Peggie <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Love your website !
Thank you for that.
I’m hoping you can help me with training and integrating my birds.
I made the mistake of getting 4 budgies at the same time.
Doh !
Hi Mitch. Just a comment of concern.
Clearly, I understand the need to know a bird’s sex but I’m also very concerned about this kit that anybody can buy, including many of the idiots out there that own birds.
Editors note: not my words
Do you really want to encourage all owners to pluck their birds feathers and cut their nails too short in order to get blood for testing?
There are experienced owners out there that could do it but there are probably many more out there who could cause an emergency and pain.
I have lived with 17 budgies but I would would still go to a vet for something like that.
I wish you would write a follow up to that article to inspire caution. The article makes me very nervous frankly.
So we were about to leave the Birdie Boutique the other night. Five minutes before close and we get a call.
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Factoid – beaks are an evolutionary concession to drop weight which is why birds don’t have jaws & teeth.
Finches use their beaks like tweezers for extracting seeds.
Parrots use their hookbill beaks to crack open nuts and hard-skinned fruit.
So you have a bird in your home. What could possibly go wrong? A bird whose feathers have been stuck to an adhesive surface is a panicked and stressed bird.…
We offer USDA certified organic bird food pellets from Harrison’s.
It’s refuted as one of the best bird foods on the market.
We also offer Totally Organics, another fine organic blend.
The biggest misconception about organic is its purity. The majority of people assume organic means fully natural and pesticide-free but this is not close to the truth.
There are no ways to predict the lifespan of any bird. The American Veterinarian Association says that 50% of all pet bird deaths are the result of malnutrition.
I was at a seminar where nationally known avian veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker spoke. She related a story of how an 80-year-old woman brought in a budgie for a wellness check.
