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More About the Importance of Lighting for Captive Birds

Mitch Rezman
March 30, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting
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Birdcage lighting for 3 parrots

Hi Mitch,

I am fairly new to reading your blog, so I hope I am not asking questions that are too redundant. I have three birds – an almost 4-year-old male Bodini Amazon, a 2-year-old male Blue-headed Pionus, and a feisty little female Parrotlet. I have two questions really.

First, I would like to know if what I am currently doing is adequate or not. My birds have their own room where their cages are. The room is furnished with a fountain, a tree, hanging toys, etc. – basically a parrot playground. There is only one overhead light in the room that is just an LED daylight bulb.

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Anatomy of a Bird Cage – Why Are They Made Like That?

Having sold bird cages for almost 20 years it’s easy to assume that our customers know bird cages, but we don’t want to take anything for granted.

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Two colorful parrots, Rosy-faced lovebird, Agapornis roseicollis, also known as rosy-collared or peach-faced lovebird, are in love against black background

Caring for 2 Senior Lovebirds

Mitch Rezman
March 23, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Senior Birds / Species Specific / Veterinarian Related
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I have 2 love birds that are approaching 20 years of age – Help Scout

Beth W replied Feb 5, 12:42pm

I have two love birds that are approaching 20 years of age and was wondering if there are special nutrition or habitat changes I should make for them.

Mitch replied Feb 8, 10:09pm

Beth – do you know their sex?

Beth W replied Feb 9, 6:29pm

They are both male peach faced love birds, one is a year older than the other. The older bird is having problems with his balance occasionally.

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My Ringneck Parakeets Are Biting Me One Day After I Bought Them – Help

Mitch Rezman
March 23, 2017
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Biting Birds / Species Specific
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You may have noticed the “live help” tab at the bottom of the site coming on now and then: Here’s a “fly on the wall” look

Chatting with Guest (Egypt)

Mitch: Hello, how can I help?

Visitor: I brought 2 Indian parrots 6 months old yesterday.

Visitor: Yesterday they were nice but today they tend to bite so hard.

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Do Power Lines Affect the Health of Birds, When They Perch on Them?

Mitch Rezman
March 15, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Birds & Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Raptors & Falconry / Species Specific
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Questions about birds I answered on Quora the week of 3/13/17.

Do power lines affect the health of birds, when they perch on them?

I can’t speak to power lines but I know that Quaker parrots are colonial animals. They build large nests where a whole colony can live enabling them to survive brutal Chicago winters.

A heat source they seek out and build their nests in is electrical transformers. ComEd has access to a number of Quaker rescues who will come and get the birds when requested.

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Zoo Med 2008: Psittacine Medicine (2008)

Mitch Rezman
March 15, 2017
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related
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Author: Gretchen Kaufman, DVM

OCW Zoological Medicine 2008
Psittacine Medicine (2008)
G. Kaufman, DVM
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

1. Learning Objectives and Review

This section pulls together the main diseases and health issues of psittacines, representing the major group of birds seen in pet bird veterinary practice. Color coded topics indicate learning objectives that the student should become familiar with. Cases will be presented in class to illustrate these topics.

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Those Lovable Lovebirds – 5 Lovebird Videos

Lovebirds are native to the African continent while the Gray-headed lovebird also known as the Madagascar lovebird comes from of all places, Madagascar. Lovebirds are known for their strong monogamous relationships and spend a lot of time being together wing to wing.

They are capable of having close relationships with people in addition to their chosen companion. They like to snuggle with people and quite often they will train their humans. You’re really better off spending short periods throughout the day with your lovebird rather than just one or two longer interactions, the way you would with a larger parrot. Lovebirds can be noisy but are not necessarily good talkers.

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How Can You Compare the Personalities of an African Grey and a Macaw?

Mitch Rezman
March 9, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Species Specific
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That is not really a fair question. The personality of a captive bird is determined by many factors and the environment that humans provide for them.

The bigger question is are we seeing the paratroop personality or does being a captain of birds change everything? In other words, would a bird be different in the wild than in captivity?

There is no single event, procedure, or training apparatus that will cause a bird to act like this or that, be an uncontrollable screamer, feather self-mutilation, or toe-tapper (a neurological issue in some Eclectus parrots).

Most people fail in raising captive birds because they don’t “speak bird”. It is essential to look at a pet bird holistically because every component of their life impacts their behavior.

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Birds Can Be Difficult When Trying New Foods

Mitch Rezman
March 2, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment
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Dear Nora How can you get your parrot to eat pellets? Birds can be difficult when trying new foods, I am reaching out to the company for their suggestions on…

5 Ways to Reduce Hormonal Bird Behavior Before You See the Avian Vet

Mitch Rezman
March 2, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Plucking/Screaming / Veterinarian Related
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Hypothetical – a 21st-century genie sits down next to you on a park bench. He looks pretty normal and explains that the whole genie thing has evolved along with modern society.

The dapper young lad named Gene (really?) goes on to say;

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More About the Importance of Lighting for Captive Birds

Anatomy of a Bird Cage – Why Are They Made Like That?

My Ringneck Parakeets Are Biting Me One Day After I Bought Them – Help

Do Power Lines Affect the Health of Birds, When They Perch on Them?

Those Lovable Lovebirds – 5 Lovebird Videos

How Can You Compare the Personalities of an African Grey and a Macaw?

Birds Can Be Difficult When Trying New Foods

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

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I have 2 love birds that are approaching 20 years of age – Help Scout

I have two love birds that are approaching 20 years of age and was wondering if there are special nutrition or habitat changes I should make for them.

1. Learning Objectives and Review

Since 1993
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