Category: Bird Enviornments - Page 29

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My Budgie is Plucking and I Don’t Know Why?

Mitch Rezman
July 17, 2020
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Enviornments / Bird Nutrition / Budgies / Feeding Pet Birds / Parakeets / Veterinarian Related
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Mary W. relates:

One of my budgies (male 2 years old) got a crop infection late Jan.

He was plucking at his abdomen.

The vet put him on antibiotics and had to keep him at the vet clinic for a week as my brother had a heart attack & died and the friend that I had taking care of my birds could not catch him (fully flighted) to give him meds.

When I got back 10 days later and picked up my guy from the vet-all of his chest feathers were gone!

I figured that once I got him back to his flock he would be ok.

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How Do I Silence My 5-year-old Female Illiger’s Macaw?

Mitch Rezman
July 16, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Macaw
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(above) 2 Illiger’s macaws aka blue-winged macaws named in honor of the German ornithologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger.

Peter D. writes:

Hi, Need help.

I have a 5-year-old female Illiger Macaw. Recently she has picked up an annoying ongoing chirp when she is out of her cage and on her perch.

It’s like she is so nervous she is afraid of her own shadow.

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How Do I Get Rid of Bird Food Moths?

Mitch Rezman
July 10, 2020
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Feeding Pet Birds
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Solomon L writes:

I have a problem with little moths which seems to come from the bird food, they are very annoying.

I have an aviary inside the house with canary and finches, it is 8 feet tall 5 feet diameter in the circle connected with a 6 feet flight path with 8 canaries and 12 finches.

I use the Kaytee brand finch food for finch and the one for canaries.

Before when I had the Higgins premium brand I had no problems, but I could not find so I switched to Kaytee.

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Why is My Bird Chewing His Cage Cover?

Mitch Rezman
July 10, 2020
Amazons / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting
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Laurieann T writes:

Why is my 25-year-old yellow-naped Amazon named Peso chewing up his cage cover?

This is the second time in months.

But yet at night, he wants to be covered up?

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Can I Put Cockatiels and Parakeets in the Same Cage?

Mitch Rezman
July 10, 2020
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Supplies Info / Budgies / Cockatiels / Habitats for caged birds
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Cheri S. asks:

I would like to try putting my 3 parakeets and cockatiels in the same cage.

What size cage should I use?

Also, what is a flight cage compared to a regular cage?

Hope you can help.

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How Much Do You Understand About the Molt?

Mitch Rezman
July 2, 2020
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Enviornments / Bird Nutrition / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Veterinarian Related
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We’ve talked about the differences between molting, preening, and plucking in a post found here.

Molting is misunderstood and usually viewed as nothing more than a nuisance.

We have 10 birds in our home.

That means they’re going to shed between 50,000 and 70,000 feathers combined, annually!

Feathered factoid: Ducks have 10,000 or more feathers and swans have upwards of 12,000+.

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Is the Corona Virus Making Your Bird Hormonal?

Mitch Rezman
June 18, 2020
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Feather Plucking / Flight / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Keto the African ringneck
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Editors note: In the featured image above, Barney was obsessing with the other bird in the mirror as Catherine observed.

We have since blocked access to that part of the mirror and Barney has become far more social (less hormonal). Endnote

One of the reasons we are able to stay in business going up against the likes of Amazon and Chewy is that we answer the phone and can provide useful advice.

And although PetSmart and Petco will answer the phone on a national or store level, good luck with getting information about proper care for your white-capped Pionus.

There is been a definite uptick of calls and emails seeking advice for birds exhibiting bad hormonal behavior.

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How Can I Help My Egg Bound Cockatoo?

Mitch Rezman
June 11, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Cockatoo / Veterinarian Related
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