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Bird Carriers

by Phil Samuelson No responsible pet bird owner should be without an appropriate portable cage for each bird in the household. A carrier is a critical item to have on hand in case the bird has a medical emergency and requires a quick trip to the veterinarian or if its owner is forced to evacuate [...]

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Choosing comfortable bird perches

Comfortable Bird Perches

Regardless of how fancy your bird’s cage is and how nutritious his diet, if you don’t provide a comfortable perch, or perches, to his domain, you are neglecting one of the most important aspects of proper parrot care. Look at an appropriate bird perch like you would a comfortable pair of running shoes. Would you [...]

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Wingabago Bird Carrier Cover

The Bird Carrier: Your Pet’s Home Away From Home

by Phil Samuelson You treat your pet parrot to the best. He gets the best possible diet and treats, best cage, best toys, best T-stand. You even devoted a corner of your living room to his new birdie playpen that you can wheel to any area of your home if desired. This playpen provides you [...]

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Manzanita Wood Perch

Bird Perches to Suit Every Need

A pet bird needs a good perch, or preferably bird perches. It’s mandatory equipment for a proper parrot cage. After all, the perch is where a bird will spend the vast majority of its time. Bird owners should shop carefully for the best choice(s) available for the species they own.   The first consideration is [...]

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Parrots need to exercise their very flexible feet with wood perches.

Selecting the Perfect Bird Perch

By Phil Samuelson Deciding which bird perch to buy for your parrot can be one of the most important choices you make for your avian companion. After all, the perches you arrange in its cage are one of the only surfaces it touches. What works for one bird will be completely inappropriate for another. Perches [...]

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Bird Carriers for Car Travel

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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Wood toys aid a bird in keeping its beak well groomed

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 [...]

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Java Wood Perch

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 [...]

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parakeet leash

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 [...]

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Java Bird Stands

Review of the Java Bird Stand

We love the Java Bird Stand so much that we have one in our bird room right by Peachy’s cage and another in the basement.  Our birds love to exercise and climb all over these bird stands and we love the tree like configuration that has remained sturdy for years! The large Java Bird Stands [...]

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