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Do Expectations of Our Birds Set Us Up for Failure?

• Mitch Rezman
• February 22, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info
• 0 Comments

They warned me it was a slippery slope. A week away from my 62nd birthday I find myself a short white balding Jewish guy who’s become a “crazy bird person”.

Our apartment is 60 feet long and 30 feet wide or more in places.

 

In the morning I tend to domestic chores going in and out of rooms organizing, cleaning and while this is going on I have 95g of white feathers following me.

And if someone was looking through the window it would appear as though I was happily talking to myself because I’m carrying on a conversation with 95g of white feathers who happens to be in the same room wherever I am.

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Suggestions for Disabled Indian Ringneck

• Mitch Rezman
• February 15, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Rescue
• 0 Comments

Cindy S. wonders,

I was wondering if there is something you might recommend for my Indian Ringneck.

I adopted her about a month ago. I don’t know how old she is, but she was thrown out of a moving car and a rescue took her in.
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Help – My Catalina Macaw Is Chewing Everything!

• Mitch Rezman
• January 26, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
• 0 Comments

I have ordered toys from you previously. To be quite honest, I have probably ordered at least one toy from every place I’ve found online. 

I have a 5 yr old Catalina Macaw that I have had since he was 6-1/2 weeks old. At 6 months old, he broke the bars of his first cage, then we got him a big “Kings Corner” Cage, and it didn’t take him long to learn how to open the latch on the door, so we have been duct-taping that for quite some time now. (more…)

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All Seed Diet Problem for a Senegal Parrot

• Mitch Rezman
• January 25, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Pet Birds
• 0 Comments

A woman just called and asked if we had any Beta Carotene. We asked why she was looking for that particular product. She replied her 6 year old Senegal was not looking well.

 Next question – what’s his regular diet? Answer – “a bag of seed”
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Congo African Grey Who Regurgitate His Food

• Catherine Tobsing
• January 24, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Exotic Birds / Feeding Pet Birds
• 0 Comments

Tory Violette writes,

Hi Catherine and Mitch, I’m writing about Jasper my Congo African Grey who is now 8 months old.

Well since he was about 16 weeks old he has been doing the motions to regurgitate his food when I pet him and talk to him.

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Egg Laying Umbrella Cockatoo

• Catherine Tobsing
• January 9, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care
• 0 Comments

We have a female Umbrella Cockatoo, age 26 who, despite head-only petting when she is ‘broody’ will lay an occasional egg or two (maybe once a year, sometimes not for a couple of years). 

 

I have never been able to find the answer to: Is it better to let her sit on the eggs or take them away immediately? We have tried both methods. She gets a very healthy diet and supplemental calcium when she is going to lay.

 

I have read that if you take away the eggs, it encourages them to lay more, but I worry that sitting on the eggs for several weeks isn’t good for her either. Has any research been done on this topic?

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How Do Roudybush Bird Food Pellets Compare to Harrison’s?

• Mitch Rezman
• January 7, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Exotic Birds / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment
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They are both excellent food for your bird. Harrison's has USDA organic going for it Roudybush has no peanuts Harrison's does. Roudybush also has a little variety now in that they recently…

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Random Bird Care Questions Answered

• Mitch Rezman
• January 7, 2014
• Bird & Parrot Care
• 0 Comments

No one’s favorite chore is taking out the trash. Today we not only have household and work waste but recycling as well. The 21st century brought us “digital” clutter. files, images, emails, and sometimes stuff gets lost. Here’s some stuff I found in my digital dust pan. 

 

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Hi…I was just reading some information on your website about where to place a birdcage. We Have a birdcage in our oversized master bedroom, however, I read that bedroom is not a good idea. 

 

Why?? We have 6 parakeets in a huge cage and have had them in here for a year or so…

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Your Bird & Holiday Stress – How to Reduce it

• Mitch Rezman
• December 21, 2013
• Bird & Parrot Care
• 0 Comments

“She was not quite what you would call refined.

She was not quite what you would call unrefined.

She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.”

Mark Twain

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Why is Knowing About Bird Perches is So Important?

• Mitch Rezman
• December 7, 2013
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info
• 0 Comments

Shortlist of holiday pet bird threats

 

Chrysanthemum	English Ivy	Holly
Poinsettia	Mistletoe	Yew
Chocolate	Electric Wires	Scented Candles
Potpourri	Room Fresheners	Boiling Water
Frying Food	Open Toilets	Rhubarb
Holiday Decorations	Half Filled Beverage Glasses	Second-hand Cigarette smoke

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