Posts Tagged ‘parrot behavior’
Are Horizontal or Vertical Cage Bars Better For My Parrot?
One of my friends was recently shopping for a new cage for her parrot when she remarked in frustration to me that it’s extremely annoying that cage manufacturers don’t seem to make cages with just plain old boring horizontal bars. “Don’t they know it makes it easier for a parrot to climb around if the…
Read MoreTraining Tips Taken From Wild Birds
There are few things that I enjoy more than watching wild birds go about their everyday business. Lately, I have been lucky enough to have a pair of ravens nest within metres of my bedroom window. Ok, sometimes we’ve had our disagreements (any wild bird can attack). Generally though, I’ve been very happy to have…
Read MoreManaging A Multiple Bird Household
I caved to MBS (multiple bird syndrome) a long time ago. When bird people find out how many parrots I have, they promptly ask how I find the time to manage so many? I have 9 permanent flock members here and 1 long term rehabilitation case. That makes 10 tame companion parrots vying for my…
Read MoreGetting Your Bird Interested In Vegetables
The only stupid question is the one that you don’t ask. I’ve heard that often enough and I’m not entirely sure that I believe it. Mainly because I once worked in a bookstore and was asked if we stocked books that had pages in them? Or the time that my mother asked me what the…
Read MoreOvercoming A Parrot’s Fear Of Something New
So I bought the world’s coolest parrot stand as a Christmas gift for my birds. I’d been looking for something like it for a long time. It’s a one-off find; there will never be another exactly like it again. It’s natural wood, well weathered with lots of nooks and crannies to hide things in. There…
Read MoreSurviving A Dysfunctional Christmas
Christmas. It’s here. That wonderful time of the year when my entire extended family descend on my house in one hit. I have a big family. I also seem to attract a range of stray ring-ins. It means a lot of people, a lot of noise, weird looking decorations that might flash and worse than…
Read MoreKeeping Your Bird Busy and Quiet!
If you have been following my blog posts, you’ll know that I have a Blue and Gold Macaw who excels at getting into trouble. This has become a significant problem for me, especially since he has recovered from psittacosis and is now recovering from poor feather condition due to his extended illness. Most of his…
Read MoreThe Ethics Of Bird Cage Flooring
There are many advantages to this. The main one is obviously that a bird’s poo and waste will fall through the grill, which let’s face it – is a much healthier alternative to a bird eating spoiled food or getting covered in its own excrement. It’s not just your own bird’s poo that might be…
Read MoreWhat Does It Mean When My Bird Fluffs Up?
“I have adopted a male Eclectus parrot and I have a question about cuddling and petting. I have been very cautious about it so far because I have read that with their hair like feathers they don’t like to be pet like other birds. However, when he is relaxing with me he seems to want…
Read MoreWhy Not To Feed Wild Birds But How To Safely Attract Them
When you decide to spend your life enslaved to a pet bird, you’re not doing it because you like their ‘chewed-on style’ decorating help. Usually it has something to do with you actually liking birds. Not surprisingly, bird people have a tendency to not just welcome wild birds into their garden, but to actively encourage…
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