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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Chronicles of Peachy 3: About Cockatoos Instincts
In Part One of this series, I talked about how I became smitten with Peachy – but before bringing him home, I did my homework about male Moluccan Cockatoo’s prior to bringing him home. I wanted to know about cockatoos because I didn’t want either of us to go through the pain of losing each [...]
The Chronicles of Peachy Part 2: Facts About Parrots
In Part One of this series, I talked about how I became smitten with Peachy but before bringing him home, I did my homework to learn facts about parrots, especially male Moluccan Cockatoo’s. Doing my homework prior to making a lifelong commitment helped me determine if I was, in fact, prepared to care for my [...]
Why Parrots Need Bird Toys
Bird Toys are an important component for keeping your parrot mentally and physically health and every pet bird needs bird toys. There are a multitude of bird toys on the market made in all sizes and with a huge range of parts. Most parrots play aggressively with their bird toys. We recommend that you choose [...]
How to Interview a Bird Sitter
Interviewing a bird sitter to care for your parrots while you’re gone is a critical step toward keeping your pet birds healthy and safe when you have to be away. Generalized pet sitters may be great with dogs and cats but, do they get bird care? You have to do your research before you turn [...]
Parrots and Fireworks: Prepare for New Year’s Eve
Fireworks displays are exciting if you’re expecting the sound blasts and flashing lights. But, imagine how frightening fireworks are for our pets. The loud noise and flashing lights are terrifying for many pets, including parrots. Parrots have sensitive ears and excellent hearing. Combine excellent with unexpected and unfamiliar low-frequency, percussive blasts right at dark when [...]
What To Look For in a Bird Sitter
Problem. You’re going on vacation or home for the holiday’s and you have to leave your parrot behind. Should you board your bird or hire a bird sitter? If you are weary of taking your bird somewhere for boarding when you leave for vacation, consider hiring a bird sitter to come to your home? [...]
About Feather Plucking and Dry Skin
Parrot feather plucking has many causes from changes that the bird perceives as dramatic and scary, such moving it’s cage or getting a dog or being near a window where it sees hawks or other predators, to lack of sleep and even dry skin. When you’re starting to unravel potential causes of feather plucking in [...]
Holiday Pet Safety for Parrots
Holiday pet safety for parrots involves both insuring your parrot is physically safe and is protected from the anxiety and stress of the season. Holidays are stressful for people but even more so for parrots. Parrots, like young children, appreciate predictability and routine. Imagine the holiday season through your pet birds eyes to determine what [...]
Why Choose Parrots as Pets
Why Well Informed Choose Parrots as Pets Every pet has its fun side and its difficult side. All pet’s have their pro’s and con’s. The pro’s: A well trained pet can be an endearing, loving companion. Research shows that people who have pets are healthier and happier. Whatever the personality of a pet, it loves [...]
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