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How many treats do I get for washing all of this? Okay, listen up! Today is wash day. Try not to fall in this time. See… just drop the clothes in here. “What the….?” Drop that in the machine. Okay, fine! Give me the sock. You have to shake it out first. That isn’t how [...]

Living with a parrot can be challenging, rewarding, fun-filled, stressful, heartbreaking, nerve-wracking, and many other adjectives. Our parrot’s behavior is directly related to their interaction with us and how we care for our birds. Below are some tips for living comfortably with your pet parrot: Don’t teach your bird to behave badly – Many parrot [...]

***QUESTION*** “How do I stop my blue fronted Amazon parrot from screaming? Whenever we leave the room, she screams. We’ve tryed spraying her with water, clapping our hands loudly, etc. We are about to look for a new home for her if we can’t get this behavior under control.” Barbara F. ***MY COMMENTS*** From that [...]

True story: Dateline: Tel Aviv: Tele Aviv District Court issues a restraining order forbidding the owner of a pet parrot that won’t stop swearing from harming the bird in any way, upon petition from a local animal group. It had been recommended that the bird be sentenced to death, or that the tongue be severed, [...]

There are a lot of concerned bird owners out there who want to know about feather plucking. If left untreated and ignored, it can develop into serious health problems. Trying to determine the cause is difficult, because it can be the result of an underlying health issue, something in the environment, or simply a behavior [...]