Year: 2022
Choose a Healthy Baby Bird
Gael Lafond / Getty Images Those who decide to add a pet bird to their family often have their hearts set on a young baby. While baby birds are especially cute and captivating, prospective buyers should know how to distinguish healthy babies from those with potential health problems. While it’s true that many avian diseases …
How to Choose a Good Bird Breeder
How to Choose a Good Bird Breeder Choosing a good bird breeder is about more than getting the best price. It’s about buying from someone who has a genuine love for their birds; a love that is evident in the way that they are raised and cared for. Read on for helpful information that will lead …
How to Clip a Parrot’s Wings
Clip a Parrot’s Wings Wing clipping is controversial. It may stop your bird from flying out and escaping, but they can become injured by crash-landing when they can no longer fly properly. Think carefully first, and consider the alternatives that are recommended by bird trainers and behaviorists, including clicker training a bird to recall, so you …
How to Trim Parrot Claws
Trimming a parrot’s talons can be very difficult. Parrots may resist having their nails trimmed, so only attempt to trim your bird’s nails if you’ve bonded with your parrot. You will have to keep your parrot calm throughout the clipping process. Only trim a small portion of the nail to avoid cutting into the quick …
Teach a Hawk‐Headed Parrot to Speak
Hawk-headed parrots are unique birds and are popular among bird owners. They have the ability to raise the feathers on their head and neck to look bigger, much like a hawk.[1] Hawk-headed parrots are loyal, playful pets, and they can be trained to talk. You can teach your parrot to speak by talking and singing to …
How Baby Parrots Adapt Their Behaviors
How Baby Birds Adapt Their Behaviors. From the moment they are born, baby birds have to adapt to their surroundings to survive and thrive. Birds adapt both behaviorally and structurally to overcome predators and environmental factors. Behavioral adaptation occurs quite fast in the growth process, and it equips birds with the desired life skills. Though …
How to Transport Pet Birds
How to Transport Pet Birds How to Transport Pet Birds. Whether you need to take your pet birds to the vet, home or just a day out somewhere, you have to make sure that pet transport is safe and comfortable. When you buy birds, you have to be fully equipped with transportation means so that you can be …
How to Get Your Amazon Parrots to Breed
Amazon parrots for sale are beautiful and friendly companions – however, breeding them is another matter entirely and can be quite difficult as they are often slow to do so. If you want your pet Amazon parrots to breed with one another you will need: at least two of them (obviously!) and a lot of …
How to Clean a Birds Aviary
How to Clean a Birds Aviary Bird aviaries are a great way to keep birds safe and healthy. However, by using a birds aviary, the two natural things that usually keep their environment clean – rain and sunshine – are kept out. This means it is up to the owner to clean the bird aviary or bird cages …
How to Cure a Cockatoo Parrots With Cold
How to Cure a Cockatoo Parrots With Cold Cockatiels, just like humans, can develop colds. They will not be able to tell you they are ill but there are behaviors you can watch out for – such as a loss of appetite, watery eyes and sneezing. Sometimes ill cockatiels refuse to feed themselves – in …