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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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Why Do My 2 Amazon Parrots Get Scared When I Put Toys In Their Cage

Mitch Rezman
April 11, 2019
Amazons / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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Angela wrote:

It does not matter if the toys are small, medium or large.

mitchr asks

Do they tolerate plexiglass? Plastic?

Angela said

Locking rings are a toy I offer but they will not play with them.

Instead, they go around them as if the ring toys were in their way or annoyed them

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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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Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Smallest Species of Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
December 20, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue / Biting Birds / Exercising birds / Feather Plucking / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Handicap Birds / Parrotlet / Senior Birds
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Finches

Zebra Finches – Gray Chestnut Finches – Flanked White Finches – Fawns Lightback Finches – Black Cheek Finches – Black Breasted Finches – Florida Fancy Finches – Orange Breasted Finches – Penguin Finches – Pied Finches – Eumo Finches – Agate Finches – Recessive Silver Finches – Black Face Finches – Fawn/Gray Cheek Finches – Dominant Silver Finches – Crested Finches – White Finches – Yellow Beak Finches – Timor Finches – Society Finches – Society Finch (Bengalese) – White Rumped Mannikin Finches – Gray Crown Mannikin Finches – Java Finches –

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How Do We Know Parrots Enjoy Anything?

Mitch Rezman
November 16, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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Another question recently asked on Quora was “what do parrots do for fun”?

We know parrots prefer “working” for food versus simply eating from overflowing bowls of bird food blends.

We know correlation does not necessarily imply causation but can we correctly infer that work & play are one and the same for a parrot?

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What Should You Consider Before Getting a Pet Bird?

Mitch Rezman
September 5, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Exercising birds / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Parakeets / Peaches the Senegal Parrot / Training Birds
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Children are loud, messy, and time-consuming, but every family has 2.6 of them (Pew Research).

I probably spend less time cleaning up after my eight birds in three birdcages than most moms cleaning up after 2 six-year-olds

or a single toddler

To say that all birds are time-consuming is an unsupported blanket statement.

We have a Senegal parrot and an African ringneck.

Neither is very noisy.

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Can a Great Bird Foraging Toy Be Made for Dogs? (Video)

Mitch Rezman
August 25, 2018
Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment
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The Challenge Of Rescuing An Older Injured Citron Cockatoo

Mitch Rezman
April 27, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Cockatoo / Foraging and Enrichment / Handicap Birds / Veterinarian Related
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Thank you Constance R.

So often its important to hear from independent third parties who provide valuable feedback on our pet bird content.

Having been in the process of rescuing budgies, (current budgie census is at six) and spending a lot of time with Peaches, our Senegal parrot weighing in at about 115 g, our recent focus has been skewed towards smaller birds.

Constance has a Congo African Grey and an Umbrella Cockatoo and from her recommendations, this is going to be a cockatoo-lishish post.

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The 5 Most Important Reasons Pet Birds Need Bird Toys

Mitch Rezman
March 1, 2018
African grey / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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Why do birds need bird toys?

So they can have fun right?

Well that’s one reason.

But the need for a bird toy goes far beyond entertainment.

Reason 1
Learning

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

Why Do My 2 Amazon Parrots Get Scared When I Put Toys In Their Cage

Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Smallest Species of Pet Birds

How Do We Know Parrots Enjoy Anything?

What Should You Consider Before Getting a Pet Bird?

Can a Great Bird Foraging Toy Be Made for Dogs? (Video)

The 5 Most Important Reasons Pet Birds Need Bird Toys

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$7 Ships Small

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877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

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Lowell, IN 46356 USA