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Higgins Bird Food

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 [...]

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How to clean a bird cage

How to Clean a Bird Cage for Small Birds

So.  You’ve got a small parrot and you’re wondering how to clean a bird cage.  Cockatiels, parakeets, parrotlets and lovebirds are precious but messy pets.  Dogs & cats shed but they aren’t seriously messy eaters.  You can throw blankets in the washer and vacuum a bit more than usual with a do.  But small birds [...]

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Rehomed parrots make great pets for the well informed

Rehoming a Parrot Through Adoption

Did you know that in the U.S., pets are considered personal property to buy and sell at will? Even parrots, many species which are on the CITIES Endangered Species List.  Rehoming a dog or a cat happends all the time.  Rehoming parrots is becoming a serious concern for our feathered friends. Rehoming a parrot through [...]

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Alex the Parrot knew colors, size, matter and more

Alex the Parrot and Parrot Intelligence

Did you know that Parrots have been found to be as smart as a 4 to 5 year old child? Alex the parrot showed the world how smart animals are. Pioneering research from Dr. Irene Pepperberg at Brandeis University and and Harvard plus, researchers at the Universities of Vienna and Oxford have shown astounding evidence [...]

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Social, fun parrots love to get out.

Fun Parrots the Easy Way

25 + Ways to have fun parrots Use a bird leash. Teach your parrot bird tricks. Let your bird ride your bike handles with a leash on. Take your bird on hikes. Take your bird on vacation. Teach your parrot to fly. Encourage visitors to talk and pet your socialized bird. Teach your parrot to [...]

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Bring out the intelligence of birds with clicker training

Discover the Intelligence of Birds with Bird Training DVD’s

Bird Training DVD’s not only help you discover the intelligence of birds, but they provide several functions for you, a pet parent, too like: Improved human, parrot relationship simply with quality time Your parrot learns to want to please you You learn to understand and appreciate your parrot Parrot enrichment and parrot self esteem reduce [...]

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Cockatoo parrots are known for enjoying cuddling

Hormones and Rehoming Parrots

Do Hormones Contribute to Rehoming Parrots?   Parrots, like any pet, will mature and develop hormonal or seasonal behaviors.  Hormonal parrots strut, flat back and become more temperamental.  They are more territorial than usual, too, making the parrot difficult to handle.  Do hormones contribute to rehoming parrots or placing them for adoption? Most women can [...]

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The Intelligence of Birds

Did you know that Parrots have been found to be as smart as a 4 to 5 year old child?  Pioneering research from Dr. Irene Pepperberg at Brandeis University and researchers at the Universities of Vienna and Oxford have shown astounding evidence about the intelligence of birds, specifically parrots. Dr Pepperberg has researched parrots, Alex, [...]

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cockatoo parrot

The Cockatoo Parrot Personality

By Phillip Samuelson Cockatoos hold a special place in my heart. Anyone who has shared their lives with one of these beautiful and affectionate parrots has fallen under its spell. It’s nearly impossible to resist the charming nature of these crested beauties and have them steal your heart. Back in the ’80s when parrot importation [...]

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African Grey Parrot

The African Grey Parrot Gift for Gab

By Phillip Samuelson The African grey parrot has the reputation for being the world’s greatest talking parrot. I consider this an accurate claim to fame, but having spent time around a number of greys, both pets and aviary birds, I’ve developed a fascination for this species that extends well beyond its speaking ability. These birds [...]

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