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How Do I Cut and Care for My Pet Bird’s Feathers?

Mitch Rezman
June 11, 2020
African grey / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Veterinarian Related
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I’ve combined several questions in this post, all related to feather care, you know those hundreds (thousands) of lighter than air floating things around your home, under the birdcage and on the floor.

Feathered factoid: small pet birds like budgies can have 4000 – 6000 feathers.

Larger parrots can have upwards of 8000 feathers (we count them coming out of the shop vac).

Waterbirds like ducks and swans have upwards of 10,000 feathers or more.

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Should I Switch From Harrisons Pellet Bird Food?

Mitch Rezman
April 17, 2020
African grey / Feeding Pet Birds / Pellet conversion tips
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Victor V writes:

Hi, I hope you can help. I have been feeding my female Grey for years on Harrison’s Bird Foods High Potency Coarse.

Been getting the pellets from Amazon.

When we started this latest bag, she started just grinding the large pellets (not sure if she is eating them) and scattering them about the cage.

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What Bird Seed Blends Have No Safflower or Sunflower?

Mitch Rezman
February 7, 2020
African grey / Feeding Pet Birds / Pellet conversion tips / Veterinarian Related / Video
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Harold Writes: I've been feeding my 12 conure and cockatiel friends Kaytee cockatiel Fortidiet and then top layer with Roudybush pellets for many years. Their doctor objects to the safflower…

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Why Does My Grey Bite Me in the Evening?

Mitch Rezman
February 7, 2020
African grey / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments
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Barbara G started the conversation

My Timneh (grey) only wants to bite me when I am cleaning his cage which is mostly in the evening.

He’s fine when I am feeding him and he does come out.

He’s only out a couple of hours mostly in the early evening.

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Why is It So Critical to Know Different Pet Bird Species?

Mitch Rezman
January 30, 2020
African grey / Amazons / Budgies / Caique / Canaries / Cockatiels / Cockatoo / Conures / Eclectus parrots / Finches / Green Cheek Conure / Hawkheaded parrot / Hybrid Macaws / Indian Ringneck / Large macaws / Lovebirds / Macaw / Parrotlet / Pigeons / Pionus parrot / Quaker parrot / Ringnecks / Senegal parrots / Sun conures
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Why is it so important to understand the differences between bird species?

I’m not ashamed to say we get more deliveries from Amazon (like most Americans) then we care to talk about.

This week a new Amazon driver “Patrick” handed off an envelope then said “I’ve never been here before – this place looks cool.”

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Has Anyone ‘Housebroken’ Their Parrot?

Mitch Rezman
January 24, 2020
African grey / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Feeding Pet Birds
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One of the answers from the big Q.

It has been done but I personally advise against it. It is unnatural for them to hold it, and if they become too well potty trained they may harm themselves if they think they can’t go at any given time.

My answer

Parrots poop about every 15 minutes on average.

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How Can I Train My Aggressive African Grey to Sit on My Hand?

Mitch Rezman
January 17, 2020
African grey / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition
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Every time I try to get my new Congo grey to sit on my hand, he bites me.

How long do I have to keep getting bitten?

Biting is never acceptable.

Not from a bird, dog, cat nor any other pet (said the lion trainer).

Getting bitten solves nothing.

One of the questions we ask here is why is your bird aggressive?

In many cases this is a hormonal issue that can partially be controlled with light.

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Are Ionized Air Purifiers Safe for My Bird and More Answers for You

Mitch Rezman
January 10, 2020
African grey / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Cockatoo / Hormonal issues in birds / Quaker parrot / Senegal parrots
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Are ionized air purifiers safe for my lovebird?

Absolutely not! (MitchR)

Although marketed as being able to “scrub the air”, these “ionizers” do not remove airborne dust to a significant degree but do generate ozone, an unstable oxygen molecule (O3). Read more: (more…)