Birds as Disposable Pets
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Birds as Disposable Pets

I recall when the movie Finding Nemo came out. Parents flocked to pet stores buying clownfish. As a result, the number of clownfish fell. These saltwater fish were brought home and put in fishbowls filled with tap water.

We haven’t had the inquiries I expected with the release of the movie RIO a story about a parrot. And I’m glad. Not that publicity is unwelcome but far too often we see pets being introduced to children and proper care is not given resulting in sickness and death. (more…)

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Your Parrot May Out Live You – Whats Your Plan?
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Your Parrot May Out Live You – Whats Your Plan?

We get lots of phone calls at Windy City Parrot covering many bird care topics. A recurring subject that arises is an “inherited” bird. Most recently a gentleman called to inquire about Bird Travel Carriers.

We always ask 2 questions in response to inquiries such as these. 1) What kind of bird? 2) How will the bird carrier be used? We always want to make sure we’re providing the appropriate equipment.

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Supply Suggestions for 2 African Grey Parrots
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Supply Suggestions for 2 African Grey Parrots

So a customer we’ve not seen before comes into the Birdie Boutique seeking bird food for his two African Grey Parrots…….and some advice.

He acquired these two birds. One was hand raised, the other African Grey was wild-caught. The parrots are in cages much too small. They are being fed primarily a bird food diet of seed and they’re making a helluva mess. The mess has gotten so out of hand he now has mice – everywhere!

Recently at some point, while the birds were out of the cage, one of the Greys pull all the wood paneling off one wall in the family room. So far his only solution was to buy a cat to get rid of the mice. Yikes!

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Help My Bird’s Scared of Her New Cozy Corner Snuggly Sleeper
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Help My Bird’s Scared of Her New Cozy Corner Snuggly Sleeper

Review: The item was of good quality and I received it quickly but my Orange-winged Amazon, so far, will have nothing to do with it.

I’m moving it closer to her cage each day and holding the Cozy Corner so she can see it’s not the enemy but if I put it in her cage she has a fit.

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How to determine the sex of a Love Bird
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How to determine the sex of a Love Bird

Love Birds are prolific shredders The females will pack their rump feathers with the shredded paper Males will make confetti

This helps them carry more nesting material back to the nest. In Love Birds, three of the nine species are dimorphic. A species is dimorphic if the cock is visibly different in color from the hen.

The following three love bird species, Madagascar Love Bird, Red-faced Love Bird, and Abyssinian Love Bird, fall into this category.

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