Category: Habitats for caged birds - Page 11

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Where to Put a Swing and How to Get a Bird Used to It

Mitch Rezman
July 12, 2014
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Habitats for caged birds
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Recently I visited a customer to deliver an order and was invited to come in and see their new rescued Macaw named Paulie. A beautiful Scarlet in a huge Prevue 3155 cage, the top third was loaded with toys and a large Booda Rope Swing. They said the macaw had not used the swing set, as he seemed to be intimidated by the movement of it so it hung pristine and lonely.

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Help – My Catalina Macaw Is Chewing Everything!

Mitch Rezman
January 26, 2014
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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I have ordered toys from you previously. To be quite honest, I have probably ordered at least one toy from every place I’ve found online.

I have a 5 yr old Catalina Macaw that I have had since he was 6-1/2 weeks old. At 6 months old, he broke the bars of his first cage, then we got him a big “Kings Corner” Cage, and it didn’t take him long to learn how to open the latch on the door, so we have been duct-taping that for quite some time now. (more…)

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What Would It Be Like to Have a Large Parrot?

Mitch Rezman
July 22, 2013
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Supplies Info / Birds & Lighting / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds / Training Birds
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Try this:

1.WASTEFUL.. Buy $30 worth of groceries and throw $24 worth in the trash as soon as you arrive home. Do this several times a month. Parrots require fresh food in addition to pellets (not seeds) and are wasteful eaters. If you can’t afford the wastefulness of a parrot, you can’t afford the parrot.

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Help My Bird’s Scared of Her New Cozy Corner Snuggly Sleeper

Catherine Tobsing
September 15, 2011
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Habitats for caged birds / Product Reviews
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Review: The item was of good quality and I received it quickly but my Orange-winged Amazon, so far, will have nothing to do with it.

I’m moving it closer to her cage each day and holding the Cozy Corner so she can see it’s not the enemy but if I put it in her cage she has a fit.

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Tips to Prevent Feather Picking Environmental Enhancement

Catherine Tobsing
April 14, 2010
Feather Plucking / Foraging and Enrichment / Habitats for caged birds
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TIPS TO PREVENT FEATHER PICKING

ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT

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Hormones Are Important in Dictating Your Birds Behavior

Catherine Tobsing
April 14, 2010
Bird Behavior / Bird Nutrition / Habitats for caged birds / Hormonal issues in birds
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It’s spring, which means some of you may have noticed your bird’s behavior has begun to change a bit which may mean, your bird’s hormonal cycle has begun to change. You can expect many changes but above all expect the unexpected.

One of the harshest realities to deal with is the aggression that you might not have seen before which is normal and probably won’t last a long time. Unlike other pets like cats and dogs, you really can’t discipline your bird for this. Hormonal behavior will happen when a parrot hits sexual maturity causing hormones to modify his or her behavior.
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