Category: Birds & Lighting - Page 9

diseased blue small parrot, scratching from the itch and plucking its feathers, probably bird lice or mites

How Can I Stop My Parrot From Plucking Its Feathers?

Mitch Rezman
October 25, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Nutrition / Birds & Lighting / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Veterinarian Related
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From a Facebook fan last night

I’ve got a Catalina macaw that has a problem of plucking, I took her to the vet, she has a clean bill of health, now if anyone can help with the feather plucking problem, I would appreciate it, Thanks

From a customer on the West Coast during a phone call this week

“My 14-year-old lovebird began to pluck for no reason at all.

We have him on the best foods we can provide like Harrison’s pellets but we had to put a collar on her to stop the feather loss.

Nothing has changed in her life and she is fully flighted”

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How Do I Stop My Bird From Laying Eggs?

Mitch Rezman
October 18, 2019
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Budgies
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It’s important to review egg-laying problems on a regular basis.

The discussion below will focus on single egg-laying instances and prolific egg-laying.

Other aspects of egg-laying encompass egg binding.

This is when the egg doesn’t make it out of the oviduct, the area between the uterus and cloaca on its own.

Another problem is when eggs are laid internally.

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How To Keep Budgies Warm And Plump For Winter

Mitch Rezman
September 27, 2019
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Birds & Lighting / Budgies / Veterinarian Related
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Wintertime in NSW Australia

G’day from Down Under,

Here in Tamworth, we are just about to go into winter.

Editors note: that’s early June Endnote

The temperature can occasionally get as low as -10c (14f), usually about 0 to -2c.

I was hoping you can advise me on what to do to look after my two little budgies and green cheeked conure through the worst of it. (more…)

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Can A Macaw Parrot Get Cataracts?

Mitch Rezman
September 27, 2019
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Hybrid Macaws / Large macaws / Veterinarian Related
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Can you do anything for this?

I have a Catalina macaw she is 30.

Her right eye seems to be not as clear as her left. It’s like a very lite graying.

Sometimes she bumps into things.

Her diet consists of seeds and pellets she also gets prime vitamins in her water

Also a little treat from our dinner plates at night.

Thanks

Steven

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Should I Give My Pet Bird A Mirror Or Not?

Mitch Rezman
September 18, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Habitats for caged birds
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Is it okay if a bird sees the reflection of her cage in a mirror from a little distance? Does this make the same effect of a mirror inside of the cage?

One of the answers read: “Larger birds such as parrots have no trouble telling that their reflection is not another bird. For smaller birds, the mirror would probably need to be in the cage so that the bird could actually play with its reflection.”

but the answer makes no sense.

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More CBD For Pet Birds – Mythbusting

Mitch Rezman
September 5, 2019
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Veterinarian Related
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Although I firmly believe that correlation does not necessarily imply causation I’m very concerned with the fact that 60% of pet birds die of malnutrition according to necropsies (animal autopsies) performed by veterinarians.

I can’t help feel the explosion of feeding “chop” to pet birds has fueled that statistic.

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How This Blind Couple Handles 4 Parrots

Mitch Rezman
July 29, 2019
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Budgies / Pionus parrot / Veterinarian Related
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Debra C. writes:

I enjoyed the article entitled “Should Blind People Own Pet Birds“.

My husband and I are both totally blind.

I am 62 and Barry my husband is 67.

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Why 2 Veterinarians Can’t Stop This Goffin Cockatoo From Plucking

Mitch Rezman
June 21, 2019
Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Cockatoo / Feather Plucking / Hormonal issues in birds / Veterinarian Related
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Hello, knowing of your holistic approach to things here is a synopsis of our bird and situation. We have an 11 1/2 yr old Goffins Cockatoo, Taedo ( we have had him since 2008 when he was 3 mths). We did have him sexed and know he is a male.

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Flock of flying birds. Green and blue parrots stand out in group flight.

Why A Birds Flicker Fusion Rate Is So Important For Fast Flight

Mitch Rezman
June 7, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Flight / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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Over the past few years, we’ve been emphasizing the proper use of man-made lighting and its effect on pet birds.

Search results when googling the term “pet bird lighting” predominantly yield links to products relating to lighting for pet birds.

With the exception of Windy City Parrot and the Lafebers blog, it is difficult to find information about pet birds and the many ways light affects them.

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