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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…)
Hi Mitch
I’ve been enjoying your emails for some time now.
I have an umbrella and a citron cockatoo.
We’ve been searching for two manzanita branches and just haven’t found the perfect ones yet.
Would you be able to direct me in the right direction to find a good and safe branch for them?
LL (G2MomPerson) asks
Is there a smaller micro-chip available for smaller birds like a Goffins Cockatoo or Cocktail?
I asked my avian vet & she wasn’t aware of a smaller chip for smaller birds/animals.
If there is a smaller chip, what is it called & who makes it?
These comments are in response to last weeks post CBD Oil – Miracle Cure For Birds Or Just The New Snake Oil
From Taryn Palo
Regarding CBD oil.
My avian vet sells it.
He’s taken care of my Umbrella cockatoo for 23 years now so I pretty much trust him.
This might be an interesting topic for a Birdie Brunch!
Hello, I’m Laurie Cannon, who wrote to you about the possibility of adopting an older Green-Winged Macaw.
We didn’t do that, however, we did contact a breeder about a Panama Amazon baby.
She seemed almost horrified when she found out both my husband and I are totally blind.
Laurie C asks
My husband and I rescued a 3-month-old medium Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (aka Eleonora cockatoo) from a horrible pet store situation last August.
We finished his hand-feeding which took another month.
He was very skinny and underfed so we have spoiled him rotten.
Hello, knowing of your holistic approach to things here is a synopsis of our bird and situation. We have an 11 1/2 yr old Goffins Cockatoo, Taedo ( we have had him since 2008 when he was 3 mths). We did have him sexed and know he is a male.
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Oh, hi. Good morning. My favorite bird people. How are you doing?
Good Martha. How about yourself?
Oh wonderful. I’m sitting here with my two umbrella cockatoos and we have some fruit flies.
I was wondering if you have any product I could order that might help with that?
Let me double-check.
Sure.
I have a young Galah parrot (aka rose-breasted cockatoo) who is missing her toes on one foot.
She was three weeks old when she developed constricted toe and had the amputation, so she really has no idea that she’s handicapped.
Editor’s note: Animals never do.
She’s a little over two years old now. (1st April 2016)
Good morning, I get your newsletter every Sunday.
We have an elenora cockatoo (aka medium sulfur crested) that we have had for 21 years.
We got her when she was 4 months old.
Within the last two years she has started to yell.
Within the last year it has gotten real bad.
