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Got Pigeon Milk – For Real?

Mitch Rezman
May 6, 2015
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care
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Birds can have weird habits. I knew a Cherry-Headed Conure that loved to attack toes. Some birds will only eat food that has been through their water dish or will fall in love with a particular pair of shoes on your closet floor.

African Green Pigeons take weird habits to a new level. Pigeons in spite of not being mammals meaning I have no breasts are able to in fact produce milk. Pigeons generally incubate their eggs for about three weeks.

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How Defense Wins Football Games and Saves Parrots

Mitch Rezman
May 5, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Macaw
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Remember the letters E-B-F. All your birds emotions are built upon 3 activities.

Eating – Breeding – Fleeing

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Of Moms, Motorcycles and Magpies or How One Cockatiel Coped With Separation

This is a tail of separation anxiety between my bird and me and my mom and her village.

from the Joni Mitchell song “big yellow taxi” come the words “you don’t know what you got till it’s gone” So it was interesting to hear that popcorn was “beside herself” in my absence – I learned this from a 1000 miles away – in Oklahoma – maybe. How did I get here? Funny you should ask.
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I’m Pinned to the Ground by a Feathered Demon Send Help!

The names have been changed to protect the innocent

“Well Johnny, your father and I have decided since you won’t eat anything that’s good for you we feel is perfectly fine for you to eat French fries and drink Coca-Cola three meals a day until you turn 21”

File under “my bird doesn’t like what I give him or her” I’ll make sure that I won’t do anything that would possibly make my bird unhappy”:

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Understanding Your Bird’s Hormonal Issues May Help You Cope

Eclectus and African Greys have the ability to breed year-round, many times, and never show changes in their behavior.

They both reach sexual maturity around the age of three and eventually mature and grow out of it. Conversely, Amazon parrots reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and twelve.

You can expect a great deal of aggression for one to two years during this period. The good news is Amazon aggression will settle down once they are no longer hormonal.

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How Bird Friendly Is Your Bird's Cage?

How Bird Friendly Is Your Bird’s Cage?

Mitch Rezman
April 1, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info
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I make up words when it suits me – who doesn’t?

I no longer read books. I read the biggest dictionary I could find and now in my spare time I keep rearranging all the words into stories that I like in my head. To that end sometimes there’s just not enough words in the dictionary to explain every thought.
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I Want My Bird to Wear a Harness But My Bird Doesn’t Like It – What to Do?

I'm having a heck of a time trying to decide. 1. Which size Aviator flight harness to purchase for my Meyers Parrot (weighs about 80 grams) for the record -…

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More Free Bird Toys & DIY Bird Toy Videos

Sometimes it’s just hard to rationalize spending money on bird toys that you know will be destroyed.

Gas prices are not going down soon and available funds that we have to devote to our pets seems to be getting diminished daily.

Search the term “bird toy” on Google and you get 7,300,000 results. Windy city Parrot like many sites offers bird toys with free shipping ( $49 minimum order on our site). Bird toy parts although getting harder to find are still available.

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Would You Like to Spend Less on Your Bird?

Without sacrificing the quality of life?

Every once in a while we get a little blowback from the people that sell us the bird toys that we sell to you. They don’t understand why we give you instructions on how to make your own bird toys.

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