SPECIAL OFFER – LIMITED STOCK! Birdkeeping the South African Way is South Africa’s first video on birdkeeping. Part 1 includes: Hundreds of valuable tips Visit 3 award-winning parrot, finch, and softbill breeders Dr Tommy Blunden, a leading SA avian vet, talks on bird sexing as well as the export market needs Neville Brickell, a prominent avicultural [...]
SPECIAL OFFER – LIMITED STOCK! Part 3 – Keeping Finches A practical guide to keeping and breeding many of the most beautiful Australian, Asian and other interesting finches. This highly informative video is a valuable asset to both the novice and advanced finch enthusiast. You will see: Hundreds of practical tips State-of-the-art aviary and bird [...]
Article by Pauline James (Published in Avizandum July 2009) The way that you react and respond to your parrot will have an important bearing on how your parrot reacts to you. The rules that apply to training or communicating with a dog or cat – will not be gladly received by a parrot, so, it [...]
IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF AGE There are three ways in which birds can be identified: with an implanted micro chip, with a ring around the leg or by the less permanent way of cutting wing feathers in different ways. One can have valuable birds micro-chipped. In that case you need the digital reader to go [...]
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and now can you use a picture with your Birdshop ad! Upload images for your classified ad using the new convenient submission form. Images will be available to view online. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, images will not be published in the magazine. Click here [...]
C.I.T.E.S. (The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments, of which South Africa is a founder member. The aim is to ensure that the survival of endangered species is no longer threatened by international trade. It is a voluntary agreement that has to [...]
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