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What Is the Deal With Parrots that Excessively Scream?

Mitch Rezman
October 15, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Plucking/Screaming
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Excessive screaming is a learned behavior that we teach our birds.

Covering your feathered companion with a blanket only teaches him or her that you will cover the cage when the scream gets out of hand.

Yelling at a screaming parrot gives the parrot the attention it seeks. Ignoring a screaming parrot is not the answer either.

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How Do I Introduce a New Budgie With Clipped Wings?

Mitch Rezman
October 1, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Budgies / Flight
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Joyce D. is seeking:

I’m looking for a cagemate for my female budgie after the recent loss of her male partner.

One likely young bird has had the long feathers on his sides clipped by Petsmart.

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How Do I Stop My Budgies From Fighting?

Mitch Rezman
September 24, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Budgies / Parakeets
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Original question from Quora

My 4-month-old budgie is biting the other one’s feet and both of them are fighting and pecking each other. What caused this?

What does this mean?

What can I do to stop this?

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How Long Is Too Long for Birds in Travel Carriers?

Mitch Rezman
September 3, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / The Traveling Bird
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Judy M. worries about:

Hi, Mitch,

The closest avian vet to me is 2 hours away, I worry about my bird being in his travel cage or carrier ( as I have both) for so long, the trip there, the trip home, the visit itself…..

Do you think it would be extremely stressful for Alex?

He has been to an exotics vet, who is only about 15 minutes from me, he was fine.

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Help ~ I Have a Greenwing Macaw Who is Almost 30 Years Old!

Mitch Rezman
August 28, 2020
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Feeding Pet Birds / Large macaws / Macaw / Veterinarian Related
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Sherry S. writes:

HELP! I have a Greenwing Macaw who is almost 30 years old. He has been with me since he was 2 years old. I have been told Greenwings regurgitate more than other breeds.

It seems he is especially bad this year and it’s been going on for months.

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Why is My Quaker Parrot Becoming More Antisocial?

Mitch Rezman
August 21, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Supplies Info / Birds & Lighting / Quaker parrot
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Eva W. relates:

I have an 8-year-old female Quaker parrot who is becoming more and more antisocial as she ages.

I have had her since she was a baby.

She was always very skeptical of new things and situations which is probably good.

But there was not a lot of curiosity in her behavior.

She never wanted to step up on my hand.

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My GCC Likes to Sleep in a Covered Area ~ Is This Hormonal Behavior?

Mitch Rezman
August 21, 2020
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Conures / Green Cheek Conure
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Scroll down for 8/27/20 updated responses

Christopher G. writes:

I have a question about bird behavior, and I thought it might find a home in the birdie brunch.

We have a four-year-old green cheek conure and a three-year-old Hahns macaw.

We keep them in travel/sleeping cages in our bedroom at night, with the doors unlatched so they can come out in the morning whenever they want.

Recently, at night, we have found our green cheek to have left her sleeping cage and nestled into a tight space between the two cages, underneath the towels that cover the cage.

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