Category: Bird Behavior - Page 35

“What would be a bird’s reaction if we tied a helium balloon to their legs (that would make them float)? What about a bat? How would they adapt? QUESTION DETAILS IN COMMENTS”

At some point in the very short response I saw these words

“Someday, I’ll tell you about the time I duct taped his feet to the kitchen floor to prevent him from chasing mine”.

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What Should You Consider Before Getting a Pet Bird?

Mitch Rezman
September 5, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Exercising birds / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Parakeets / Peaches the Senegal Parrot / Training Birds
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Children are loud, messy, and time-consuming, but every family has 2.6 of them (Pew Research).

I probably spend less time cleaning up after my eight birds in three birdcages than most moms cleaning up after 2 six-year-olds

or a single toddler

To say that all birds are time-consuming is an unsupported blanket statement.

We have a Senegal parrot and an African ringneck.

Neither is very noisy.

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How I Accidentally Rescued A Goffins Cockatoo

Mitch Rezman
September 3, 2018
Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Cockatoo / Veterinarian Related
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I just want to thank you for the weekly messages – for the stories you tell, and all that you teach us.

I have had a 10-year-old female Goffin’s cockatoo in my care for 2-1/2 years.

Editor’s note: Goffin’s cockatoo aka, Tanimbar corella aka Goffin’s corella.

Her owner was someone I knew most of my life and she committed suicide suddenly with no warning.

She had many animals.

Horses, dogs, cats, snakes, rats, and a bird.

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Can My Daughter And I Co-Bond With An African Grey?

Mitch Rezman
August 26, 2018
African grey / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Pellet conversion tips
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We don’t generally interact with mainstream bird rescue organizations.

The last bird club/rescue meeting I spoke at began with a police presence called by the current president trying to forcibly remove the former president, who wouldn’t leave.

The next 15 minutes resulted in parliamentary maneuvers so legal action could be brought against the former bird rescue president.

We’ve seen that a lot over the years.

Which is why we mainly work with private rescues and bird rescue initiatives.

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What Are the Absolute Worst Types of Parrots for a First-time Bird Owner?

Mitch Rezman
August 25, 2018
African grey / Amazons / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Budgies / Caique / Cockatiels / Cockatoo / Conures / Eclectus parrots / Feeding Pet Birds / Finches / Habitats for caged birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Indian Ringneck / Large macaws / Lovebirds / Parrotlet / Pigeons / Quaker parrot / Senegal parrots
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Once again, although well-intentioned, people are breaking down your choices into the macro of species (Quora question).

One answer started with

Cockatoos
Macaws
Amazons

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Is Mixing And Matching Birds In Your Home Risky?

Mitch Rezman
August 24, 2018
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Nutrition
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Barbara Writes,

I love the new format so much, Mitch.

And I have a question regarding the video of the cockatoo and sun conure. How do you know when it’s safe to let them be together like that?

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Why I Drove 800 Miles To Rescue An African Ringneck

Catherine Tobsing
August 22, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Indian Ringneck
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My morning was going quite well.

Dr. Johansen called with the lab results and my A1c was down to 5.9 from 7.4 in January.

I attribute that to Catherine’s deployment of our keto lifestyle diet.

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What Do You Know About Macaw Asthma? It’s Really A Thing.

Mitch Rezman
August 14, 2018
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Cockatoo / Flight / Large macaws / Veterinarian Related
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This first of three answers about macaw parrot keeping solutions is in response to the Quora question:

Is it unsafe to have a cockatoo in your home and a macaw, Given that many macaws are susceptible to asthma? Following up, is there any sort of test a macaw could have done to identify asthma?

Macaw Asthma aka Macaw Respiratory Hypersensitivity disease is found in several species of macaws but is especially prevalent with blue and gold macaws.

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Is My Blue and Gold Macaw Biting Me Because of Displaced Anger?

Catherine Tobsing
August 14, 2018
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Biting Birds / Large macaws
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Nancy H wrote:

Dear Mitch and Catherine,

I own a Blue and Gold Macaw that I’ve had for 23 years, I love him dearly as he’s been, my little companion and roommate.

The problem is and I’m hoping you can help is that I’m not able to have my family or friends over because Bernard will literally take a tantrum screaming until I go in and get him and bring him out to see who’s there and when I go to bring him back to his cage, he bites me hard with displaced anger.

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Can You Address Feeding And Care For Larger M2s (Moluccan Cockatoos)?

He Duct Taped His Cockatoos Feet To The Floor

What Should You Consider Before Getting a Pet Bird?

Can My Daughter And I Co-Bond With An African Grey?

What Are the Absolute Worst Types of Parrots for a First-time Bird Owner?

Is Mixing And Matching Birds In Your Home Risky?

Why I Drove 800 Miles To Rescue An African Ringneck

Is My Blue and Gold Macaw Biting Me Because of Displaced Anger?

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