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Why You Don’t Need a Professional to Trim Your Birds Nails

Mitch Rezman
November 27, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info / Uncategorized
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There are a lot of tough guy actors. Mickey Rourke is like a train wreck you want to look away but you just can’t.

fyi he was nominated for an Oscar , Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The Wrestler (2008) – he’s also an animal lover

When Rourke won the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in The Wrestler, he famously gave a special shout-out to “all my dogs” in his acceptance speech: “The ones that are here, that aren’t here anymore, because sometimes when a man’s alone, that’s all you got is your dog. And they meant the world to me.”

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Why has some of my favorite bird food and care products gone missing?

Mitch Rezman
October 29, 2015
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info
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First little housekeeping. Popcorn's off her eggs! Follow her adventures on Twitter This weekend marks daylight savings time where we set our clocks back one hour. My former brother-in-law who…

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I Want My Freakin Bird Back but She’s Held Hostage by Her Eggs

Mitch Rezman
October 22, 2015
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info

Mark Hagen is to Parrot Knowledge as Dennis Yu is to social media or as Michael Jordan is to basketball.

His knowledge base of parrot breeding is second to none.

He’s got a Master’s Degree in agriculture and runs the largest single parrot research Institute on the planet – HARI.

He IS the creator of Hagen bird food.

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PACIFIC PARROTLET (Forpus coelestis), beautiful bird perched on the branch of a cypress in freedom. Lima - Peru

Parrotlets – Big Birds in Small Bird Bodies

Parrotlets – although appearing to be about the size of a parakeet, is not how they see themselves. They definitely have a big bird mentality and an abundance of energy. Because they had not been in captivity for all that long nobody really knows their average lifespan which is generally expected to be around 15 to 20 years, some say even 30. With proper care, these little birds can be quite durable pets.

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Parrotlets Are Big Birds In Small Bird Bodies

Mitch Rezman
October 18, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info / Parrotlet
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Parrotlets – although appearing to be about the size of a parakeet, is not how they see themselves.

They definitely have a big bird mentality and an abundance of energy.

Because they had not been in captivity for all that long nobody really knows their average lifespan which is generally expected to be around 15 to 20 years, some say even 30.

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This Is Your Bird on Eggs. Can Chronic Egg Layers Anonymous Help?

Mitch Rezman
October 16, 2015
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info
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“I’ve got a lot of addictions but not a lot of time so I’ve been going to polkaholics anonymous because they offer a two-step program” mitchr

So Popcorn our cockatiel, (pictured above) has become a prolific mom and if we put our hand within 12 inches of her in her cage, my arm will be ripped off by the doting mother sitting on 2 nonfertile eggs. We feel your pain and we are about to embark on a journey trying to figure out why this is happening and how to fix it.

Recommendations are to leave the egg(s) in place for 11 days past the time the last egg of the clutch is laid. Normal cockatiel clutches have about six eggs. Popcorn is sitting on two – does that impact her? (more…)

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Check Out Farming Parrots in Their Gardens

Catherine Tobsing
September 9, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info / Feeding Pet Birds / Pellet conversion tips
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– are they the real macaws?

Generally speaking, the answer is ‘No, parrots do not make good “Intentional” farmers as they destroy more than they build. Ironically that mess on your floor which was clean 15 minutes ago is an example of nature’s way of using birds as agents to spread seeds throughout the earth. As an example, birds do not have receptors for capsaicin, the protein that makes peppers hot, so birds will still eat the peppers and disperse the seeds. You and I on the other hand will need to drink lots of beer to put out the mouth fire.

Before moving forward I’d like to note that what you are about to read is a digital collaboration between me and Nora – unbeknownst to her as I write this but she will be making the final edits on this post. The original title was “Grow a Garden for Your Parrot” but clearly, there is a difference between what men think about parrots and farming and what women think about growing stuff for parrots

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The time to DNA sex your bird is now!

Mitch Rezman
August 11, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info / Feeding Pet Birds
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Before we get into the hows, whys and wherefores of DNA sexing let’s talk about the species of birds and parrots that do not need anything other than eyeballs to determine their sex.

About 20% of parrots and parakeets are consider sexually dimorphic meaning you can tell the bird’s sex by its color.

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Parrot-medics Real Life Drama in the Avian ER! Are You Prepared?

Mitch Rezman
July 26, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info / Veterinarian Related
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I admit there are times that I struggle to find topics and content that would be interesting to caged bird keepers. Much of the time though, the blog writes itself. A little known but highly reliable source for content on our blog is “customer reviews”

Catherine likes calf’s liver. I won’t eat out of a pan that has cooked calf’s liver. That does not make calf’s liver inherently bad. I’ll tell you right off the bat that if you give a product one star because “your bird didn’t like it” (think calves liver) we treat it like a review on calves liver – love it or hate it , it’s still good for you and because I don’t like the taste of it does not make it a bad source of nutrition and the review won’t get posted.

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How Bulk Re-Bagged Bird Food Can Make Your Bird Sick

Mitch Rezman
May 27, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Supplies Info / Pellet conversion tips
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I was reading in a parrot-related forum recently about the great pricing a website had because it sold all its bird food in bulk. In other words not in factory-sealed bags with nitrogen injected to kill insect larvae.

Basically, the food gets shipped to you in a plastic bag. We see a lot of bulk bird food sold in pet shops with those fancy dispensers used to sell all sorts of bulk foods, nuts & candy.

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Why You Don’t Need a Professional to Trim Your Birds Nails

Why has some of my favorite bird food and care products gone missing?

I Want My Freakin Bird Back but She’s Held Hostage by Her Eggs

Parrotlets – Big Birds in Small Bird Bodies

Parrotlets Are Big Birds In Small Bird Bodies

This Is Your Bird on Eggs. Can Chronic Egg Layers Anonymous Help?

Check Out Farming Parrots in Their Gardens

The time to DNA sex your bird is now!

How Bulk Re-Bagged Bird Food Can Make Your Bird Sick

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,Lowell, IN 46356 USA

Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA