Category: Feeding Pet Birds - Page 18

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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A green parrot eats cookies from human hands. The concept of pet nutrition.

What Are The Right Human And Commercial Foods For My Pet Bird

Mitch Rezman
August 21, 2019
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment
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Shouldn’t we learn how to find the right foods for our pet birds?

Feathered factoid: as much as 30% of a bird’s calories are used in the production and maintenance of feathers.

Editor’s note: We don’t know what bird food your bird will like any more than what you like on Netflix.

“Transparent”, “Scandal” or “The Walking Dead,” shows are both loved and reviled.

We do know that instinctively your bird has a desire to “search” or “forage” for food seven days a week.

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Can Birds Safely Eat Dirt And Other Pet Bird Care Answers

Mitch Rezman
August 7, 2019
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Enviornments / Budgies / Feeding Pet Birds
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Actually, my dogs are given mostly a raw diet and I supplement a little kibble.

I have to put her away until they’re done or she chases them from their own food :).

Thoughts, please.

Dear Pam

The dirt in your houseplants is more dangerous than the kibble.

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Do You Serve Your Bird(s) Chop?

We asked this question in our Birdie Brunch served on 6/22/19

Do you serve your bird(s) chop? Share your thoughts.

I do not feed my birds only ‘chop’, but I think it is good for part of the diet.

Don’t you think this is all about ‘the next big thing’?

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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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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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Setting The Record Straight About Feeding Eclectus Parrots

Susan G writes:

There is so much conflicting information on pellets and Eclectus parrots (the potential to overload on vitamins).

I have been giving them about 10 [pellets] a couple times a week.

I wanted to know your thoughts on this.

I do try to feed them a very balanced diet but I know we can’t cover everything.

Thanks for your help.

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How Do I Get My Budgies to Eat Veggies?

Mitch Rezman
December 28, 2018
Bird Cage Info / Budgies / Feeding Pet Birds
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Cindi L asks

“How did you get your parakeets to eat chopped veggies?

Mine will nibble on veggies I put on a tiny skewer but show no interest in chopped veggies in a bowl.

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How Winter Places Stress On Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
October 17, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Surviving Disaster / Website Shopping
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Birds have a highly developed sense of light. In humans, we perceive light through our eyes.

Our feathered friends have an additional way of interpreting light conditions, a special gland that surrounds the eye. Read more on this

As days get shorter and the temperature falls, we want you to be aware of some issues the changing weather may have on your birds.

In the wild, animals rely on the cycling of the sun, and the seasons to adjust their biological clocks and metabolism. It is the sun, and changes in the quality of light and length of the day which set the stage for breeding, migration, molting, and daily behavior patterns.

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How To Easily Get Powdered Supplements Into Your Bird – Video

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There are no wrong or right procedures or specific foods for any given bird.

It’s always good to start with a manufacturers well rounded parrot food blend like Hagan Tropimix which has seeds, nuts, fruit and Hagen Tropimix pellets.

Some birds are extraordinarily picky eaters and will only eat seed.

A straight bird food pellet diet is not necessarily the answer.

We tell people “there are no pellet trees in the rain forest”

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What Are The Right Human And Commercial Foods For My Pet Bird

Can Birds Safely Eat Dirt And Other Pet Bird Care Answers

Do You Serve Your Bird(s) Chop?

My Budgies Beak Broke Off – Can I Fix It?

Setting The Record Straight About Feeding Eclectus Parrots

How Do I Get My Budgies to Eat Veggies?

How Winter Places Stress On Pet Birds

How To Easily Get Powdered Supplements Into Your Bird – Video

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

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Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA