An Integrative Veterinarian is a Vet who combines the practices of Western & Eastern medicines. Still using some traditional methods & surgeries & treating pets with evidence based complementary therapies to treat the whole pet. This holistic approach focuses on individual care, targeting the root cause & improving the pet’s quality of life. My Vet […]
Tag: birds
#121. What Types of Pets Can be Adopted?
What types of pets can you adopt, well the answer is most any type of pet. I don’t know if a lot of people realize this, so I decided to blog about it. Sadly a lot of pets end up at shelters, lost, surrendered, or abandoned because people don’t do their due diligence prior to […]
#120. Happy 34th Birthday to My Yellow-Nape Amazon Parrot Sassy
I can hardly believe Sassy will be 34 years old tomorrow & I brought him home when he was just 12 weeks old. I finished hand-feeding him & he has been part of my life since then. He was quite tame for the first 10 years then when I moved here he stayed with my […]
#115. My Homemade Canary/Finch Seed Mix Recipe
I would say it has been at least 10 years that I have made my birds seed mixes. I did this after I realized what the ingredients were that are in manufactured bird seed. What I mean by manufactured is the seed mixes you buy at pet stores, big box stores & many pet suppliers […]
113. My Homemade Parakeet/Budgie Seed Recipe
I’m sure like most people, you go to the Pet store or local big box store & grab a bag of seed for your Parakeet (Also called Budgies) & feel this is a good option. I did the same thing till I researched the ingredients in manufactured seed mixes. I had been to my Vet […]
112. Is This Pet Hard to Care For?
I usually get my ideas of what to write about from things I see or hear. I also am a woman of prayer, so the Lord gives me ideas sometimes as well. The idea for this post came from a coworker, she asked me if rabbits were hard to care for. She knew I had […]
#111. My Homemade Cockatiel & Small Parrot Seed Recipe
I learned a lot from my current Veterinarian the first time I took a bird to be seen by her. She requests you bring what you are feeding & any supplements. She looked at the ingredients & pointed out a number of things & explained why they shouldn’t have these things. I was quite surprised […]
#110. When, Where & How to Say Goodbye to a beloved Pet
If you have a pet or ever have there comes a time when you have to say goodbye. Hopefully it will be after a very long happy life, but sometimes it happens much sooner than we expect. Sometimes it is quick & we are taken by surprise & sometimes we see it coming, but it […]
#107. My Parrot’s Homemade Seed Recipe
6-10 years ago after I started seeing my pet’s current Veterinarian, I started to look into the ingredients in bird foods sold in stores & online. Before each bird’s first visit with the Vet, she would ask you to bring in the bag of food you were feeding & any treats. I would listen as […]
#104. For Your Birds: An Alternative when Fresh Foods are not in Season
Recently I have bought some mangoes at the a grocery store for my birds & when I cut into them they were icky inside & had brown patches. I thought maybe I just didn’t know how to pick good ones at the store, so I asked a couple coworkers & they chuckled & said they […]
Echoing Great Pet Care 