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The Truth Is You Are Not The Only Person Concerned About What Are The Pros And Cons Of Having A Pet Bird?

Mitch Rezman
July 15, 2017
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Parakeets / Peaches the Senegal Parrot / Species Specific
11 Comments

What are the pros and cons of having a pet bird? was asked on Quora. This answer motivated me to set the record straight.

Pros

If you do it right, you’re going to have a loving companion animal for the next 60 years.

Cons,

If you do it wrong, you’re going to have a very unhappy bird for the next 60 years.

They can live sixty years or more.

They’re loud (a cockatoo’s scream has been measured at over 100db, compared to 130db for a jet engine at 100 feet).

They throw food.

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At Last, The Secret To Keeping Food And Cage Accessories Free Of Bird Poop Is Revealed

Mitch Rezman
June 28, 2017
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / Clean / Habitats for caged birds / Parakeets
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From Marla S.

Hi, Your toys, treats, and perch setup is nice. Not overcrowded and laid out nicely. One comment though.

As a Lovebird Mom for over nine years now, it baffles me to this day to see other bird parents place their bird’s open food and water dishes on the cage floor!

This is in the direct path of the bird’s poop! Would you place your human’s child’s food and water dishes in the bottom of the toilet? No.

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Do Hormones Control This Amazons Seasonal Regurgitation?

Mitch Rezman
June 26, 2017
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Lighting / Feather Plucking / Foraging and Enrichment / Senior Birds / Veterinarian Related
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Dear Mitch, Catherine, and associates,

First thank you for the opportunity to contact you about my parrot, who’s a BF Amazon, named “Dollar.” I wish to add, I adopted him at 6 yrs old, and he wouldn’t let me call him any other name than what it had been.

So, he’s a fabulously happy birdie, but several years in a row around this time of year, he begins to regurgitate and swallow, over and over again. He holds the top of a bell and raises and lowers his head like an oil well, only really fast.
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Parrotlet Perch & Diets, Hanging (Bat) Budgie, Conure Life Spans, Grey Diets & More

Mitch Rezman
May 16, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / Parakeets / Website Shopping
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I have recently purchased a new parakeet (Budgie)

As my beloved 7 yr old Sparky died. He is very young as the cere above his beak is just changing color from white to blue.

When I cover his cage at night he is on his top perch but when I get up in the morning Budgie is hanging upside down from the top of his cage. He has a perch high up but moves to the roof when I am sleeping. Any ideas?

Martie H

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How Should I Set Up My Green Cheek Conure’s Bird Cage and How Often Should I Clean It?

Mitch Rezman
April 28, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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I own a green cheek conure. He has a pretty large cage, not sure of the exact dimensions, but I’m very confused on how to set it up, I hear that people put newspaper to line the cage with but are you supposed to put that on top of the litter or under it? Also, how often should I change the litter?
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What is the minimum cage size for a Green Cheek Conure?

What is the Minimum Cage Size for a Green Cheek Conure?

Mitch Rezman
April 12, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Habitats for caged birds / Species Specific
0 Comments

What is the minimum bird cage size for a Green Cheek Conure?

When we first bought a cage for our GCC (Green Cheek Conure) we decided a really big one was the best option. But now it’s hell to clean it, even once a week.

What is the minimum cage size for a GCC and what can I do to keep the cage cleaner?

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Anatomy of a Bird Cage – Why Are They Made Like That?

Having sold bird cages for almost 20 years it’s easy to assume that our customers know bird cages, but we don’t want to take anything for granted.

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Making Your Own Bird Safe Birdcage Perches

Mitch Rezman
November 27, 2016
Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Supplies Info
0 Comments

If you are considering making your own birdcage perches from trees in the backyard or local forest preserve, it’s important to know which wood species are safe and which ones are not. Please use the list below as a reference.

If you do introduce outside wood into your bird’s cage you should disinfect the branches with a good quality disinfectant like Mango Pet Focus – and allow them to dry completely before putting them in your bird’s cage.

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Pull the Trimmer Away From Your Bird’s Beak and Back Away From the Bird Mam

Our economical bird nail trimmer has become very popular now that caged bird keepers realize how easy it is to trim their own bird’s nails while saving money at the same time. Make sure you know how to towel your bird to make nail trimming much easier.

Although we recommend using our electric nail trimmers to keep your bird’s nails trimmed, we do not recommend that you attempt to trim your bird’s beak.

It’s a sensitive organ and has a lot of sensory receptors and which could potentially be very painful to your bird if handled in the wrong way, which got me to thinking about today’s topic. Think – just slipping a 1/8 inch on the bird’s beak in the wrong direction can damage sensory cells (Herbst corpuscles).

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Gemma Parakeets and Cockatiels Mixing in Cage/Aviary

Catherine Tobsing
October 28, 2016
Bird Cage Info / Budgies / Cockatiels / Habitats for caged birds / Inter species
2 Comments

Hello!

We are loyal patrons of WCP and look forward to the Sunday brunch every week. Perhaps this topic has already come up, but it is a question about bird species.

We have 3 parakeets that get along well although they did not grow up together. All are rescues. We are thinking about adding a cockatiel to the family and are wondering about cages. So, the parakeets have a large cage (approx 2.5′ H x 2′ W X 1′ D) and we have a smaller cage (about 1.5′ HWD) that is just lying around empty.

First question: would a cockatiel require a separate cage or could they all sleep together in the same cage?

Second: Assuming that they cannot share a cage, would you recommend the keets in the smaller cage or leave them in their current habitat?

Third: Would cockatiels and parakeets be competitive/territorial in an open space (like an aviary)?

Thank you for any advice you have on this.

Cheers,

Gemma

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The Truth Is You Are Not The Only Person Concerned About What Are The Pros And Cons Of Having A Pet Bird?

At Last, The Secret To Keeping Food And Cage Accessories Free Of Bird Poop Is Revealed

Parrotlet Perch & Diets, Hanging (Bat) Budgie, Conure Life Spans, Grey Diets & More

How Should I Set Up My Green Cheek Conure’s Bird Cage and How Often Should I Clean It?

What is the Minimum Cage Size for a Green Cheek Conure?

Anatomy of a Bird Cage – Why Are They Made Like That?

Making Your Own Bird Safe Birdcage Perches

Pull the Trimmer Away From Your Bird’s Beak and Back Away From the Bird Mam

Gemma Parakeets and Cockatiels Mixing in Cage/Aviary

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,Lowell, IN 46356 USA

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA