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Should We Anesthetize Birds for Exams and Blunt Their Beaks?

Mitch Rezman
December 2, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Biting Birds / Habitats for caged birds / Keto the African ringneck / Pionus parrot / Veterinarian Related
8 Comments

The following comment is in reference to a blog post entitled “How To Stop An Indian Ringneck Parrot From Biting“

Russ commented:

FIRST OFF, Blunt Keto’s beak at the vet.

My vet is Scott McDonald, who puts all birds under gas for examination & grooming (STRESS FREEEEE).

His clinics are several per month in his Clarendon Hills home.

The best of the best.

SECOND: as with my 15y.o. Pionus, teach Ketto the difference between GOOD & BAD (or NO GOOD), by saying REPEATEDLY OVER & OVER AGAIN & AGAIN “Good Boy!”

Every single time Keto does something good.

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Can I Grab My Parakeets While In Their Cage

Mitch Rezman
November 27, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Biting Birds / Budgies / Habitats for caged birds / Veterinarian Related
1 Comment

First of all, people who state absolute truths about bird care as in yes and no have much to learn.

To answer this question with an emphatic “no”, begs even more queries:

It’s time to take the bird to the vet, how do I get it from cage to carrier?
The bird is sick or injured in the cage, now what?
How do I get the bird to examine it?
What if I need to weigh the bird?

If you just want to let the bird out by opening the cage door have you examined your home?

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How To Set-up A Handicapped Galah Parrot Cage

Mitch Rezman
November 23, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Cockatoo / Handicap Birds / Veterinarian Related
0 Comments

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)

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Answers For A Cockatiel Pulling Out His Wing Feathers And A Cockatiel With Cataracts

Mitch Rezman
November 23, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Cockatiels / Feather Plucking / Veterinarian Related
2 Comments

Dear Mitch I wanted to ask for your advice.

My male cockatiel is pulling his feathers out from under his wings.

I brought him to one avian vet who did blood work.

That was a dead end.

The 2nd vet sent droppings to a lab and that was negative.

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What Are The Most Difficult Parrots To Keep As Pets For Most Bird Owners

Mitch Rezman
October 12, 2018
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Veterinarian Related
16 Comments

What are the most difficult parrots to keep as pets for most bird owners?

First a little housekeeping.

When we talk about species of birds, it’s important to be specific.

To say that “cockatoos are needy” would be inaccurate.

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How Pet Bird Keepers Get The Lighting Thing Wrong

Mitch Rezman
October 10, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Veterinarian Related
4 Comments

The quality of light has little use for a pet bird. It’s the light cycle that means everything.

Is lighting necessary to house parrots properly?

Are there any specific requirements for the lighting?

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How I Accidentally Rescued A Goffins Cockatoo

Mitch Rezman
September 3, 2018
Bird Behavior / Birds & Lighting / Cockatoo / Veterinarian Related
0 Comments

I just want to thank you for the weekly messages – for the stories you tell, and all that you teach us.

I have had a 10-year-old female Goffin’s cockatoo in my care for 2-1/2 years.

Editor’s note: Goffin’s cockatoo aka, Tanimbar corella aka Goffin’s corella.

Her owner was someone I knew most of my life and she committed suicide suddenly with no warning.

She had many animals.

Horses, dogs, cats, snakes, rats, and a bird.

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What Do You Know About Macaw Asthma? It’s Really A Thing.

Mitch Rezman
August 14, 2018
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Cockatoo / Flight / Large macaws / Veterinarian Related
0 Comments

This first of three answers about macaw parrot keeping solutions is in response to the Quora question:

Is it unsafe to have a cockatoo in your home and a macaw, Given that many macaws are susceptible to asthma? Following up, is there any sort of test a macaw could have done to identify asthma?

Macaw Asthma aka Macaw Respiratory Hypersensitivity disease is found in several species of macaws but is especially prevalent with blue and gold macaws.

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Can I Always Keep an African Gray Parrot in a Cage That is Placed in the Living Room?

Mitch Rezman
July 19, 2018
African grey / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Feather Plucking / Veterinarian Related
1 Comment

I’m going to interpret this as a cage placement question.

The answer is not straightforward.

Parrots like privacy.

We talk a lot about the birdcage canopy effect of lining the top third of your bird’s cage with so many toys that you can not see the bird.

This gives them a sense of security in that they are not easily seen all the time.

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Should I Be Concerned My Peach-faced Lovebird Made an Egg?

Mitch Rezman
July 12, 2018
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Behavior / Lovebirds / Veterinarian Related
0 Comments

Unfertilized, she has no mate.

Yesterday my lovebird was a tiny velociraptor defending her nest, and I’ve been watching her ‘egg bum’ for a couple of days, now.

This morning she was bouncy and happy, apparently relieved of her butt burden, but this is not over, her bum is still looking eggy. Lovebirds usually have 5 eggs in a clutch..?

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