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3 Captive Bird Care Myths Debunked

Mitch Rezman
February 10, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / Feeding Pet Birds
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Myth 1: If you want your bird to be in top shape you must serve him or her organic bird food.

We offer USDA certified organic bird food pellets from Harrison’s.

It’s refuted as one of the best bird foods on the market.

We also offer Totally Organics, another fine organic blend.

The biggest misconception about organic is its purity. The majority of people assume organic means fully natural and pesticide-free but this is not close to the truth.

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Find Out How Much You Know About Keeping Birds With This Exam – Even Earn a Certificate!

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We Explore 4 Cockatoos Each With Unique Nutritional Needs

Yay!! I can’t wait to read the article. By the way, do you or anyone you know have experience with Galahs (aka Rose-breasted cockatoos)?

I have one that I got as a baby (It was about 6-9 months old). She is just under 2 years old now. I wasn’t impressed when I drove out of state to buy her from the breeder that came with great recommendations.

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How Do Bird Toys Compliment a Bird’s Food?

Mitch Rezman
December 8, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment
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A clear theme that emerges after reading endless threads on Facebook is “my bird won’t play with toys” – “my bird doesn’t play with toys” “my bird only wants to chew the keys off my notebook computer”.

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How Do Amazon Parrots Use Light to Synthesize Vitamin D Having No Preening Gland? And Other Captive Amazon Care Questions

Mitch Rezman
December 1, 2017
Amazons / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Feeding Pet Birds
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How do Amazon parrots use light to synthesize Vitamin D having no preening gland?

As I was curating this post on Amazon parrot questions it got me thinking about one of my favorite subjects, full spectrum lighting and the synthesis of vitamin D in birds.

Amazon parrots are relatively unique having no preening gland (along with doves, pigeons and Hyacinth macaws).

The uropygial aka preening gland oozes a slippery goo which a bird rubs its head and beak against. Then spreads this oil over its feathered body.

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How Do I Encourage a Galah, to Eat Pellets Veggies, and Fruit?

Hi Didi

We rescued an 8 1/2-year-old female Senegal parrot about 13 months ago. She’s not our first rodeo.

We operate an avian-only pet supply business. We get bird food delivered five days a week. It’s inevitable that bags break and that’s what Peaches gets as I explain in the video below.
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The Truth About Seeds For Pet Birds – Marion Zoological

The Truth About Seeds White Paper | March 25, 2004

Over the years many have misunderstood the role of seeds in a quality psittacine food. Bird handlers, bird breeders, magazine editors, chat rooms, store owners, avian veterinarians, and manufacturers, have at times made misleading, and probably unknowingly naive, and harmful statements in regards to this subject.

One should consider that lay knowledge of complex nutritional and metabolic systems in animals usually leads to the loudest voice in the din being heard the most.

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How And Some Of The Why’s African Greys Molt Differently Than Other Parrots

Mitch Rezman
October 27, 2017
African grey / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Plucking/Screaming / Species Specific
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Your African grey may have upwards of 8000 feathers. Feathers keep a bird warm, and dry and enable flight.

For a molt to occur, the old feather must be removed. Before molting begins blood vessels that support the feathers dry up so the attached feather becomes loosened by the surrounding tissue.

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Potential Toxic Effects of Vitamins When Given to Birds in Excess

Below is a listing of Potential Toxic Effects of Vitamins when given in Excess

The following information is compiled from AVIAN MEDICINE: Principles and Applications by Ritchie, Harrison and Harrison

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Congratulations – You’re No Longer a Caged Bird Keeper.

Mitch Rezman
October 14, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Feeding Pet Birds / Hormonal issues in birds
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You’ve been elevated to zookeeper

Dear Mitch,

I need advice in so many “bird” areas that I don’t know where to begin. It seems that all the personal bird stores are disappearing and even the good vets are a rarity. I have been involved with birds for almost thirty years.

I ordered a small crock on Amazon about a year ago and that is how I became “connected” with Windy City, your Sunday newsletters, etc. It is the result of a vision “issue” that discourages me with the computer and I do much better “talking”.

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3 Captive Bird Care Myths Debunked

We Explore 4 Cockatoos Each With Unique Nutritional Needs

How Do Bird Toys Compliment a Bird’s Food?

How Do Amazon Parrots Use Light to Synthesize Vitamin D Having No Preening Gland? And Other Captive Amazon Care Questions

How Do I Encourage a Galah, to Eat Pellets Veggies, and Fruit?

The Truth About Seeds For Pet Birds – Marion Zoological

How And Some Of The Why’s African Greys Molt Differently Than Other Parrots

Potential Toxic Effects of Vitamins When Given to Birds in Excess

Congratulations – You’re No Longer a Caged Bird Keeper.

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