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If you ask a bird owner who has replaced furniture or window shade cords they will tell you that birds love to chew. Chewing is a normal bird behavior that can be modified or redirected, but it will never be removed from your bird’s habits. Your bird likes to chew and it feels good, its [...]
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In addition to food, water, shelter, rest, and social activity, your bird needs intellectual activity to keep healthy. The only way your bird can get this mental stimulation is through training and play time. Research has found that a bird can solve a problem by insight, similar to a small child. Parrots are considered to [...]
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All the experienced bird owner I talk to here in Champaign will tell you that once you have become a bird owner, you can’t own just one. The logical step after you are comfortable owning one, is to own another. But before you add another bird there are things you should consider. The physical, mental, [...]
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Making a decision to adopt a parrot is a big one by itself. It requires some research what kind of parrot you need to be able to choose among over 800 varieties. Some of the varieties are African Grey, Amazon parrot, Senegal parrot, Macaws – these are relatively large varieties; Lovebirds are small parrots that [...]
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If you’ve never put much thought into the difference between standard bird cages and parrot cages, then you are like most people. Picking a great cage out for your bird is something that you need to put good thought into, and size and material is such a small part of that. When you do select [...]
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Florida, along with Texas and California is among the top three states with the most bird ownership according to Bird Talk magazine. Though parrot fever or psittacosis is a relatively uncommon disease in humans, there are over one hundred cases reported annually in this country. Most wild and domestic birds can be natural reservoirs of [...]
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Often we are unable to detect illness in our pet birds because they are genetically programmed to hide them. This is because in jungles and the wild, if they display illness and disease they will be killed at once. It is survival of the fittest in the wild. Some commonly displayed symptoms are listed below [...]
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A very good question! The answer is a definite YES whether you have an African Grey, Cockatoo, Macaw or even a Budgerigar. All parrots are highly intelligent, social creatures that require lots of stimulation in both the wild and in captivity. In their natural environment parrots spend most of their life learning. Young birds learn [...]
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To help stimulate the economy of pet ownership, New York City’s Animal Care and Control is waiving adoption fees for those seeking pet cats. (ZT Pet News Photo by Richard Gentles) NEW YORK — It’s a deal even the stingiest of New Yorkers couldn’t refuse: a free cat, which arrives home already vaccinated, spayed or [...]
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(ZT Pet News Photo Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures) Animal Lovers Worry as ‘G-Force’ Takes Box Office From ‘Potter’: The 3-D feature edged out the reigning Harry Potter film this weekend with the action-packed plot of super hero guinea pigs. The adorable computer-generated characters has animal organizations bracing for an impulse-pet-buying fallout. NEW YORK — [...]
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