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Does UV Light Really Help Produce Vitamin D3 in Birds?

Mitch Rezman
June 23, 2017
Bathing and Health / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Feather Plucking
3 Comments

Have you ever wished you could see the additional ultraviolet light spectrum that birds can?

I’ve been a strong proponent of using light cycles to interrupt the circadian rhythms of our pet birds

I’m also fully convinced that no amount of artificial lighting over birdcage will help a bird produce vitamin D3 regardless of the lumens, quality of the ultraviolet spectrum emitted or the distance from the light source to the cage

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What Factors Affect the Lifespan of Parrots?

Mitch Rezman
April 20, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Senior Birds / Veterinarian Related
8 Comments

One day I'll stop apologizing for stepping on toes. Although I have great respect for my esteemed associate who answered this question previously (on Quora) I have a totally different…

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The Bird of Time: Cognition and the Avian Biological (Circadian) Clock

Mitch Rezman
April 20, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Veterinarian Related
0 Comments

Front Mol Neurosci. 2012; 5: 32.

Published online 2012 Mar 22. Prepublished online 2012 Feb 1. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00032

PMCID: PMC3309970The bird of time: cognition and the avian biological clock

Vincent M. Cassone^* and David F. Westneat

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This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.

abstract

Avian behavior and physiology are embedded in time at many levels of biological organization. Biological clock function in birds is critical for sleep/wake cycles, but may also regulate the acquisition of place memory, learning of song from tutors, social integration, and time-compensated navigation.

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More About the Importance of Lighting for Captive Birds

Mitch Rezman
March 30, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting
0 Comments

Birdcage lighting for 3 parrots

Hi Mitch,

I am fairly new to reading your blog, so I hope I am not asking questions that are too redundant. I have three birds – an almost 4-year-old male Bodini Amazon, a 2-year-old male Blue-headed Pionus, and a feisty little female Parrotlet. I have two questions really.

First, I would like to know if what I am currently doing is adequate or not. My birds have their own room where their cages are. The room is furnished with a fountain, a tree, hanging toys, etc. – basically a parrot playground. There is only one overhead light in the room that is just an LED daylight bulb.

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Do Power Lines Affect the Health of Birds, When They Perch on Them?

Mitch Rezman
March 15, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Birds & Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Raptors & Falconry / Species Specific
0 Comments

Questions about birds I answered on Quora the week of 3/13/17.

Do power lines affect the health of birds, when they perch on them?

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5 Ways to Reduce Hormonal Bird Behavior Before You See the Avian Vet

Mitch Rezman
March 2, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Plucking/Screaming / Veterinarian Related
5 Comments

Hypothetical – a 21st-century genie sits down next to you on a park bench. He looks pretty normal and explains that the whole genie thing has evolved along with modern society.

The dapper young lad named Gene (really?) goes on to say;

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Wondering if You Can Guide Me on Care of my Umbrella Cockatoo.

Mitch Rezman
January 25, 2017
Bird Rescue / Bird Supplies Info / Birds & Lighting / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Plucking/Screaming
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Wondering if you can guide me with the care of my umbrella. Her vet is away on sick leave for a few months. I am her third owner.

I live in a two-room 35 ft camper trailer with six dogs and the bird. She likes to be around them – in her cage – and when they get treats she expects ( and gets) her own. They are her flock.

She has been a feather shredder since long before she came to me, about three years ago. She is also very indifferent to food. Her owner before me cared for her well and tried her hardest to get her to fresh fruit and veg. Her primary diet is Zupreem fruit blend, though her specific preference are the pink pieces. But she isn’t even very interested in eating.

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Hormonal Changes Are Coming to Your Bird This Spring What’s Your Plan?

Mitch Rezman
January 13, 2017
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds
3 Comments

Americans have the ACLU – Captive birds in America have Windy City Parrot.

Part of a call from Hawaii at the Birdie Boutique

“I suggest72 hours of constant light, meaning the bird would be in its cage for 3 days, with the lights on”.

Cage birdkeepers response “she’ll never go for something like that“

My email response

As an advocate for pet birds, I wanted to follow up on your lovebird’s reproductive issues.

If a child is sick, he or she does not determine whether or not to accept care.

Although you state your bird would “have nothing to do with it” – she can easily be locked in a cage for three days for her own good so as to extend her life.

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Why Full Spectrum Lighting Is Crucial for Birds and Parrots by Featherbrite

Mitch Rezman
May 18, 2016
Birds & Lighting / Habitats for caged birds
0 Comments

Why use full spectrum lighting?

The core of the FeatherBrite line of products revolves around a very special source of light.

The FeatherBrite bulb emits light that is very close to that of natural sunlight.

Sunlight and artificial sources of light are measured by color temperature and rendering.

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Bird Cage Lighting Need Not Be So Complicated

Attn. Mitch Rezman

Fluorescent lights.

The recent post here on Vit. D led me to more research. It appears most if not all of the Windy City Full Spectrum lights have simple magnetic ballasts, producing visible flicker. This is proven for chickens and assumed for the likely better eyes of psittacines with their mainly flying lifestyle.

High-frequency electronic ballasts are now standard for indoor fluorescents where human health is a consideration as the high-frequency flicker is far faster than our visual system can perceive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_ballast>Electronic Ballasts) Commonly about 3500 Hz in Compact Fluorescent Lights. HF ballasts are now competitive with previous mains rate (120Hz) magnetic ballasts products and are offered in full spectrum phosphors lights.

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Does UV Light Really Help Produce Vitamin D3 in Birds?

More About the Importance of Lighting for Captive Birds

Do Power Lines Affect the Health of Birds, When They Perch on Them?

Wondering if You Can Guide Me on Care of my Umbrella Cockatoo.

Hormonal Changes Are Coming to Your Bird This Spring What’s Your Plan?

Why Full Spectrum Lighting Is Crucial for Birds and Parrots by Featherbrite

Bird Cage Lighting Need Not Be So Complicated

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