Choosing a pet parrot can be an exciting but daunting decision, as each species has unique characteristics and care requirements.
From size and noise levels to intelligence and personality traits, every parrot species offers something different.
So, you’ve found yourself sharing a home with a parrot—or perhaps you’re contemplating the plunge into the colorful, squawking world of pet bird companionship.
Brent B. relates,
One of my Mexican Double Yellow Heads (Lorenza) has developed a liver ailment.
My bird vet says that the bird’s straightening nails and lime green droppings are indicators.
Choosing the right parrot species as a first-time owner is crucial to ensure a happy and harmonious relationship between you and your feathered friend.
Here are some popular and beginner-friendly parrot species per the “experts”
Are there any special things to do to help my parrot? He is 48 and has developed cataracts.
I am keeping him in the same cage and not changing things around but he seems to fall off his perch more than usual. Suggestions?
Susan H writes:
Hi Mitch.
My Blue Front Amazon is 22 and she has Fatty Liver Disease.
Recently she took a chunk out of her beak.
Sandra B. relates
I just lost my Goffin Cockatoo, Casper of 24 years this last month.
I am devastated. He had started having seizures a few years ago and they had progressively gotten worse but he was then hospitalized at my Avian vet for Arteriosclerosis.
In the tapestry of life, few threads are as colorfully woven as those tales where feathered companions cast a spell of transformation upon the human spirit.
Whispered through the annals of time and echoed in countless chronicles, the narrative unfurls—a vibrant testament to the avian alchemists who, with their wings and wits, refurbish the human soul.
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Christy T. inquires,
Hi Catherine: I know you and Mitch have had many things in your newsletters about chemotherapy and birds.
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