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What Is the Deal With Parrots that Excessively Scream?

• Mitch Rezman
• October 15, 2020
• Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Plucking/Screaming
• 0 Comments

Excessive screaming is a learned behavior that we teach our birds.

 

Covering your feathered companion with a blanket only teaches him or her that you will cover the cage when the scream gets out of hand.

 

Yelling at a screaming parrot gives the parrot the attention it seeks. Ignoring a screaming parrot is not the answer either. 

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How Did I Cure My Grey’s Plucking Almost Over Night?

• Mitch Rezman
• September 30, 2020
• African grey / Bird & Parrot Care / Plucking/Screaming
• 0 Comments

Michael G. relates:

I have a mystery! I have two African Greys. 

But first, a bit of history. 

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How Do I Stop My African Grey from Tossing Her Pellets?

• Mitch Rezman
• September 17, 2020
• African grey / Feeding Pet Birds / Plucking/Screaming
• 1 Comment

Susan W. writes:

 

We have a 20-year old African Grey who has been with us since weaning.

 

She has been on Harrisons’ pellets for years.

 

The problem with feeding her Harrisons’ is that she throws them out of her bowl and on the floor outside her cage, so I am not sure how many pellets she actually eats. (more…)

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Neighbor’s Are Suing Me for My Amazon’s Noise What Can I Do?

• Mitch Rezman
• July 31, 2020
• Amazons / Bird Behavior / Plucking/Screaming
• 0 Comments

Pamela S writes:

 

I’ve 2 yellow Naples 37 and 40 years of age I’ve had since hand feeding. 

 

Recently after 26 years in this neighborhood my neighbor after 8 years has taken me to court for noise violation.

 

They’re outdoor cages in Fl. With 1 umbrella cockatoo in this heat, the judge said I should cover them which would kill them.

 

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Should I Give Meds to My Conure to Relax and Quiet Him Down?

• Mitch Rezman
• January 3, 2020
• Conures / Green Cheek Conure / Plucking/Screaming
• 0 Comments

I rescued a male conure aged 3 yrs. Gino, is mean and a biter….No matter what I do. New cage. Change and varied foods. Very loud squawking

 

I adore him. He doesn’t feel the same. Meds to relax and quiet him down?!

 

Grama’s wondering

 

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Why Did My 3 yo Milagold Macaw Start Plucking Out of the Blue?

• Mitch Rezman
• January 3, 2020
• Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Plucking/Screaming
• 0 Comments

Richard writes:

I have a 3-year-old Milagold Macaw, and his name is Rainbow.

Rainbow likes to bite and nibble things, like my clothes, my arm and whatever he can get.

How do I get him to stop, my arm has a lot of bruises from this, is there bird training classes for this or do I just tape his mouth close (LOL) please tell me what I should do?

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Is There A Hormone To Calm My Over Sexed African Grey Parrot?

• Mitch Rezman
• November 15, 2019
• African grey / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Foraging and Enrichment / Plucking/Screaming / Veterinarian Related
• 0 Comments

I have had my male African grey parrot for 28 years.

When he matured sexually years ago he started plucking.

I have him on a plumage supplement now and he has lots of new quills and looks much better.

However, he humps my arm with a thick sweater on.

He goes to completion if I let him once a day.

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CBD Oil – Miracle Cure For Birds Or Just The New Snake Oil

• Mitch Rezman
• August 13, 2019
• Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Plucking/Screaming / Veterinarian Related
• 2 Comments

On June 2, 2018 I responded to the question:

 

I, for the most part, pleaded ignorance and suggested that he not give his African Grey CBD oil based on my “spidey sense.”

 

Now I’m seeing more conversations about the use of CBD oil on all sorts of animals but obviously, my concern is the effects of CBD oil on our pet birds.

 

Let’s take a deep dive into the subject, shall we?

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Solving This Greys Feather Plucking With A New Nano Environment

• Mitch Rezman
• March 8, 2019
• African grey / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Feather Plucking / Hormonal issues in birds / Plucking/Screaming
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Spoiler alert: This post and discussion illustrate how I reached my diagnosis:

Jan is plucking his feathers because his feet hurt.

He’s using his food dish to sleep.

This helps avoid pressure to the bottom of his feet  which he feels when they grip the smooth dowel rod perch.

That’s why he plucks in the sleeping cage – he wants the pain to ease.

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Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Medium Size Species Of Pet Birds

• Mitch Rezman
• December 20, 2018
• Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Clean / Events / Exercising birds / Lost Birds / Original content / Parakeets / Pellet conversion tips / Plucking/Screaming / Training Birds / Uncategorized / Veterinarian Related
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Small species pet birds

Birds we classify as “Smaller” species 

FYI  There’s something like 100 species of Conures. Conures need to be subdivided into small, medium & large (which is on our to-do list)

Green cheek conures weigh 64 grams (cockatiels are about 100 grams – Patagonian conures weight about 280 grams, about the size of a Timneh African grey.

Don’t think for a minute conures can be classified into one size category

Large Canaries

Gibber Canary

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