Canaries – Nature’s IPods – Why They Sing
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Canaries – Nature’s IPods – Why They Sing

Before iPods there were boomboxes. Before boomboxes, there were stereo radios. Precursors to phonographs were Victrolas.

But the way to get tunes in your home long before there was electricity was the natural sound of bird songs.

For years people would place a Canary or other singing finches in a small cage on either side of the room and whoever did that first can take credit for inventing stereo sound.

Canaries are small songbirds coming from the Finch family and were initially found in places like the Azores and believe it or not the Canary Islands.

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How Can I Get My Parakeets to Eat Something Other Than Seed?
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How Can I Get My Parakeets to Eat Something Other Than Seed?

Birds that have been only given one food for all their lives are harder to convert to a better diet but it can be done with time and patience.

A wide flat dish with chopped veggies, mashed carrots, squash, and a big hunk of green romaine lettuce placed on the center of the bottom of their cage every day for a month should get them rolling. Sprinkle the plate with some sed, and take out their main dish for a few hours after placing the fresh food dish in the cage.

Here is just one option using bird bread to get them to eat pellets.

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Bacon (the budgie) In Our House – A Blue Bird of Paradise Finds Us
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Bacon (the budgie) In Our House – A Blue Bird of Paradise Finds Us

Editor’s note: We have quietly rehomed a number of large birds found by the Chicago Police and Fire Departments over the years. We found Popcorn, (a citizen calling to say a white bird was stuck in the bushes). We post pictures to Facebook and local neighborhood groups.

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How Do You Put the “Social” in Bird Food?
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How Do You Put the “Social” in Bird Food?

We talked about birds being the godfeathers of social media.

Birds are flock animals.

Your bird was born expecting to be in a flock. When the bird comes into your home you become its flock.

We have interactions with caged bird keepers from around the planet every day. “He won’t eat that” “I’ve tried that” “I just can’t get him off of his sunflower seed diet” (yes we actually hear that a lot – sigh).

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Is a Seed Diet Really Bad for Your Bird?
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Is a Seed Diet Really Bad for Your Bird?

Major Mitchell Cockatoo (above)

There’s a lot of talk today in the pet bird keeper community about how bad seeds are for our birds. That we should be introducing bird chops to our birds. If you are not familiar with bird chop – mix up about a pound of kale, beans, vegetables and fruit and serve to your bird. Most birds will eat less than 1% of that 1 pound of chop. 

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About Pretty Bird Extrusion & Manfacturing of Bird Food

About Pretty Bird Bird Food What is an extruded diet?

The best method available for use in the manufacture of high-quality pet foods is extrusion.

Using the extrusion process, premium quality ingredients can be ground and combined with nutritional supplements to produce a food that will provide a balanced ratio of nutrients.

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