Just a thought this festive season, if you are going away, please think about who is going to look after your bird or birds. They should be left with someone who is going to see your birds every day so that if there is a problem the bird can be taken to the vet as…

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When I did my course to become a parrot behavior consultant, I had to trace the journey of bird keeping up until the present time. It was fascinating to learn that landed gentry kept large parrots in cages at the door way to their homes to alert the occupants of the house that there were…

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Sam, Sprog, Duncan and I are getting ready for Christmas– our Christmas starts early this year because our daughter is coming home to stay! Our feathered friends should be allowed to share in our festive cheer, they are special members of our flock.

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I sat down at my desk today and decided that it was time to put my sprig of Holly in my pen holder and get out the christmas cd’s. I am particularly happy this Christmas because Fiona our daughter is coming home from England for good — to set up a business here. She is…

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So you took home a cute fluffy, little bird from the pet shop. You were very excited, he was going to learn to talk, learn little games, and become one of the family. There was a beautiful honeymoon period and then wham it happened. That little bird began to do some things you did not…

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Years ago my sister in law and I wondered if an African grey could be taught to whisper— they were good at picking up noises and words and bird sounds could they whisper. We started talking very quietly to our greys in the hope that they would eventually whisper back to us.

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At the beginning of this month, I had an urgent phone call to go out of town to be with my mother while she was in hospital in intensive care. This meant that Sam and Sprog were going to be left in my home with my husband and my maid to care for them. I…

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