Category: Bird Behavior - Page 34

My Green-cheek Conure Seems To Be Molting All The Time

Mitch Rezman
July 12, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Conures / Feather Plucking / Green Cheek Conure / Veterinarian Related
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Yes I have another question for you, my green-cheek conure seems to be molting all the time and he’s lost the two big red feathers in the tail and I can feel the feathers under his skin in between his back and wing feathers is this normal or is he short on calcium he will not touch a cuttlebone or any calcium bone to rub down his nails or beak so I have two perches, that are rough, he is a year and a half old, already really molted.

Thank you very much! Jane

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Should Blind People Keep Pet Birds?

Mitch Rezman
July 12, 2019
Amazons / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Cockatoo / Hormonal issues in birds / Macaw / Veterinarian Related
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This might be an interesting topic for a Birdie Brunch!

Hello, I’m Laurie Cannon, who wrote to you about the possibility of adopting an older Green-Winged Macaw.

We didn’t do that, however, we did contact a breeder about a Panama Amazon baby.

She seemed almost horrified when she found out both my husband and I are totally blind.

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Flighted Or Clipped Wings – Our Readers Weigh In

Mitch Rezman
July 5, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Exercising birds / Flight / The Traveling Bird / Veterinarian Related
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You asked whether our birds are flighted.

All three of our birds – African Grey, Dusky Pionus, Cockatiel – are fully flighted.

We have a lot of large windows in our apartment but so far we have not had a problem.

They all have their favorite routes and pretty much stick to them.

The only time we have clipped our bird’s wings is when we were traveling internationally and they had to go through the health and customs inspections at the airports.

Lisa Y.

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Why 2 Veterinarians Can’t Stop This Goffin Cockatoo From Plucking

Mitch Rezman
June 21, 2019
Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Cockatoo / Feather Plucking / Hormonal issues in birds / Veterinarian Related
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Hello, knowing of your holistic approach to things here is a synopsis of our bird and situation. We have an 11 1/2 yr old Goffins Cockatoo, Taedo ( we have had him since 2008 when he was 3 mths). We did have him sexed and know he is a male.

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Why A Birds Flicker Fusion Rate Is So Important For Fast Flight

Mitch Rezman
June 7, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Flight / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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Over the past few years, we’ve been emphasizing the proper use of man-made lighting and its effect on pet birds.

Search results when googling the term “pet bird lighting” predominantly yield links to products relating to lighting for pet birds.

With the exception of Windy City Parrot and the Lafebers blog, it is difficult to find information about pet birds and the many ways light affects them.

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