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The Challenge Of Rescuing An Older Injured Citron Cockatoo

Mitch Rezman
April 27, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Cockatoo / Foraging and Enrichment / Handicap Birds / Veterinarian Related
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Thank you Constance R.

So often its important to hear from independent third parties who provide valuable feedback on our pet bird content.

Having been in the process of rescuing budgies, (current budgie census is at six) and spending a lot of time with Peaches, our Senegal parrot weighing in at about 115 g, our recent focus has been skewed towards smaller birds.

Constance has a Congo African Grey and an Umbrella Cockatoo and from her recommendations, this is going to be a cockatoo-lishish post.

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Is It Wrong to Trim a Baby Budgies Toe Nails?

Mitch Rezman
April 20, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Budgies
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Is it wrong to trim a baby budgies toe nails?

If it is wrong, then why is it wrong to trim a baby budgies toe nails?

This is my answer to a question on Quora.

Editor’s note: Another answer about trimming a budgie’s toenails had advised against clipping their toes to avoid bloodshed.

By using a Rotary trimmer you can avoid cutting any birds nails to the quick by having total control in conjunction along with knowing proper restraint for small birds.

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Bird Cage And Food Recommendations for 2 Quaker Cagemates

Mitch Rezman
April 12, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Quaker parrot
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Looking for an appropriate birdcage to house 2 Quaker parrot cagemates

Hi Rose,

I think this 3159 Select would be a great cage from Prevue.

The 36-inch wide footprint gives the birds ample room for separation if needed.

It provides the best of both worlds having a dome top for interior height and a play area for time outside the cage.

As you can see it has ample seed skirts

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Indian Ringneck Love Brings Ringneck Problems

Mitch Rezman
April 11, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Indian Ringneck / Veterinarian Related

Indian ringnecks are marvelous birds and I’ve had the great fortune to live with the species in two different households.

They’re not big birds they weigh an average of 115 g about the body size of a Senegal or a fat cockatiel but the long tail gives the impression that it’s a much larger bird.

The overall length of the bird must be taken into consideration when choosing the right birdcage and especially the travel carrier.

They can be quite tame and are a relatively good talker.

Below you will find three curated questions about Indian ringnecks that found us one way or another and we felt sharing solutions would be helpful.

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Quaker Biting Very Hard, Taking Chunks Out Of My Skin – Ouch!

Mitch Rezman
April 10, 2018
Biting Birds / Quaker parrot / Veterinarian Related
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From Ria,

I’m probably going to type a lot, but I figure the more details the better when asking for advice.

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Eclectus toe tapping and wing flipping issues

Mitch Rezman
April 7, 2018
Bathing and Health / Eclectus parrots / Feeding Pet Birds
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Image above – Female Eclectus r. vosmaeri at North Carolina Zoo, no other subspecies combines a purple abdomen and clear yellow undertail coverts.

Hi Mitch,

I just read your piece on eclectus, and I have a question.

If the elongated digestive tract is urban myth, then why does my bird develop the eclectus toe-tapping and wing-flipping if he has been given regular pellets and/or too many vitamins?

What would cause this?

Thanks,

Barbara

Let’s start with the toe tapping wings flapping things.

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