September 4, 2007
- Parrot Care for Your Sanity
So you want to buy a parrot – or you already bought one. You were told what kind of parrot cage was best for the parrot breed you selected. You were sold Parrot Food, perches, and a few other items. You were advised on how to feed and water your parrot. Parrot care sounded easy.
You [...]
August 23, 2007
- African Grey Feather Pulling
Help! My African Grey is pulling feathers! My African Grey is pulling many feathers!
If you want to scream because your African Grey parrot – or other parrot – is pulling feathers, please don’t. Your screams will only make matters worse. You want to find out why the parrot is pulling feathers, and correct the situation [...]
April 21, 2007
- Parrot Food for Health and Safety
Whether yours is a Quaker parrot, an African Grey parrot, a Scarlet Macaw, an Amazon, Cockatiel, or some other member of the parrot family, you want to give it good Parrot Food. You want your bird to be healthy and happy. You assume the food sold in your local pet store is as good as [...]
April 11, 2007
- Parrot Adoption: Advantages and Disadvantages
Parrot adoption is an easy way to get a parrot at little or no initial cost. It can also be a way of getting a parrot that has already been trained to a degree.
Parrot adoption gives you a way to acquire one of these beautiful, intelligent, inquisitive pets from someone who can no longer give [...]
April 7, 2007
- Small Parrot Cages - Things to Know
Passing a pet store in the mall recently, I saw a window full of parakeets. This popular little parrot attracts a great deal of attention in a mall. Many families purchase one or more each year. Of course, parakeets must have small Parrot Cages. There are things you should know before buying small Parrot Cages [...]
March 23, 2007
- A Perch Fit for a King - or Queen Parrot
A parrot perch is essential for any parrot, no matter the species or the size. In fact, your parrot will need more than one parrot perch. It should have at least three parrot perches.
Your three parrot perches should be of different styles. They should also be made of different materials, giving variety in texture and [...]
March 8, 2007
- Making Your Own Parrot Food
As a new parrot owner, you may have taken it for granted that you would buy Parrot Food at the local pet store. Then, one day, making your own Parrot Food seemed the better choice. The question? How do you go about making your own Parrot Food?
Your Parrot’s Needs
The first requirement is to consider your [...]
February 17, 2007
- Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot Care
Double Yellow Headed Amazon. That name is a beak full. Also known as “The Double Yellow Head” or “Yellow Headed Amazon”, this is a friendly parrot. It gets along quite well with other birds and with humans.
Your Double Yellow Headed Amazon is also a very social parrot. In its natural habitat, it lives in large [...]
February 5, 2007
- All I Need Is a Cage
Parrots make colorful, comical pets, and many people simply can’t resist them. Above all, they can’t resist the idea that someday, their parrot will talk. A dog can’t do that! Neither can a cat, a goldfish, a hamster, or a ferret.
“Besides,” they reason, “a parrot is very low maintenance. All I need is a cage.”
But [...]
