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3 Bird Safe No Stick Cookware Alternatives

Mitch Rezman
June 10, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Product Reviews / Veterinarian Related
8 Comments

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Hi Mitch I am long overdue for getting appropriate bird-safe cookware to use around my African Grey. I’ve wanted the Calphalon set for years. Do you know anything about it being safe? I get a little confused. I know “Teflon” is not good, but just what is meant by non-stick? Is all “non-stick” unsafe around birds? Thank you for your time. KATHY

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Tips on Painting & Restoring Older Bird Cages

Mitch Rezman
June 9, 2021
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info
2 Comments

I think the main reason that people don’t try to paint older bird cages is because of what they’ve heard or read about the harmful effects of lead, zinc, and so forth.

The point that needs to be made is that most of the paints sold in the US for the past 40 years can be safe for human infants – as long as it’s dry.

Our government really wasn’t thinking about our birds – they were looking out for our children. The government has gone to great lengths to ensure that paint sold for use in the home is safe. The confusing issue is something called “Flashing”.

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How Droopy Wings Sent Us Flying to Our Avian Vet This Morning

We keep the apartment at a cool 65° but Popcorn has an oil-filled heater next to her cage and an old-fashioned mercury thermometer next to her cage so we know that she’s in a temperature comfort zone.

She had been spending a lot more time in her birdcage rather subdued. We attributed it to the cool apartment meaning she enjoyed staying warm in her cage.

I had run errands earlier and when I got home she had moved from one of her Booda perches that she sleeps and spends most of her time on to her heated perch. I didn’t give it a second thought.

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What are the 3 Most Important Things to Teach Your Bird?

Thank you for once again allowing us into your inbox. Because I add motorcycling and swimming to my weekly activities in the summer months, I end up with a little less time for blogging and newsletter writing.

I’m sure after a long harsh winter you want to enjoy the summer sun too.

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Let’s Start With Forgetting That Birds Do Not Like Change!

Mitch Rezman
June 4, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / Conures / Green Cheek Conure
5 Comments

Hi! I very much enjoy your emails and all the information you provide. By the way, my green conure (Wyndle) looks just like the bird you have in the picture with you, Mitch.

Wyndle is a “mutt”, not a pedigree like my Sun Conure was. She has a HUGE personality and is full of spunk; very strong, inquisitive, eats all day (not overweight, tho), etc.

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What Types of Parrots Can You Legally Own in the US?

Mitch Rezman
May 20, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / The Traveling Bird / Veterinarian Related
1 Comment

Start with the Endangered Species Act from 1973

Quaker parrots are illegal to own or sell in

California
Georgia
Kansas
Kentucky
Hawaii
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Wyoming

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8 Simple Actions You Can Take to Keep Your Bird Healthy

Mitch Rezman
May 18, 2021
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Veterinarian Related
1 Comment

1 – Weigh your bird

Birds are prey animals. Evolution has taught them that if they look weak they are more subject to an attack by a predator in the wild. Thus it is not uncommon to see a bird appear to be healthy one day then fall over dead the next because there are no visual symptoms like you can see with a cat or dog.

One of the most precise tools you can obtain for a mere $19 is our best bird scale ever which can be used to weigh birds from budgies to large macaws.

When you weigh your bird regularly at least twice a month you can easily see large swings in weight gain or loss possibly indicating an illness without being visible by looking at the bird.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Beak!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T that is what your parrot needs

Aretha Franklin famously sang the song Respect where that word was spelled out as above. The song was about demanding that a man respect her if he wanted her love. But the same word applies to our parrots just as much if we want to develop good, healthy, loving relationships with them.

These magnificent animals are not like domesticated dogs and, in some cases even cats, whereupon first meeting, positive interaction is likely.

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