When bringing a new bird home, its initial days can either be a breeze or slightly distressing, contingent upon factors like the bird’s personality, previous living conditions, age, and the introduction process to your home.
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Dear Catherine,
Omar and Milo are not playing with those wonderful toys.
I’m thinking that the breeder that turns the young budgies over to the animal shelter had probably never exposed them to toys before and they don’t know how to play.
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Leslie writes,
Thank you so much for sending the Beach Walk Pacific Perch so promptly!
My budgie Omar is staring at this “new thing in my cage” but I’m sure he will soon be getting much use from it. It will also help me cut back on nail grooming appointments at the vet.
Dear Leslie
Great that you have it. Placement is important. It should not be used for sleeping at night.
It should be placed in front of the cage, mid-level or lower.
You can also put it by the food dishes. It will get used there a lot.
You want it to be where it will be used often and actively so by the food and water dishes or in the front while he dances on it waiting for you to open the door.
Catherine
I took your advice. I’ve placed the new Pedicure Perch below the door and between Omar’s feed cups.
He’s still glaring at it! By the way, there’s an absence of toys in the cage because my two weren’t interested in them at all and wouldn’t play with them.
Subject: wi-fi safety
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HI! Love the newsletter! have a question about wi-fi–how dangerous is it for my parrot? I do not use it often and since I was upgraded to 5g, I keep the computer unplugged when not in use and use ethernet.
They were separated shortly thereafter Most of our birds are rescues - we did help hatch 3 of the 8 rescued budgies Note brief cameo of me with beard tucked…
Lisa S related,
Hi, I read the recent article about chop and I’m a little concerned.
I want to make sure I’m feeding my birds the best diet possible.
I have an IRN and a conure.
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Dear Catherine,
Omar and Milo are not playing with those wonderful toys.
I’m thinking that the breeder that turns the young budgies over to the animal shelter had probably never exposed them to toys before and they don’t know how to play.
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This is a follow-up to the post How My Cockatiels Are Surviving a Long Trip Away From Home Diane P. relates, Using the suggested 72 hours of light seemed to…
The original question on Quora verbatim ~ “Do any bird species live only in the hollows of trees and not build their own nests? If so, what kind of bird is it and why don’t they build their own nests as other birds do”? (more…)