Category: Bird & Parrot Care - Page 59

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Isn’t it Time We Had That Bird Poop Talk?

About a month ago I posted this video on our home page (we rotate videos on the home page weekly) Anyone who watches this video with birds in the room will be entertained by both bird(s) and video.

Catherine was taking care of some walk-in customers when she came to my desk and quietly said “you should greet these customers personally.” I got up and bowl me over who was it but

Gurudeva was visiting his sister here in Chicago and wanted to check our store out before returning to India via Canada. We must have been high on his to-do list. He has 1300 birds.

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What Would It Be Like to Have a Large Parrot?

Mitch Rezman
July 22, 2013
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Supplies Info / Birds & Lighting / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Training Birds
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Try this:

1.WASTEFUL.. Buy $30 worth of groceries and throw $24 worth in the trash as soon as you arrive home. Do this several times a month. Parrots require fresh food in addition to pellets (not seeds) and are wasteful eaters. If you can’t afford the wastefulness of a parrot, you can’t afford the parrot.

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Another Timely Article About Birds and This Time About Screaming

In response to the post on bird screaming found here

Hello, Mitch. Another timely article about birds and this time about screaming.

I’d like to weigh in from a very limited viewpoint: one rescued parrotlet who is aggressive but trying hard to be good and, two, a peach-faced lovebird who is the combination of Bette Midler, Carol Channing, and Ethel Merman wrapped up in barbed wire.

Though their screechings can’t match the volume of the bigger guys, at full throat it can still be an ice pick in the ear. I keep cotton balls near the cage for earplugs.

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How Do I Stop My Bird from Screaming?

Mitch Rezman
July 18, 2013
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Feather Plucking / Plucking/Screaming
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Why does my bird scream?

Boy if we had THE answer we’d be writing this from our yacht. But of course, I have to weigh in here. What got me thinking about the subject of “why birds scream,” is some recent web surfing.

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Trying to Save a Feral Pigeon

Mitch,

Thanks. I will confirm with Dr. Sakas just to get his thoughts. After I sent the email, I re-read the excerpt from your original email and did notice that you had mentioned 6-12 hours for the crop to empty. I must have had brain lock, so I apologize 🙂 (more…)

Blue-crowned parakeet, blue-crowned conure, or sharp-tailed conure, Thectocercus acuticaudatus is a small green Neotropical parrot. Closeup Portrait

Questions on “Imping” Feathers for a Conure Parrot

What Is Feather “Imping”?

“Imping” is short for “implanting” feathers. Usually, we imp broken wing or tail feathers so a bird can be released as soon as possible, but sometimes we imp feathers to keep adjacent feathers from breaking while a bird is undergoing rehabilitation.

In general, we imp birds of prey (raptors) because it can take over a year for them to naturally molt a broken feather. Rather than keep them in captivity waiting for a molt, we implant undamaged feathers so the bird can return to the wild sooner.

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Can Homeopathic Remedies Solve Your Bird’s Ills?

Following a recent thread on a LinkedIn group regarding behavioral issues with an African Grey I got more, well-upset reading that people are giving their birds “all natural homeopathic remedies” with no thought as to the potential short or long-term consequences.

I questioned how this individual knew a certain Bach Flower Remedy was bird safe. Her answer was “I visited the website that sold it and the site stated, “safe for all animals”.

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Lovebird Feather Color Loss Question

Mitch Rezman
June 10, 2013
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care
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Hello,

My name is Dylen T. and am 13 years old. I’m doing a 4-H project with a bird I have named Dani. Her father is a Peachface Lovebird and her mother is a Fischer Lovebird. She is 5 1/2 years old. Dani was all green with a red/orange face when she hatched.

About a year and a half ago she started losing the blue pigment in her feathers, now she looks almost exactly like her sister, Honey, the Lutino that was hatched in the brood after hers. Dani is doing everything she would normally do like play, eat, drink and bathe. Do you know what could make this happen in a lovebird? I would appreciate any help you can give me with this.

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Why Patience is Essential When Introducing New Stuff to Your Bird

Mitch Rezman
May 31, 2013
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue
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As the weather is warming up not a day goes by when we don’t have somebody coming into the Birdie Boutique, e-mailing us or calling us to find out what size flight suit or harness their bird could wear.

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