I’m so excited that Bird Talk and BirdsUSA is starting to offer some of my old and ever-green articles on BirdChannel! This is one of my favorites! Enjoy and stay tuned, lots of activity coming soon on Heckled! If you are looking to get a pet bird or already have one, chances are your favorite aunt [...]
December 3, 2011 – 12:52 pm
As I work on my new parrot training book for TFH, I find myself noticing training for better or for worse all over the Internet. The book includes trick training and training for husbandry and behavior, but I personally think the most important bits of the book are training the day-to-day. Right as I was [...]
October 25, 2011 – 4:28 pm
A snippet of the parrot training book I am working on… Imagine that your parrot is an alien dropped into your home from another world. Actually, this is pretty close to the truth. Parrots don’t have lips and cannot smile. Their strange little pupils expand and contract with their thoughts. Overall, they have strange [...]
I answered an email the other day that I thought might be helpful to share with all. What do you think? How do you decide what too many is? Dear Rebecca, What is a good retort to when people say, “You just have too many animals; you need to get rid of them.” The [...]
It’s been a regular avian grumpfest around here lately. The falcons are on an all-you-can-eat diet and the molting has commenced, meaning falcons who have no use for me and are nearly impossible to handle. The pigeons or making ostentatious and impossibly loud overtures to one another. Meanwhile, the parrots are touchy and feathers abound in the house. [...]
These are the five books I think should be on every parrot owner’s bookshelf. Click on the titles to read a lengthier review of the books. (and to add your own review if you agree or disagree!) Parrots of the World by Joseph M. Forshaw Everyone should have a book to pull off the shelf [...]
December 29, 2009 – 11:21 am
…People are Animals too!! Those of you who have heard me speak on parrot training, have likely heard me say this in 10 different ways in my lecture. We often forget how incredibly important it is to be considerate to the others who live with our parrots and are not necessarily parrot people. The ex-parrot [...]
This is always my least favorite discussion when it comes to new parrots, mostly because I think we get carried away. People slip and hit their heads, killing themselves in bathtubs and on stairs, but we all still have bathtubs and most of us still use stairs. Accidents happen and being overly paranoid doesn’t always [...]
Knowing that birds are sensitive to heavily scented candles and air freshener doesn’t mean your house needs to smell bad. There are several ways to keep you house smelling clean and fresh. 1. Keep it clean. Clean cages don’t stink. So make sure you change out bowls and papers daily and thoroughly scrub parrot and [...]
From “A Parrot For Life” here is a list and some thoughts on why you might NOT want to get a parrot. 1. I don’t have enough time for a dog. Sorry, but my parrots take way more time than my dogs. The eat more than kibble, require more direct attention, are more difficult to [...]
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