What Would It Be Like to Have a Large Parrot?
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What Would It Be Like to Have a Large Parrot?

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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
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Another Timely Article About Birds and This Time About Screaming

 
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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Questions on “Imping” Feathers for a Conure Parrot
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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?
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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
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Lovebird Feather Color Loss Question

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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