Tips To Help Your Parrots Through Christmas Gatherings

Galah Christmas

Christmas is actually a very stressful time for a lot of pet birds. It definitely is for my flock. My extended family tend to descend on my house at Christmas for a large gathering. It doesn’t end there either. The day after Christmas is my mother’s birthday and the day after that my grandmother’s birthday…

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An Easy Foliage To Use With Pet Birds

Blue and Gold Macaw

Having seen photos in recent blog posts or on facebook a few people have been asking about the foliage in my cages? What exactly is it? What do the birds do with it? What do I do to prepare it before I give it to them? Galah/Rosebreasted Cockatoo: Morgy is waddling around on top of…

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Keeping A Parrot Out Of Trouble When It’s Out Of Its Cage

Pervert bird

“I’m sorry I’m late for class, but my parrot broke my bra,” I said to my lecturer as I slipped into a laboratory class 10 mins late. Naturally, this happened when the entire class was listening to the lecturer so suddenly hundreds of students were staring at my chest, trying to see through my top…

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Helping A Bird That Won’t Interact With Anything Or Anyone

bird doesn't like toys

In my last post, I mentioned that my galah/rosebreasted cockatoo had suffered from something I called “learned helplessness”. I said how happy I was that she had taken possession of my new parrot stand because that’s a big deal when you have a bird like Morgy. A few people pounced on that and sent me…

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Overcoming A Parrot’s Fear Of Something New

bird playstand

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…

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Tips For An Indoor Cage Setup

Rosebreasted Cockatoos/Galahs

I received a message from a friend asking for help with her Galah/Rosebreasted Cockatoo’s cage setup. In short, she was struggling for inspiration and trying to deal with several problems. She wanted to know what I would do differently? She sent me a photo of the ‘bare bones’ of her cage setup. Which means that…

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Keeping Lorikeets

Destructive birds

The corrosive powers of lorikeet poo are truly amazing. There are days when it literally seems to eat away concrete. More amazing though, is the way a lorikeet can aim on a 45-degree angle. They are quite capable of painting any wall that is near their aviary and often seem to be doing so intentionally.…

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