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 […]
Tag: Parrots
#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 […]
#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 […]
#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 […]
4. Helping Your Bird to Eat Fresh Veggies & Fruit
Many birds who have never been fed fresh foods can be resistant to trying new foods such as vegetables & fruit. I know I have experienced it & I do experience it with a couple of my Cockatiels. “Lazarus” is 20 years old & he is male Cockatiel I adopted about 1 1/2 years ago. […]
Echoing Great Pet Care 