I am a bird owner & have been since about 1985. I have had a variety of birds of different types & sizes. I fostered birds also & I honestly can’t say how many but my guess would be between 40-60 birds. I have personally had Finches, Parakeets, Canaries, Lovebirds, Conure, Cockatiels, & Amazons. I […]
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#90. Sexing Your Bird – Reasons why You May want to.
Some birds gender is easy to know by visually looking at them. The Eclectus Parrot shown above is an example of an easy visual way to know what gender it is. Males are mainly green & females are mainly red in color. An adult parakeet is sexed by looking at the cere which is at […]
#87. Gift Ideas for the Birds in Your Home
Christmas is coming & this may be a good time to give your birds some new items. Remember not all birds are immediately receptive to new items in their cages or nearby. I have had some I have had to keep the new item 10 feet away from them for a few weeks. Pick it […]
#83. Vitamin Supplements for Birds
Over the last 6 months I have been feeding my birds fresh foods rich in Vitamin A because the last birds at Vet were potentially low on Vitamin A. I took Ringo to the Vet last weekend & he also had papillaes that were slightly blunted so could be a Vitamin A issue. He has […]
#77. Happy ?th Birthday Ringo
Happy Birthday Ringo This week I celebrated Ringo’s birthday, I adopted him 2 years ago. I had lost one of my Amazon’s who was older & Sassy was so lonely. Sassy is 33 so I thought another senior Amazon could be a nice buddy for Sassy. I wasn’t caging them together, just a buddy to […]
#74. Pet Food: How to Safely Store It.
I first want to explain why I have been absent from publishing posts for a few weeks. I was on vacation & found out that my vehicle has to be replaced soon. I have been spending most of my time when I’m not working my full-time job searching for a newer vehicle. I haven’t found […]
#73. Potential Dangers to Pets left Outside Unattended
Whether a pet is a dog, cat, bird, rabbit or other small pets there can be dangers outside the home that sometimes we don’t even realize or think about. I have heard of enough sad stories that I thought I should blog about it & maybe in will prevent at least one tragedy from happening. […]
# 62. Should My Pet See the Veterinarian about This?
I think because of my 20+ years experience fostering & having a large variety of pets in my life for my whole life I get asked questions about when a pet should see the Veterinarian. I believe all types of pets should have a yearly checkup with a Veterinarian (low cost clinic Veterinarians are great, […]
#60. Happy 15th Birthday to my Bird Jonah
I can’t believe how fast time has gone, Jonah joined my family about 14 years ago. He was to be a cage mate to another male Cockatiel, but they never bonded. After a couple years my senior Cockatiel Noah passed away & after some time of playtime bonding outside the cage Issac accepted Jonah & […]
#59. Is your Bird Getting Enough Vitamin A?
I have two Amazons & 3 Cockatiels currently & last Saturday my 33 year old Amazon Sassy had his annual checkup & nail trim at my Veterinarian. I have had Sassy since he was 12 weeks old. Sassy is fed a homemade seed diet & fresh food 3 times a week as are my other […]
