by Phil Samuelson, Guest Blogger Back in the early 1990s when I was an editor on a popular national bird magazine, I attended the American Federation of Aviculture annual convention in San Diego. One of the lectures I was looking forward to was about keeping and breeding African grey parrots, a species I had kept [...]
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African Grey Food: Discover the Best African Grey Food
The beautiful African grey parrot is the Cadillac of talking birds. To many bird enthusiasts they are the ultimate companion pet. The two subspecies of the African grey parrot, the Congo grey (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) and the Timneh grey (Psittacus erithacus timneh), have a very similar appearance, but the West African timneh grey is smaller, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Basketball for Parakeets?
Imagine little Parakeet, Cockatiel or Lovebird shooting hoops like a pro! Or, bowling a strike? Most bird trick toys are made for medium to large parrots. But, we’ve found a new source for petite and small bird trick toys. Basketball, Bowling and Skeetball. Gosh, your small pet bird just might make the Parrot Olympics cut! [...]
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 [...]
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