How Do I Improve My Parakeet’s Diet?
Hi, Mitch,
I spoke to you about my parakeet’s diet and you were going to send me some helpful info. Thanks! Steve
Can I Train An Aggressive 7 YO African Grey?
Inna asks
Hello. We have a 7 year old African grey.
Unfortunately we made a mistake and did not train him properly.
We are having problems with his behavior.
He attacks. He bites. He is angry.
He only obeys one person in the house.
Is it too late to train him?
Who can we turn to?
Thank you.
How Can I Stop My Parrot From Plucking Its Feathers?
From a Facebook fan last night
I’ve got a Catalina macaw that has a problem of plucking, I took her to the vet, she has a clean bill of health, now if anyone can help with the feather plucking problem, I would appreciate it, Thanks
From a customer on the West Coast during a phone call this week
“My 14-year-old lovebird began to pluck for no reason at all.
We have him on the best foods we can provide like Harrison’s pellets but we had to put a collar on her to stop the feather loss.
Nothing has changed in her life and she is fully flighted”
Why Birds Should Fear Humans Not Feral Cats
For those of you new to the discussion I recently reposted an evergreen article about the effect of feral cats on earth’s bird population.
This is a question from one of our nearest and dearest customers along with my response.
Hi Mitch. You know me.
I’m a long-time customer of your store and will continue to be as long as the three of us are still alive on this earth.
So it is with respect and affection that I tell you that it is irresponsible of you to deny that feral cats are harming wild birds.
Will Vitamin E Help Heal My Birds Foot Sores
Hi Mitch,
Thank you so much for getting back to me, what you had to say was very helpful.
I do not know how to send pictures from my Chrome book, only know how to send pictures with my phone, I’m not very good with technology.
I did get Alex a rope perch recently, but he won’t go near it as of yet.
I read on the parrot forum that Vitamin E oil is good for pressure sores.
Do you agree?
Do you serve your bird(s) chop?
We asked this question in our Birdie Brunch served on 6/22/19
Do you serve your bird(s) chop? Share your thoughts.
I do not feed my birds only ‘chop’, but I think it is good for part of the diet.
Don’t you think this is all about ‘the next big thing’?
Will My Young Cockatoo Welcome An Older Macaw
Laurie C asks
My husband and I rescued a 3-month-old medium Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (aka Eleonora cockatoo) from a horrible pet store situation last August.
We finished his hand-feeding which took another month.
He was very skinny and underfed so we have spoiled him rotten.
How Do I Negotiate Bird Toy Placement With My Macaw?
My severe macaw is losing all his feathers.
The vet says I should switch her to 80% pellet food.
However, I am not convinced I don’t think they eat that in the wild.
I am trying HARI Prime vitamin, mineral, amino acid supplement w/probiotics.
Do you think this is an acceptable alternative?