Hello Mitch,
Here’s my problem
Pikachu the cockatiel will not relieve himself in his cage.
He is usually out with us when we are home, and even insists on sleeping on me; but if we need to go out, he is caged for his safety.
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.
So we were about to leave the Birdie Boutique the other night. Five minutes before close and we get a call.
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.
Factoid – beaks are an evolutionary concession to drop weight which is why birds don’t have jaws & teeth.
Finches use their beaks like tweezers for extracting seeds.
Parrots use their hookbill beaks to crack open nuts and hard-skinned fruit.
Pet food manufacturers as well as Internet “influencers” somehow associate the word “holistic” with “healthy” which indicates (to me) they clearly never read the definition of “holistic“.
ho·lis·tic – adjective
PHILOSOPHY – characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.
Thus from this point forward, you will go forth and snigger the next time someone tries to sell you holistic anything.
When you interact with us,
whether it be here, on our website, social media, email, or any other form of communication, we try to introduce you to holistic bird health as a way of succeeding with captive bird care – meaning:
Water Wind & Stars replied – Oct 4, 10:12pm
After writing my first message I took a big pile of towels and curtains from the bathroom where my birds’ cage had been located and carried them to the basement to wash the bird dander out; the pile was big enough to cover my nose and mouth.
Not more than 5 minutes after I came back upstairs, I started to cough in the breathless, slightly spasming way that has been the main symptom of my lung issue.
