How My Cockatiels Are Surviving a Long Trip Away From Home
I read the blog today after a few days away from my computer and email. Can Cardboard Boxes Be Safe for My Cockatiels to Play With? I will try to…
Is It Wrong My Bird Stays at the Bottom of the Cage Nightly?
Lisa N. wrote:
Happy New Year Catherine, This is Lisa N.
I have a quick question our boy conure Kiwi has been staying at the bottom of the cage at night he just won’t go up to one of his higher perches like he used to.
How Do I Hand Raise Baby Birds?
Ask a breeder, a pet caregiver, and a bird, and you’ll receive 3 answers.
Having watched 3 juveniles go from egg to buzzing around my head, I certainly have my opinions.
Which Pellet Bird Food Blends Have the Least Amount of Corn?
Steve S. is concerned about the amount of corn in bird food,
He is a companion to a Goffins cockatoo AKA Tanimbar corella
Message: We have been using Harrison’s adult lifetime fine. The first ingredient is corn. We would like to cut back on her corn consumption.
Whats Going on With Windy City Parrots 10 Budgies?
Full transparency.
We are not breeders nor sellers of birds. Catherine had her hand at breeding small parrots like lovebirds, finches, and cockatiels about 30 years ago.
My Blind Cockatoo Has No Lighting How Can He Produce Vit D?
Christy has a question about our favorite vitamin
Hi. Just wondering which vitamin D supplement you would recommend. I have a blind cockatoo and I don’t have bird lighting.
I’m not sure the bird’s lighting I used before didn’t cause her cataracts.
Having Rescued Two Older Abused Cockatiels, What Do I Do Now?
Diane P. is unsure on how to handle 2 abused cockatiels.
Questions: I adopted two old, abused, ignored cockatiels, mated. After six months, while hands are still instruments of the devil, they will eat millet I hold, and they both wait for me to open the cage door so we can have our morning time plus their praise and obvious notice of them as mattering.
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