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What Sacrifices Do We Make To Rescue Pet Birds?

Mitch Rezman
November 22, 2019
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Large macaws
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S***h writes

Dear Mitch, I was glad that you put that sick animal abuser in his or her place when you responded to the “Duct taped Cockatoo” post.

I once rescued a poor blue and gold that was up in a tree for three days.

Its owner was absent and I believe that she was mentally ill, but that’s no excuse for the perch that I found on the apartment property that had lots of duct tape where the parrot perched and the amount of neglect that I saw that the poor Macaw had been through.

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How Do I Care For A Hyacinth Macaw And Other Macaw Species Advice

Mitch Rezman
October 25, 2019
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Large macaws / Newsworthy Birds
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“The only thing a Hyacinth macaw needs is an adult tricycle”

A big shout out to Carl Bryant mentioning Windy City Parrot where the sun never sets empire and our avian-centric Birdie Brunch served every Sunday morning at 7 AM wherever you are on the planet in answer 2 of the Quora question How Do I Care For A Hyacinth Macaw?

Let’s continue to answer one.

“If you don’t know anything about parrots. for God’s sake do not get a Hyacinth Macaw!”

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Does Styptic Powder On Blood Feathers Hurt My Bird?

Mitch Rezman
July 29, 2019
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Large macaws
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Sarah writes:

Hi Mitch,

I’m a 25-year parrot rescue and parrot care specialist.

In reading your blog about “Should a blind person care for a parrot,”.

I was reading the blind woman’s response and her description about putting styptic powder on a blood feather.

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Should Blind People Keep Pet Birds?

Mitch Rezman
July 12, 2019
Amazons / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Cockatoo / Hormonal issues in birds / Macaw / Veterinarian Related
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This might be an interesting topic for a Birdie Brunch!

Hello, I’m Laurie Cannon, who wrote to you about the possibility of adopting an older Green-Winged Macaw.

We didn’t do that, however, we did contact a breeder about a Panama Amazon baby.

She seemed almost horrified when she found out both my husband and I are totally blind.

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How We Were Evacuated In A Raft With Our Eclectus Parrot

Mitch Rezman
March 21, 2019
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Eclectus parrots / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Surviving Disaster / Veterinarian Related
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Jerri M. asks

We live in NC and as you are probably aware, Hurricane Matthew has created some problems.

We were evacuated in a raft, with our Eclectus Parrot.

Since we have returned home, she is acting stressed and exhibiting behaviors that I have not witnessed before this.

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How Mackie An Abandoned Goffins Cockatoo Found Joy

Mitch Rezman
March 20, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Lighting / Bird Rescue
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Goffin’s Cockatoo aka Tanimbar cackatoo, Goffin’s Cockatoo, Tanimbar Corella.

Sunday after Sunday after Sunday I read your incredibly knowledgeable and helpful newsletter

I always learn.

I appreciate so much the time you take to share your wisdom and experiences.

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My Budgies Beak Broke Off – Can I Fix It?

Mitch Rezman
March 14, 2019
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Budgies / Feeding Pet Birds / Parakeets
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Stevie Van Zandt requested your answer

I have a rescue budgie, the top of his beak was almost totally gone, just barely hanging. We have NO vet in my area and nobody specializes in birds. I removed what was hanging and she seems ok, I made a “mush” for her to eat. Will the beak grow back?

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Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Medium Size Species Of Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
December 20, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Clean / Events / Exercising birds / Lost Birds / Original content / Parakeets / Pellet conversion tips / Plucking/Screaming / Training Birds / Uncategorized / Veterinarian Related
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Small species pet birds

Birds we classify as “Smaller” species

FYI There’s something like 100 species of Conures. Conures need to be subdivided into small, medium & large (which is on our to-do list)

Green cheek conures weigh 64 grams (cockatiels are about 100 grams – Patagonian conures weight about 280 grams, about the size of a Timneh African grey.

Don’t think for a minute conures can be classified into one size category

Large Canaries

Gibber Canary

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Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Smallest Species of Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
December 20, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Exercising birds / Feather Plucking / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Handicap Birds / Parrotlet / Senior Birds
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Finches

Zebra Finches – Gray Chestnut Finches – Flanked White Finches – Fawns Lightback Finches – Black Cheek Finches – Black Breasted Finches – Florida Fancy Finches – Orange Breasted Finches – Penguin Finches – Pied Finches – Eumo Finches – Agate Finches – Recessive Silver Finches – Black Face Finches – Fawn/Gray Cheek Finches – Dominant Silver Finches – Crested Finches – White Finches – Yellow Beak Finches – Timor Finches – Society Finches – Society Finch (Bengalese) – White Rumped Mannikin Finches – Gray Crown Mannikin Finches – Java Finches –

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