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Does It Matter What Sex My Bird Is as Long as He or She Knows Its Name?

Catherine Tobsing
November 4, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Species Specific / Veterinarian Related
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Why is DNA so VERY important even for your non-breeding parrot?

About 20% of parrots, like budgies, eclectus, and cockatiels that are sexually dimorphic.

That means that the gender of the bird can be identified by physical differences.

In the case of budgies and cockatiels, they have to reach near-adulthood to exhibit differences while Eclectus are readily identifiable upon feathering out the first time since females are red and blue while males are green.

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Sexing Lovebirds – On the Cheap

About a quarter of all parrots are sexually dimorphic meaning you can tell the sex by the color or markings of the bird or parrot. Green Eclectus parrots are boys, red ones are girls (as a side note as recently as ten or fifteen years ago zoos were placing 2 red Eclectus together hoping for mating.)

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Avian Respiration Diseases

Mitch Rezman
October 27, 2016
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Enviornments / Veterinarian Related
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Anatomy and function

The upper respiratory system (URS) consists of the external nares, operculum, nasal concha, infraorbital sinus, and choanal slit.

The nares are paired symmetrical openings with an operculum within each. The nares each communicate with the nasal cavity containing the concha.

The left and right nasal cavities are separated by a septum. The nasal cavity communicates with the left and right infraorbital sinus.

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Light Up Your Bird Cage with Florescent Budgies a Gift from NASA

Mitch Rezman
September 23, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Newsworthy Birds / Parakeets / Veterinarian Related
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Okay, that’s a bit of a stretch but if you could see what budgies see – not so much.

A couple of weeks ago we talked about not fully understanding the effects of ultraviolet lighting on our birds. Something that not a lot of us including myself fully understand.

Leave it to NASA to set the record straight on the correlation between parrots and the center of our galaxy. Admitted science geek that I am, lots of interesting content cross my desktop daily.

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Are Feral Parrots Americans or Immigrants?

Mitch Rezman
June 29, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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There’s all this talk of immigration in Congress – something I try not to involve myself in.

Yet I know of feral parrot flocks around the country which I’ll identify shortly.

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How Much Should My Birds Weigh?

Mitch Rezman
May 18, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Nutrition / Veterinarian Related
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Average Bird Weights

Healthy adult cockatiels usually weigh 78 to 125 grams. Birds should always be weighed in grams, which is a metric measurement. (There are approximately 28 grams in an ounce.) It is important that a bird is weighed on an accurate gram scale. Electronic scales are available for purchase from bird-supply companies and office-supply retailers. These can be modified by installing a lightweight perch to facilitate weighing birds.

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Avian Respiratory System

Mitch Rezman
May 17, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related
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AVIAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Birds possess a very unique and efficient respiratory system. They lack a diaphragm, have non-expandable lungs and a system of air sacs that extend into many of their bones. Vocalization is by means of a syrinx, not a larynx as in mammals.

Anatomy
The nostrils or nares are usually located at the base of the beak. In psittacines (parrots) they are located within the area of the cere. Amazons have a structure known as an operculum inside the nare which helps prevent inhalation of foreign bodies. In most birds, the nares are readily visible, while in certain birds-such as crows-they are covered by feathers.

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Average Weights of Common Pet Birds

Mitch Rezman
May 17, 2016
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related
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AVERAGE WEIGHTS OF COMMON PET BIRDS Get a great bird scale IMPORTANT NOTE about bird weights In most cases the weights are those of captive birds. There can be extreme…

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Is Propane Heat Safe for My Bird?

Mitch Rezman
January 16, 2016
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / The Traveling Bird / Veterinarian Related
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Question: Would a hot water bottle be a good option for emergency heat when the power is out, single-digit temp outside, etc.? Two quarts are a lot of water to heat with emergency fuel (without gassing everyone).

What is the minimum amount of water that would be effective? Do you have suggestions for other heat sources? Thanks, Lee

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Why Do Green Parrots Have No Green Feather Pigments?

Mitch Rezman
August 28, 2015
Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Veterinarian Related
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and why are their feathers different from other bird feathers?

Hi Mitch

I recently inherited a Yellow Naped Amazon and love her to pieces, but not being a bird person previously, I could use some advice. He is guessed to be about 50 years old, actually, I was told that Rhoda is a female but, she has never laid eggs so they say she is a he!

No matter, I have noticed some of his feathers have black coloring on them. Is it true that could be caused by him not getting enough sunlight? His cage is in front of a window, but the window has a sun screen on it. What is needed to provide “sun” for him in his cage? I would also like to purchase a “Happy Hut” for him but I need to know what size I should order.

Thanks for any help you can give me and I welcome any advice!

Ginger Oliveira
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