Category: Bird Cage Info - Page 18

Jan is plucking his feathers because his feet hurt.

He’s using his food dish to sleep.

This helps avoid pressure to the bottom of his feet which he feels when they grip the smooth dowel rod perch.

That’s why he plucks in the sleeping cage – he wants the pain to ease.

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How Do I Treat Macaw Mites?

Mitch Rezman
February 1, 2019
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Nutrition / Feather Plucking / Large macaws / Veterinarian Related
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Are Mites Making Making My Macaw Miserable?

Hi Mitch,

Always look forward to your Sunday articles, thanks!

Madeleine is a (Blue & Gold Macaw) rescue from a home where she was malnourished, neglected, and abused.

I was able to negotiate relinquishment but it’s been a year of learning for me, we bonded and I decided to adopt her instead of fostering.

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How Do I Get My Budgies to Eat Veggies?

Mitch Rezman
December 28, 2018
Bird Cage Info / Budgies / Feeding Pet Birds
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Cindi L asks

“How did you get your parakeets to eat chopped veggies?

Mine will nibble on veggies I put on a tiny skewer but show no interest in chopped veggies in a bowl.

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Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Medium Size Species Of Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
December 20, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Clean / Events / Exercising birds / Lost Birds / Original content / Parakeets / Pellet conversion tips / Plucking/Screaming / Training Birds / Uncategorized / Veterinarian Related
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Small species pet birds

Birds we classify as “Smaller” species

FYI There’s something like 100 species of Conures. Conures need to be subdivided into small, medium & large (which is on our to-do list)

Green cheek conures weigh 64 grams (cockatiels are about 100 grams – Patagonian conures weight about 280 grams, about the size of a Timneh African grey.

Don’t think for a minute conures can be classified into one size category

Large Canaries

Gibber Canary

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Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Smallest Species of Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
December 20, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Exercising birds / Feather Plucking / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Handicap Birds / Parrotlet / Senior Birds
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Finches

Zebra Finches – Gray Chestnut Finches – Flanked White Finches – Fawns Lightback Finches – Black Cheek Finches – Black Breasted Finches – Florida Fancy Finches – Orange Breasted Finches – Penguin Finches – Pied Finches – Eumo Finches – Agate Finches – Recessive Silver Finches – Black Face Finches – Fawn/Gray Cheek Finches – Dominant Silver Finches – Crested Finches – White Finches – Yellow Beak Finches – Timor Finches – Society Finches – Society Finch (Bengalese) – White Rumped Mannikin Finches – Gray Crown Mannikin Finches – Java Finches –

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