We are trying something different today. This is a video interview with Dr. Jenkins, an avian veterinarian. The video sponsored by Chloe Sanctuary, a well known and highly regarded bird rescue. The two issues I have are 1)Treating bird behavior simply with drug therapy. 2) These drugs make their patients…

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File under “the universe is too complicated to be arbitrary” which begs the question “does a dyslexic agnostic believe in dog?” From our Birdie Bruch reader Betsy L. THANK YOU for today’s (9/11/16) birdy brunch! It was perfectly timed…. Yesterday evening, a Quaker parrot landed on my friend’s head while…

It amazes me that a lot of bloggers have a hard time coming up with ideas. I have an inventory of ideas for our Sunday morning get togethers. Ideas are constantly finding me from all sorts of sources. This past week a comment was left on one of our YouTube…

What are the most difficult parrots to keep as pets for most bird owners? First a little housekeeping. When we talk about species of birds, it’s important to be specific. To say that “cockatoos are needy” would be inaccurate. “Cockatoos like umbrellas and moulcaans are needy and affectionate” is more…

Popcorn crossed the rainbow bridge in the summer of 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer Popcorn’s blue plate bath special. popcorn-plate-sink-bath-mp4 Edit descriptionvideopress.com Popcorn loved popcorn popcorn-the-cockatiel-takes-on-popcorn-the-bowl-mp4 Edit descriptionvideopress.com Multiple Cages to Help Bullet Proof Your Bird multiple-cages-to-help-bullet-proof-your-bird-mp4 Edit descriptionvideopress.com

a-better-bird-ep-13-how-bird-proof-is-your-home2-mp4 Edit descriptionvideopress.com In about 24 months our household has gone from 0 to 8 birds. Six budgies (2 males/4 females), a female Senegal (surgically sexed) and a male African ringneck (males have the ring). I fondly call the budgies my little hooligans who have their own cage as does Peaches our 9…

a-better-bird-ep-12-migrating-6-budgies-from-cage-to-aviary-mp4 Edit descriptionvideopress.com I’ve often said the universe is too complex to be arbitrary. We brought home a Prevue FO40 birdcage for our six budgies, but once built and clearly felt it was too small. It sat in our living room for about three weeks. During that time we received a phone call…

Children are loud, and messy, and time consuming, but every family has 2–½ of them I probably spend less time cleaning up after my eight birds in three bird cages than most moms cleaning up after 2 six-year-olds (or a small child in a high chair eating spaghettios). To say…