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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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