Have you thought much about bird sleep? Do you know how much sleep your pet bird needs? Wild parrots tend to flock closer to the equator where climates are temperate with only two seasons, rainy and dry, and there is little seasonal variation in the length of the day vs. night. So, you can [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Nutrigreen All Natural Moringa Leaf for Parrots
We read about captive parrot malnutrition all the time. While avian nutritional research has come a long way, we still don’t really understand how to replicate the natural dietary needs of parrots. Captive parrots come from all over the world, Australia, Oceania, South America, Africa. Each of these regions has unique vegetation that parrots from [...]
Birds Gobble Up Bird Mash Recipe
Whole Grain Bird Mash 1 cups kamut 1 teaspoon of turmeric 1 cinnamon stick 3/4 cups quinoa 3/4 cups amaranth 1/2 cup frozen sweet potato cubes 8 oz. frozen organic organic vegetables, mixed or stir fry 8 oz. frozen organic mixed greens esp. kale, collard, mustard greens 1/2 cup raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds 1/2 can [...]
Bird Care Tips: Grim Reality of Self Cleaning Ovens for Parrots
Who want’s a bunch of family coming over, cooking a bird, no less, with a crusty, dirty oven? Most of us want our kitchen looking good before our holiday guests’ arrive. But, bird care means that you have to be cautious about self cleaning ovens. They can easily kill your pet bird without proper ventilation. [...]
4 Tips for Evacuating Parrots in the next Superstorm
This past week of Hurricane Sandy has certainly been scary for everyone. If you’re a real parrot lover, than you know the sense of panic that sets in when faced with evacuating parrots. We had to evacuate 7 parrots in the Summer of 2012 and we’ve done a lot of research on how to prepare. [...]
Natrapet Bird Bath
Bird Bath Spray: Relieve Dry Itchy Skin with Natural Parrot Preening Oil Natrapet Bird Bath is a new alcohol free, vitamin-fortified Bird Bath Spray with unique plumage and skin conditioning spray that contains NATURAL PREEN OIL. It cleans and softens feathers, bringing out the natural shine and healthly luster. Plus, Natrapet moisturizes skin and feathers [...]
Factors that affect Canary Singing
Us Canary Lovers love canary songs. But what causes our canary singing to suddenly stop? Molting affects canary singing. Canaries don’t feel like singing if they are ill, in pain or are uncomfortable. Ill equipped canary cages result in an unpleasant home where canary singing won’t happen. Poorly nourished canaries won’t sing Alternatively, a young, [...]
Cooked Bird Food for Parrots
We were sad to learn that Beak Appetit Bird Foods has gone out of business. Beak Appetit provided a great bird food diet for 18 years. Dog gone the economy! But, we’ve got your back. There are still plenty of very high quality warm, delicious cooked bird food diets to offer your parrot. Chirp n Squawk Bird Supplies has chosen a [...]
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