What Captivity Does to Stress Pet Birds: Understanding the Impact
Keeping pet birds can be a rewarding experience, but it’s crucial to understand the impact captivity can have on these feathered companions.
Why Is My Congo African Grey Parrot Aggressive?
Understanding and Addressing Aggression
Congo African Grey parrots are renowned for their intelligence, remarkable speaking abilities, and complex personalities.
How Do I Avoid My Birdcage Lighting Light’s Reflector Attract My Budgie?
Arianne writes:
I’ve been using the Zoo Med Avian sun floor lamp for my parakeet. The last few weeks she has really drawn an interest in it.
Did You Know How Much Birds Use Their Beaks to Move in Trees?
A novel parrot gait called beakiation expands the locomotor range of living birds.
Researched and written by Edwin Dickinson and his team and published in January 2024, this new way of moving for parrots involves the use of their beaks while climbing on small, vertical branches under their aviary enclosures.
Do Birds Ever Suffer From Vertigo?
Hi Mitch
Enjoy your newsletter each week.
I have a 32-year-old Senegal that is showing some new behavior. While he is out of the cage and getting his special time he always enjoys having his head scratched, just recently when trying to rub or scratch he will begin to shake his head and then look like he has vertigo.
Can I Start Serving My Cockatoo Chop at the Age of 36?
Hello again, Mitch.
I have to confess right here that I never heard of “chop” until I started seeing it in your articles (obviously I’m not feeding it).
I’ve always fed a basic diet of pellets of around 14% protein, with whatever extras of fruits and vegetables that my bird likes, and occasional nuts as treats.
How Full Spectrum Lighting Fixed This Sun Conure’s Hormones
Dawn C. reported,
Hi. Finally my daughter used the light you directed and our radaR has stopped the hormonal stuff.
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These Indian Ringneck Parrots Are Opium Addicts
Jaipur: Poppy farmers in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district are facing a unique problem.
Come March, parrots descend on their fields in large numbers to slurp on the milk oozing out of cuts made in the pods to ripen the yield.
My Umbrella Cockatoo Turned 16 and Got Hormonal – Help!
Lucy G is concerned about her bird’s aggression.
Good afternoon Mitch,
I have an Umbrella Cockatoo that just turned 16 years old this month. I have had him since he was 6 months.
