114475536_ig-post

Do My Budgies and Cockatiels Feel Bored or Depressed With Their Life of Captivity?

Mitch Rezman
January 25, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Budgies / Peaches the Senegal Parrot / Uncategorized
2 Comments

Captivity is a relative term. I’m not relegated to my home but I still have to pay rent, go to work, pay taxes and perform all those duties that enable me to be a good neighbor and good citizen of the world.

If captivity is all that you know, is it really captivity? We have eight budgies, all rescues. We don’t have the background on any of them but we’ve kept them flighted, and recently started leaving the door open but most don’t ever leave the cage.

(more…)

male-indian-ringneck-tree-3-babies

Exploring Indian Ringnecks

Mitch Rezman
January 24, 2018
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Indian Ringneck
0 Comments

Indian ringnecks aka Rose-winged parrots

Editors note: Approximately 20% of parrots are sexually dimorphic meaning sex can be determined by color. Male Eclectus parrots are green, female Eclectus are red (with good reason)

Male budgies generally have a blue cere and female’s, a brown cere. Male Indian ringnecks are the ones with the rings.

Lisa L. G

So I have some questions about IRN’s.

Now all the research I read says NOT to train them for a year as they need this time to get to know their new flock (me, the dogs, and my husband). he took to me right off the bat. My hubby, he is leery of.. like runs away. Have any tips for them to connect?

(more…)

White cockatoo in front of white background

Which Are the Most Affectionate Parrots and What Makes Them That Way?

Mitch Rezman
January 19, 2018
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Biting Birds
0 Comments

Just about any bird has the ability to be “affectionate” but we should define affectionate first.

In most cases it goes beyond the affection you would see between a parent and child.

At the end of the day, all thinking animals have one thing in mind and one purpose on earth which is to procreate. (more…)

sun-conure-cage-toys-600

Make Bird Toys That Are Free – Cheap And Do It Yourself With These Videos

Catherine Tobsing
January 18, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Supplies Info / Foraging and Enrichment
0 Comments

Bird toys are to the bird cage, what leaves are to the trees your bird would be living in in the wild.

It’s said birds live by the 60/40 rule. They spend 60% of their time looking for food and 40% of their time trying not to be food. Looking for food is called foraging.

A Cockatoo parrot living in the wild will fly as many as 100 miles in a day. The bird will have several dozen stops and regular feeding places. At each stop they’ll use their strong beak (and claws) to look for food.

(more…)

cockatiel-head-shot

Does an Inherited Cockatiel With a Bald Spot in an Aviary Need Foraging Toys?

Mitch Rezman
January 10, 2018
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Budgies / Cockatiels
0 Comments

There is no singular cockatiel related to the title of this post. Aside from providing expert advice to caged bird keepers I also have a passion for Search Engine Optimization as well as improving how I communicate our ideas. Apparently, I am the vortex of a digitally feathered world.

So in these stories, we’re going to talk about four unique cockatiels and their circumstances. Should anyone in our audience inherit a cockatiel with a bald spot living in an aviary with lots of foraging toys – you’re welcome.

(more…)

customer-howard-senegal

How Windy City Parrot Looks At Our Bird’s Holistically

Mitch Rezman
December 12, 2017
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Lighting / Foraging and Enrichment
0 Comments

Pet food manufacturers as well as Internet “influencers” somehow associate the word “holistic” with “healthy” which indicates (to me) they clearly never read the definition of “holistic“.

ho·lis·tic – adjective

PHILOSOPHY – characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

Thus from this point forward, you will go forth and snigger the next time someone tries to sell you holistic anything.

When you interact with us,

whether it be here, on our website, social media, email, or any other form of communication, we try to introduce you to holistic bird health as a way of succeeding with captive bird care – meaning:

(more…)

2-macaws-outdoor-aviary-lighting

Best Practices For Heating Outdoor Bird Aviaries

Hi. We’re installing an outdoor aviary on our screened & covered porch.

The size is 8x8x9 and it will house 2 blue and gold macaws.

I found the perfect rope perches at windy city parrot.

Now I hope you can help me select the right heat source.

We live in north Mississippi so extreme cold isn’t a problem; winter temps are 30s-40s most nights.

Do you recommend infrared heat lamps?

If so, how many for the space?

Thanks

Anne

(more…)

711085009078-2-e1512783490185

How Do Bird Toys Compliment a Bird’s Food?

Mitch Rezman
December 8, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment
0 Comments

A clear theme that emerges after reading endless threads on Facebook is “my bird won’t play with toys” – “my bird doesn’t play with toys” “my bird only wants to chew the keys off my notebook computer”.

(more…)

blue-front-amazon-cocked-head

How Do Amazon Parrots Use Light to Synthesize Vitamin D Having No Preening Gland? And Other Captive Amazon Care Questions

Mitch Rezman
December 1, 2017
Amazons / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Feeding Pet Birds
0 Comments

How do Amazon parrots use light to synthesize Vitamin D having no preening gland?

As I was curating this post on Amazon parrot questions it got me thinking about one of my favorite subjects, full spectrum lighting and the synthesis of vitamin D in birds.

Amazon parrots are relatively unique having no preening gland (along with doves, pigeons and Hyacinth macaws).

The uropygial aka preening gland oozes a slippery goo which a bird rubs its head and beak against. Then spreads this oil over its feathered body.

(more…)

parrot-foot-600

Why Do Parrots Enjoy Mimicking?

Mitch Rezman
November 30, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Training Birds
0 Comments

How do we know parrots enjoy anything? 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 parrot food.

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

(more…)

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA

Windy City Parrot

Click
for
Support 24/7

Do My Budgies and Cockatiels Feel Bored or Depressed With Their Life of Captivity?

Exploring Indian Ringnecks

Which Are the Most Affectionate Parrots and What Makes Them That Way?

Make Bird Toys That Are Free – Cheap And Do It Yourself With These Videos

Does an Inherited Cockatiel With a Bald Spot in an Aviary Need Foraging Toys?

So in these stories, we’re going to talk about four unique cockatiels and their circumstances. Should anyone in our audience inherit a cockatiel with a bald spot living in an aviary with lots of foraging toys – you’re welcome.

How Windy City Parrot Looks At Our Bird’s Holistically

Best Practices For Heating Outdoor Bird Aviaries

How Do Bird Toys Compliment a Bird’s Food?

How Do Amazon Parrots Use Light to Synthesize Vitamin D Having No Preening Gland? And Other Captive Amazon Care Questions

Why Do Parrots Enjoy Mimicking?

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,Lowell, IN 46356 USA

So in these stories, we’re going to talk about four unique cockatiels and their circumstances. Should anyone in our audience inherit a cockatiel with a bald spot living in an aviary with lots of foraging toys – you’re welcome.

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA