Bird Carriers for Car Travel By Phil Samuelson These days, increasing numbers of people are taking their pets on the road when they hop in the car for a vacation. It’s not just dogs enjoying these excursions anymore; quite a few birds are becoming travel companions, too. One need only look at the myriad bird [...]
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Bird Supplies for Medium Parrots
Parrot Supplies for Medium Birds Some of the most rewarding parrot species to keep as pets and companions fall into the medium-sized category, somewhere between budgie and macaw. Often, a budgie or cockatiel owner has a rewarding experience as a pet bird owner and decides to “step up,” so to speak, to a larger pet [...]
About Amazon Parrots: The Mealy Amazon
About Amazon Parrots: The Mealy Amazon: Once Common, Now Forgotten By Phil Samuelson, Guest Blogger One day while browsing through a large feed store in Santa Barbara, California, I came across an interesting sight. The storeowner was a horse enthusiast who also loved parrots and would usually have a few for sale. A green-winged macaw [...]
Parrot in Love with the Easter Bunny!
Adorable Parrot in Love with the Easter Bunny! This, well supervised little parrot is in love with a cute stuffed animal. You might ask yourself, “Is it safe to give my parrot stuffed animals?” It actually depends on what the materials that the stuffed animal is made from and how aggressively your bird chews [...]
Compare Wood Perches
Wood perches are considered the best perch for all sized pet birds, from Canaries to Large Macaw’s. We aren’t talking about dowel perches, here. Dowel perches have a consistent diameter across the length of the perch. Branch style wood perches, though, are actually cut from bird safe shrubs or trees and fitted with hardware to [...]
Parakeet Sized Bird Harness
Parakeet Sized Bird Leash We often have customers ask us if there is a bird harness or bird leash for very small pet birds like a parrotlet or a budgie. I’ve not found a true harness in a size small enough for these petite birds. My thoughts on the matter are that not only is [...]
Manu Mineral Perch for Parrots
About Manu Mineral Perch for Parrots Along the middle region of South America, dense Atlantic rains have deposited high concentrations of minerals into the forests creating numerous clay licks that parrots and other animals rely on to cleanse their bodies of toxins. The most famous of these clay licks is the Tambopata Parrot Clay Licks. [...]
Pets+ iPhone App
Pets+ iPhone App Stores Pet Information at Your Finger Tips We came across a cool new iPhone app that stores and manages your pets information and helps you to track it’s health. You can even create and set reminders about appointments. Track your pets gender, name, weight, breed or species, birth date and even it’s [...]
Higgins Bird Food! Now at BirdSupplies.com
Easy, Nutritious Cooked Bird Food If you’ve been looking for a highly nutritious cooked bird food to add variety to your birds diet, look no further! Find Higgins Bird Food – Worldly Cuisines Blend at BirdSupplies.com You can find any number of cooked bird food diets from a plethora of manufacturers, but Higgins Bird Food [...]
How to Clean A Bird Cage for Medium to Large Parrots
Medium to large parrots are very messy pets, both inside of their bird cage and surrounding area. For one thing, those beautiful feathers are down right messy. Keeping up with feather dust, floating feather sheath, and dander is one thing. But, more than that, birds love to toss bird food and chew up bird toys [...]
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