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Accessories to Keep Your Bird Cage Area Cleaner That Actually Work. 

• Mitch Rezman
• January 24, 2015
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info
• 0 Comments

We’re going to start out with one of our favorite product lines that’s been solving birdcage cleanliness for more than a decade – Lixit water bottles.

Do you really need a water bottle? Birds being the messy creatures that they are will poop in their water dishes regardless of placement we think yes.

 

They spray food, poop, and other contaminants into their drinking water which carries bacteria that gets ingested by your bird causing mouth & throat infections. Think of the $200 vet bill….minimum. 

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This Cockatiel Gets a Bird Cage Makeover

• Catherine Tobsing
• December 12, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info
• 0 Comments

Today we put a new Parrot Cup Cover in Popcorn’s cage as it popped into my head a bit ago that perhaps her repeated bacterial infections might be resulting from her pooping into her water.

We do not see her do it inside the cage, but we now see she tends to sit on top of the cage which is right above her water dish.

So a cover for the water was on my “birdie wish list”. I had thought about a water bottle but maybe later. This looked like a good start. (more…)

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Is Newspaper Print Safe for My Bird?

• Catherine Tobsing
• September 13, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info
• 0 Comments

Is Newspaper Print Safe for My Bird?

 

We loving your Sunday morning birdie brunches. Wonderful info, but I do have a question about one of the suggestions.

I have a “teil”. Is it really SAFE to put newspaper on TOP of the grate???

My Merlin would chew the newspaper and maybe eat it. But if it’s safe, this sounds like a great idea.

Also, if I put his food dish on the newspaper, then won’t I wind up with poop in the dish? Thanks for all your info and a great website.

 

Linda W 

 

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The International Bird Carrier Caper and Paperwork Avalanche

• Mitch Rezman
• August 22, 2014
• Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / The Traveling Bird
• 0 Comments

A couple of months ago we talked about the how to’s of traveling with your bird. the physical portion of terrestrial travel doesn’t change whether you’re traveling in town or across the country.

You can travel with your bird by air or by car. We talked about Disaster preparation with your bird. Here’s a great page that outlines what you need to do and lists a whole bunch of pet friendly hotels and motels which dovetails with our talk about travel today.

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Where to Put a Swing and How to Get a Bird Used to It

• Mitch Rezman
• July 12, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Habitats for caged birds
• 0 Comments

Recently I visited a customer to deliver an order and was invited to come in and see their new rescued Macaw named Paulie. A beautiful Scarlet in a huge Prevue 3155 cage, the top third was loaded with toys and a large Booda Rope Swing. They said the macaw had not used the swing set, as he seemed to be intimidated by the movement of it so it hung pristine and lonely.  

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DYK – Your Bird Keeps Better Time than a Swiss Watch?

• Mitch Rezman
• June 20, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info
• 3 Comments

Quick, say “diurnal, circadian, or photoperiodic clock” five times fast. And that my friend explains how your bird can tell time. Although your bird cannot tell what day it is it does know what the month is of each year using its circannual (calendar) clock. It actually knows the precise time of day (just not what day it is).

 

iPhone might have Siri but with no Internet connection whatsoever your bird gets “messaged” on a regular basis, indicating the proper times to change feathers (molt), when to breed, and with migrating birds, when to migrate.

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6 Reasons Summer is Dangerous for Your Bird

• Mitch Rezman
• June 14, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info
• 0 Comments

We talk about parrots being equatorial animals and how life in North America, for example, screws up their instinctual expectations for things like light cycles and temperature.

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6 How To’s for Terrestrial Travel with Your Bird

• Mitch Rezman
• June 7, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / The Traveling Bird
• 0 Comments

Air travel with your bird is a post all it’s own so today we’ll focus on terrestrial travel.

  

We are moving all comments from the old style blog to this new fancy schmancy one, by hand. Any comments made today and moving forward, will be made under your own profile. We apologize for any confusion and hope this new format will help make us all better caged bird keepers.
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Bird Parasites, Cage Litter And The Great Wing Clipping Debate

• Mitch Rezman
• May 17, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Flight
• 0 Comments

How do you know if your bird has mites? Excessive scratching could be the first clue, but that could also be attributed to dry skin. The simplest method is to take a piece of white computer paper and hold it under your bird’s main perch. Then tap, tap, tap hard on the perch with something like a wooden spoon. If you see small red dot “crawly things” on the paper, those would be mites. If you’re in doubt a visit to the vet would be in order.

 

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Pellet Alternatives – Cage Cleaning and Cage Sharing Tips

• Mitch Rezman
• May 3, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info
• 0 Comments

I thought it was appropriate while introducing some of our newest divided cages to talk about the best uses for a divided birdcage. As luck would have it the following question came across my digital desk.

 

from: Kristen

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