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Taking Pet Birds Outside

On Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 10:49 am, No Comments »

Taking Pet Birds Outside (by Vera Dennison) If you take your pet birds outside on pleasant warm weather days, it can be a wonderful experience for them. It can however, also be traumatic and life threatening. VITAMIN D3 Precursors of Vitamin D3 exist in the bird’s body. By absorbing ultra violet light rays through his [...]

Feather Plucking

On Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 10:43 am, No Comments »

Avizandum, July 2005 Parrot behaviour: A triangle for controlling feather plucking Half a year ago I received a call from an owner of a year old African Grey Parrot. This bird named Coco was grooming the whole time and the owner was afraid that the parrot was starting to pluck its feathers. I recommended a [...]

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Monday, November 1st, 2010

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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

by Vera Dennison Whether you should buy a baby bird that is weaned or not, is not the issue here. I would like to help you deal with the situation where you have bought a baby bird, the seller has informed you that “it is still hand fed three times a day and this is [...]

Friday, February 10th, 2012

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 [...]

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

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 [...]

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

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 Unfortunately, due to space constraints, images will not be published in the magazine.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 [...]