Birds are beautiful creatures. Where else can you find such intricate and vibrant colors and patterns than on the feathers of your pet bird? It’s the first thing we notice about them! When you look beyond their outward appearance, however, you discover an amazingly intelligent creature that requires daily activity to keep them at their [...]
You have gotten your first real job after college and decide that it would be nice to get a pet. You are a couple of hours away from your parents and all you hold dear. Having a pet would give you some company, albeit not of the human variety. However, you are totally new to [...]
All pets benefit from training and this includes birds. A natural physical behavior would be stepping up and is a fairly easy command to teach your bird. Added benefits of teaching your bird this command will include your ability to enforce your higher status, it will help your bird overcome his natural fear, and it [...]
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 fun, [...]
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 be [...]
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, [...]
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 come [...]
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 [...]
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 the causative [...]
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 [...]