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Can I Grab My Parakeets While In Their Cage

Mitch Rezman
November 27, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Biting Birds / Budgies / Habitats for caged birds / Veterinarian Related
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First of all, people who state absolute truths about bird care as in yes and no have much to learn.

To answer this question with an emphatic “no”, begs even more queries:

It’s time to take the bird to the vet, how do I get it from cage to carrier?
The bird is sick or injured in the cage, now what?
How do I get the bird to examine it?
What if I need to weigh the bird?

If you just want to let the bird out by opening the cage door have you examined your home?

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How To Set-up A Handicapped Galah Parrot Cage

Mitch Rezman
November 23, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Cockatoo / Handicap Birds / Veterinarian Related
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I have a young Galah parrot (aka rose-breasted cockatoo) who is missing her toes on one foot.

She was three weeks old when she developed constricted toe and had the amputation, so she really has no idea that she’s handicapped.

Editor’s note: Animals never do.

She’s a little over two years old now. (1st April 2016)

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Answers For A Cockatiel Pulling Out His Wing Feathers And A Cockatiel With Cataracts

Mitch Rezman
November 23, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Cockatiels / Feather Plucking / Veterinarian Related
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Dear Mitch I wanted to ask for your advice.

My male cockatiel is pulling his feathers out from under his wings.

I brought him to one avian vet who did blood work.

That was a dead end.

The 2nd vet sent droppings to a lab and that was negative.

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How Do We Know Parrots Enjoy Anything?

Mitch Rezman
November 16, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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Another question recently asked on Quora was “what do parrots do for fun”?

We know parrots prefer “working” for food versus simply eating from overflowing bowls of bird food blends.

We know correlation does not necessarily imply causation but can we correctly infer that work & play are one and the same for a parrot?

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How Can I Tame Two Adult Budgies at Once?

Mitch Rezman
November 16, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Budgies / Habitats for caged birds / Parakeets
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How can I tame two adult budgies at once?

I would rather not buy two bird cages.

mitchr explains:

It’s been recently discovered that the first parrot breeders in North America existed almost 1000 years ago.

Birds on the other hand existed freely around the planet for about 99 million years prior to humans containment of them.

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Why Is My Cockatiel Pulling Feathers From Under His Wings

Mitch Rezman
November 1, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Cockatiels / Handicap Birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Plucking/Screaming
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Why Is My Cockatiel Pulling Feathers From Under His Wings

From: JANNINE P

Dear Mitch

I wanted to ask for your advice.

My male cockatiel is pulling his feathers out from under his wings.

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What Makes A Hand Tamed Baby Bird?

Mitch Rezman
October 19, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Budgies / Training Birds
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Stephanie wrote:

Hello, I am hoping you can help me.

About three weeks ago I got a baby parakeet, I was told the bird was 10 weeks old.

The bird had black on its beak, and the cere was still purple in color.

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How Winter Places Stress On Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
October 17, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Surviving Disaster / Website Shopping
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Birds have a highly developed sense of light. In humans, we perceive light through our eyes.

Our feathered friends have an additional way of interpreting light conditions, a special gland that surrounds the eye. Read more on this

As days get shorter and the temperature falls, we want you to be aware of some issues the changing weather may have on your birds.

In the wild, animals rely on the cycling of the sun, and the seasons to adjust their biological clocks and metabolism. It is the sun, and changes in the quality of light and length of the day which set the stage for breeding, migration, molting, and daily behavior patterns.

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