing flipping issues

For Your Bird’s Health: Gas Heat, Bugs And Muscular Atrophy In Bird Legs

Carol P. replied

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,Lowell, IN 46356 USA

Carol P. replied

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA