Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, has signed into law a bill banning the capture and export of the country’s wild parrots. The measure aims to protect Mexico’s 22 species of parrots and macaws, about 90 percent of which are in categories of risk. The Environment Commission of the Deputy Chamber introduced the bill one year [...]
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By staff writers / December 18, 2008 04:10am AUTHORITIES have reportedly rescued 1500 parakeets from a two-room apartment in Berlin. Berlin veterinarian Margit Platzer says the birds were flying freely around the apartment, which was “littered with faeces, feathers and left-over food”, Associated Press has reported. Ms Platzer says it took her team more than [...]
Parrot Care Tips for the Holidays
Make sure that your special parrot has a safe, fun holiday. Just as Christmas can be unsafe for children, we must be careful with our parrots, too. Christmas isn’t only stressful for us, it’s stressful for our parrots who rely on routine! Our routines often change dramatically during the holiday season. Parties, friends over, our [...]
Green 4 Parrots
When you receive your order from Chirp n Squawk Bird Supplies you’ll notice that we make every attempt to recycle packaging materials. You may have ordered a new bird carrier… but the box might say “Harrison’s Bird Food.” Or, it may take a few days longer to get your bird supplies order than you had [...]
Caring for Beautiful Canaries
How do I properly care for my canary? Diet: Canaries need a suitable canary diet to maintain health and sing beautiful canary songs. Healthy male canaries sing splendid canary songs! Fresh, premium canary seed should provide the foundation of your canary’s diet. Vegetables, cooked rice, dark leafy green lettuce, cooked pasta, fruits, cuttlebone, crushed oyster [...]
Maybe NASA Should Buy Our Bird Harness… They won’t lose their tools on another spacewalk if they do!
The following AP story about the astronauts on a spacewalk losing a bag of tools worth over $100,000 parallels the importance of letting your birds “safely take flight” without getting away from you. Compare The Feather Tether Bird Harness vs. Bird Diaper Click here to view the features of two styles of bird harnesses, the [...]
Book Review: Of Parrots and People
PAT MCCOID; pat.mccoid@thenewstribune.com Published: November 9th, 2008 12:30 AM Mira Tweti heaps so much praise on parrots in “Of Parrots and People” that readers might want to bring one home. That’s exactly what she hopes to prevent. Tweti reveals parrots to be human-like in their intelligence, vocabulary skills and social sensibilities – traits that have [...]
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