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Cages, Short Toenails, Freezing Pellets, Are Eggs Bad ~ Answered!

Mitch Rezman
October 1, 2020
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Bird Nutrition / Senegal parrots / The Traveling Bird
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Editor’s note: sometimes we combine several answers into a post to make for more interesting and efficient reading endnote

Hi Mitch,

In response to the comment about travel cages, I have found a solution.

My Senegal parrot (Gonzo) did not like to hang out in a smaller cage.

So I got her a reasonably-sized cage that I can use for her travel or if she needs to stay with someone.

I can drive with it and strap the cage into a seat belt.

I set it up in another room and left the cage door open. She has started playing inside it and seems to like it.

Now, with COVID-19, I am working from home, and need it to be quiet when I’m on the phone.

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On the green lawn sits on a small pleasure car for kids is a beautiful parrot.

Understanding How My Bird Can End as a Splat on My Car’s Windshield

Jeff Writes:

Mitch, this is for Judy M.

If bird owners would train their birds to the Aviator Harness they can put their bird on a T Perch in their vehicle and the bird does not have to be caged I have an SUV and my blue & gold goes everywhere we go and loves it. (more…)

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How Long Is Too Long for Birds in Travel Carriers?

Mitch Rezman
September 3, 2020
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / The Traveling Bird
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Judy M. worries about:

Hi, Mitch,

The closest avian vet to me is 2 hours away, I worry about my bird being in his travel cage or carrier ( as I have both) for so long, the trip there, the trip home, the visit itself…..

Do you think it would be extremely stressful for Alex?

He has been to an exotics vet, who is only about 15 minutes from me, he was fine.

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How Do I Re-purpose A Dog Crate For My African Grey?

Jessica wanted to share her African Grey using a rope perch in an XS dog crate for travel!

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Flighted Or Clipped Wings – Our Readers Weigh In

Mitch Rezman
July 5, 2019
Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Exercising birds / Flight / The Traveling Bird / Veterinarian Related
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You asked whether our birds are flighted.

All three of our birds – African Grey, Dusky Pionus, Cockatiel – are fully flighted.

We have a lot of large windows in our apartment but so far we have not had a problem.

They all have their favorite routes and pretty much stick to them.

The only time we have clipped our bird’s wings is when we were traveling internationally and they had to go through the health and customs inspections at the airports.

Lisa Y.

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Prepping Our New Ringneck Rescue For A Travel Cage

For those not binge-watching Windy City Parrot TV, we rescued a 17-year-old male African ringneck last week.

This is Labor Day weekend 2018.

We will be leaving tomorrow Friday afternoon and returning Monday afternoon or evening.

The birds will be in the car with us for 2 to 3 hours – each way.

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12 YouTubers For Parrot Lovers You Need To Know

Mitch Rezman
May 11, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Exercising birds / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Pellet conversion tips / The Traveling Bird / Training Birds / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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At first I thought to myself “this’ll be fun.”

Once I started the project it was a bit more difficult than I forecasted.

I originally started with 9 YouTube channels but some favorites needed to be included not simply based upon numbers.

For those who are not following on us Facebook or our YouTube channel, you’ll note that we are ramping up our use of Fid-eo to better communicate caged bird care.

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Incoming Category 2 Hurricane & You’re Chasing a Bird Under Furniture

Catherine Tobsing
August 31, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Supplies Info / The Traveling Bird
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Re-posted this on 09/01/2017 with Hurricane Harvey as a stark reminder of mother nature’s dark side.

Parrots and Evacuation Kits are some of my favorite subjects. Nora wrote this post but my introduction is from someone who has been there – us. June 23rd, 2005 Windy City Parrot burned to the ground – long story.

If you have a pet bird or any pet for that matter – what’s your plan in an emergency? Floods, fires, frogs, locusts?

Sure you’re on your game with the latest high-tech smoke and high water sensors in your home but let me quote from some recent headlines.

6/25/15 Boston – New England Record Snow Tracker: Boston Breaks All-Time Seasonal Snow Record in 2014-2015

(What’s your backup heat source?)

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These Indian Ringneck Parrots Are Opium Addicts

Mitch Rezman
February 24, 2017
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Feeding Pet Birds / The Traveling Bird / Veterinarian Related
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Jaipur: Poppy farmers in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district are facing a unique problem.

Come March, parrots descend on their fields in large numbers to slurp on the milk oozing out of cuts made in the pods to ripen the yield.

“Once they have their fill they sit on trees and sleep there for hours. Some of them can be seen circling or staggering before falling from the trees due to overdose of opium,” says Kishore Kumar Dhaker, a poppy farmer in Sukwara village of Chittorgarh.

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Scientists Fundraise for Conures

Mitch Rezman
November 7, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Rescue / Species Specific / The Traveling Bird / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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Did you know the sun conure may be facing extinction in the wild, and you can help? There is a real need for more surveys to establish their status in nature. The 2014 estimates published on the IUCN database are between 1,000 and 1,499 mature birds. Some of the last known sun conures live in Guyana, a country with a small human population and a lot of forest and savannah grasslands.

The IUCN page mentions that the trade in wild conures is “ongoing” because “due to the ease with which birds can be attracted to bait (e.g. corn) and the large distances they will travel, it is easy to trap all the individuals in an area.” Quoted from Jamie Gilardi.

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Cages, Short Toenails, Freezing Pellets, Are Eggs Bad ~ Answered!

Understanding How My Bird Can End as a Splat on My Car’s Windshield

How Long Is Too Long for Birds in Travel Carriers?

How Do I Re-purpose A Dog Crate For My African Grey?

Prepping Our New Ringneck Rescue For A Travel Cage

12 YouTubers For Parrot Lovers You Need To Know

Incoming Category 2 Hurricane & You’re Chasing a Bird Under Furniture

Scientists Fundraise for Conures

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