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6 Reasons Summer is Dangerous for Your Bird
We talk about parrots being equatorial animals and how life in North America, for example, screws up their instinctual expectations for things like light cycles and temperature.
A blue and yellow macaw performs a trick involving a toy car at the KL Bird Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 How To’s for Terrestrial Travel with Your Bird
Air travel with your bird is a post all it’s own so today we’ll focus on terrestrial travel.
We are moving all comments from the old style blog to this new fancy schmancy one, by hand. Any comments made today and moving forward, will be made under your own profile. We apologize for any confusion and hope this new format will help make us all better caged bird keepers.
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Practice Makes Perfect When It Comes to Bird Towel Restraint
Mastering the art of safe and noninvasive restraint techniques for your companion bird is essential for proper grooming and emergency first aid procedures.
One of the primary lessons in our Parrot Life Seminars is a demonstration of proper towel restraint for various species of birds.
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Has Wing Clipping Damaged Your Bird’s Feet?
Lately, I have been villainized, accused of being self-righteous, and generally disdained by all the people who feel clipping their bird’s wings is the right thing to do.
So I proudly wear the Scarlet (Macaw) letter “F” (for Flighted) on my chest.
Indian common green parrot in flight mode
Bird Parasites, Cage Litter And The Great Wing Clipping Debate
How do you know if your bird has mites? Excessive scratching could be the first clue, but that could also be attributed to dry skin. The simplest method is to take a piece of white computer paper and hold it under your bird’s main perch. Then tap, tap, tap hard on the perch with something like a wooden spoon. If you see small red dot “crawly things” on the paper, those would be mites. If you’re in doubt a visit to the vet would be in order.
Blue and yellow macaw parrot with clipped stretched wings on branch in bird park
Upsides to Wing Clipping and EZ Pellet Conversion
Welcome to your Sunday Birdie Brunch.
Everyone who knows me knows I am an advocate of keeping birds flighted. Strong headed as I am I realize that there are two sides to every story so I asked Denise Wamsley to provide her input on the benefits of clipping bird’s wings. Denise – you’re on.
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Pellet Alternatives – Cage Cleaning and Cage Sharing Tips
I thought it was appropriate while introducing some of our newest divided cages to talk about the best uses for a divided birdcage. As luck would have it the following question came across my digital desk.
from: Kristen
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The Day My Cockatiel Ended Up in Husky Jaws
Seeing the image below reminded me of my “mushing” days back in the seventies (that was the decade in the 20st century that saw the rise of disco music, which dominated during the last half of the decade with bands like the Bee Gees, ABBA, Village People, Boney M, Donna Summer, KC and the Sunshine Band, etc. (Wikipedia).
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How We Kill And Injure Our Pet Birds
For the many of you who don’t know, Catherine (my wife & partner) and I, spend almost 24/7 together. We always have something to say to one another, We talk about business a lot.
We brainstorm, plan, solve problems – you get it.
I’m not sure how this conversation got started, I remember we were in the car and I’m pretty sure Catherine said something like, “We spend so much time talking about how to care for our birds, the right bird food, proper size bird cage the right bird cage accessories and bird toys.
But we never talk about the other side.
The sadly ironic side of having a pet bird.
The single biggest reason our birds die is – we kill them.
Rather than expanding on each and every hazard, I’m going to list all that we came up with.
Let us know about your experiences so we can help other pet bird owners avoid potential catastrophes.
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The Problem with Feeding Corn to Parrots
Hello Catherine and Mitch,
Thank you for your ongoing interesting, informative and helpful narratives. I have one question that has yet to be answered. Today’s writing has a sentence (below) Offer corn only as a treat (popcorn’s a favourite) as it’s used to fatten animals.
