How Can I Learn To Care For Every Pet Bird Type On The Planet?
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How Can I Learn To Care For Every Pet Bird Type On The Planet?

Having the responsibility of digital marketing for Windy City Parrot I Recently Googled the term “parrot care.”

 

A keyword phrase we need to rank for much better. 

 

What singularly struck me was a mediocrity of information for the top-ranked links on page 1 of Google’s search results.

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How Can I Train My Aggressive African Grey to Sit on My Hand?
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How Can I Train My Aggressive African Grey to Sit on My Hand?

Every time I try to get my new Congo grey to sit on my hand, he bites me.

How long do I have to keep getting bitten?

 

Biting is never acceptable.

 

Not from a bird, dog, cat nor any other pet (said the lion trainer).

 

Getting bitten solves nothing.

One of the questions we ask here is why is your bird aggressive?

In many cases this is a hormonal issue that can partially be controlled with light.

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Are Ionized Air Purifiers Safe for My Bird and More Answers for You
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Are Ionized Air Purifiers Safe for My Bird and More Answers for You

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Are ionized air purifiers safe for my lovebird?

Absolutely not! (MitchR)

​Although marketed as being able to “scrub the air”, these “ionizers” do not remove airborne dust to a significant degree but do generate ozone, an unstable oxygen molecule (O3). Read more: (more…)

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Why Did My 3 yo Milagold Macaw Start Plucking Out of the Blue?
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Why Did My 3 yo Milagold Macaw Start Plucking Out of the Blue?

Richard writes:

I have a 3-year-old Milagold Macaw, and his name is Rainbow.

Rainbow likes to bite and nibble things, like my clothes, my arm and whatever he can get.

How do I get him to stop, my arm has a lot of bruises from this, is there bird training classes for this or do I just tape his mouth close (LOL) please tell me what I should do?

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