Category: Species Specific - Page 20

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Should I Be Worried About the Bald Spot on My Older Conure?

Mitch Rezman
December 4, 2020
Bird Behavior / Conures / Feather Plucking
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Barbara G. has a concern

Tootsie is a forty-two-year-old green-cheek conure who has lived with me for forty-one years.

The top of her head is completely bald, with front red feathers remaining.

She sleeps a lot but is otherwise active.

She enjoys her regular food along with a handout from her person.

She does not pluck her feathers, loves annoying me, and is a first-class cuddler.

Could this be age-related?

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How to Remodel a Cage to Reduce 2 Bird’s Hormonal Behavior?

Mitch Rezman
December 3, 2020
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Conures / Green Cheek Conure / Hormonal issues in birds
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This thread took place during the entire month of December 2020.

Spoiler alert (also found at end of the post)

Hi Catherine I don’t know if you got my email from the other day about the lighting treatment for Reggie’s hormones.

It did the trick.

She is so much friendlier to Kiwi there was just one time she went at him when he was on his stand but it wasn’t as bad as it was before the lighting treatment.

I know you are probably so busy I just wanted to know if she starts to show aggressive behavior do we do the 72 hr or 7 days she is still a little hormonal but not nearly as bad she loves going under my blanket lol.

Thanks again for your advice it was the best Christmas present we could have asked for.️

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What Should I Do With the Three Eggs My Grey Just Laid?

Mitch Rezman
December 1, 2020
African grey / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition
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Michael G. reaches back out with a new pet bird keeping challenge.

Hi, Mitch, I ordered a clamp-on light fixture for Lil’ Girl and Big Boy.

While they have sunlight on the end of their cage (3′) and down one side (5′).

I figured it couldn’t hurt as the sunlight is filtered by windows with a light tint and filled with Argon gas which, I think, only prevents fogging.

I am not sure about its filtering effect.

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How Do I Care for a Splay Legged Parakeet?

Mitch Rezman
November 28, 2020
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Budgies / Handicap Birds / Veterinarian Related
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Suzanne H. is concerned about a Splayed leg 1-month-old parakeet.

My parakeets had 4 chicks. 3 are fine.

The youngest turned out to be a splayed leg.

Went to the vet with the baby.

He said there is just a 10% chance the baby could be fixed to be almost normal.

It didn’t work.

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What Sizes Do the Tropican Parrot Food Pellets Come in?

Mitch Rezman
November 27, 2020
Amazons / Cockatiels / Cockatoo / Conures / Eclectus parrots / Feeding Pet Birds / Hawkheaded parrot / Hybrid Macaws / Indian Ringneck / Large macaws / Macaw
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Linda L. would like to know:

Is the size of the Tropican Lifetime Parrot granules much bigger than the Tropican Lifetime Cockatiel granules?

Hard to tell from pictures

Dear Linda,

The Cockatiel size granule is 2 mm, the Parrot size granule is 4 mm.

The stick-sized pellet is about 3/4″ x ¼”.

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Should I Be Concerned With a Spot on My Bird’s Beak?

Mitch Rezman
November 21, 2020
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Behavior / Conures
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Lois D. has a question about bird beaks:

My 12 yr old male Jenday is in fine health–eating and playing and chewing wood etc all day.

But I just noticed a spot on his beak (right side) bottom, that is bare (not black)-I cleaned his beak.

Just wondering–have searched the internet and all my books– can’t find a thing.

Can you help?

Should I be concerned? Thanks so much.

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How One Californian Wildfire Devastated This Families Parrot

Mitch Rezman
November 20, 2020
Amazons / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Rescue / Veterinarian Related
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Annette D. relates:

My Amazon Parrot was killed by fire toxins.

Hi, I’m writing in because I’m just shattered in every way.

I live in Sonoma Co, CA, home of Wildfires.

In 2017, we got hit with the first ‘recognized’ Firestorm.

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How Can I Achieve Better Birdcage Environments for My Birds?

Mitch Rezman
November 18, 2020
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Green Cheek Conure / Macaw
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Hey there, here for the brunch, but I’d like to speak to the manager, I just have a question or two before sitting down:

So we have a 2 bird, 2 human family.

The littlest one, a GCC named Pz is the comedian and energy ball of the group, with tons of personality packed into a 70gram feather suit.

Our sanity these days hinges upon making sure the bird children are well taken care of, as we spend all our days with them now and find it very enriching to be attentive to their unique needs and the interesting ways in which they communicate them to us.

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