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How Do I Help My Newly Rescued 12-year-old Ducorps Cockatoo?
In 2 weeks, he lets me pet his head and loves being on my arm. He is flighted and only caged at night. His diet was previously crap...I am…
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Have You Ever Made Your Own Pet Bird Seed/food Mixture?
This is a Quora question stated in full
As a bird owner, have you ever made your own seed/food mixture instead of buying store-made mixes? What type of seeds, nuts, dried herbs/veggies/fruits have you added and what type of bird do you own?
My shy retiring answer – Absolutely not!
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What Are Some Tips for Keeping a Parrot?
I wear many hats at Windy City Parrot.
About 30% of my week I wear my CMO hat which means Chief Marketing Officer.
In keeping well-versed in marketing I read a huge amount of content.
One recurring theme I see is this is the way I should be marketing to millennial’s.
The perfect way to market to millennial’s is……..
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What Do I Feed 3 Budgies That Aren’t Fond of Anything?
What do I feed 3 budgies that aren’t fond of anything except millet and Avicakes and Baked Munchies?
Love your Sunday morning e-mails.
Question … what do you feed the Windy City Parrot Brunch Club?
I have three parakeets and they aren’t fond of anything except millet and Avicakes and Baked Munchies.
Thanks!
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Can I Use Oils And Candles Near My Pet Birds?
Denise asks
I have an Amazon and a hahns macaw.
Can you please tell me what oils are safe to use once in a while in my diffusers?
I have used Scentsy, and also bath and body works candles not a lot of use at all as the scents sort of even bother me!
thank you appreciate it.
Denise
Budgie parrot is sitting on the hand and eating from the palm.
How Do I Improve My Parakeet’s Diet?
Hi, Mitch,
I spoke to you about my parakeet’s diet and you were going to send me some helpful info. Thanks! Steve (more…)
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What Are The Best Pellets For Caiques Coming Off Weaning?
Bilquis asks
I have a pair of Caiques completing weaning in about 4 weeks from a breeder.
What kind of pellets would you recommend?
The first choice is organic pellets.
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Is There A Hormone To Calm My Over Sexed African Grey Parrot?
I have had my male African grey parrot for 28 years.
When he matured sexually years ago he started plucking.
I have him on a plumage supplement now and he has lots of new quills and looks much better.
However, he humps my arm with a thick sweater on.
He goes to completion if I let him once a day.
Is Sitting With My Bird While It Eats Healthy Human Behavior?
My husband continues to sit with his grey parrot to encourage him to eat.
He will sit there for as long as a 1/2 hr. per sitting.
There are times the bird will bang his beak and screeches to get him to sit there so he can eat.
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How Did TOPs Make Totally Organics Bird Food Even Better?
I’m not sure when we started selling TOP’s Parrot Food formally known as Totally Organics.
The distraction of moving to Indiana allowed us to move a little away from focusing on “the devil’s in the details”.
We noticed the packaging had changed as well as the titles of the food but did not really drill down into this bird food line until recently.
