I found this blog post of hanging play gyms and became fascinated with the amount of toys this bird has to play with.  I mean look at all these bird swings and bird toys!!!  This bird owner must have the happiest and healthiest bird ever.
If anybody else can compete with this please send me photos.  [...]

Although I have talked about this before, I think it is important to mention again, as it is a common misunderstanding. So often I see people feeding both pellets and vitamins to their birds, trying to make sure their birds get everything they need to remain healthy. While the concern is well founded, I think [...]

I had an interesting experience a week ago. Because of a friend who rescued a severely plucked and distrusting blue and gold macaw, I ended up reviewing some bath products made especially for birds. My friend’s new family member is the most severely plucked Macaw any of us have ever seen, which includes people with [...]

Caring For Parakeets
By Nancy Richards
Caring for parakeets is the most important step in keeping parakeets as pets. Remember their immune systems can be touchy.  This means that at the first sign of illness, you should contact your veterinarian immediately. Even a simple virus can turn deadly overnight. A regular care and checkup of your parakeet [...]

Zebra Finches attain a size of 4″ and ordinarily the Zebra Finch might reach up to 5 years in its natural surroundings, averaging out 5 to 10 years in captivity with a upper limit of 12 to 15years. Males and females are really alike in size, only are easily differentiated from each other because the [...]

After a whole year of watching Mika enjoying head scratches, Stewie has decided that he’s going to allow me to touch him. Not just touch him, but rub his neck and pinch the keratin off his new feathers! Pin feathers are itchy and uncomfortable and, in the wild, parrots engage in allopreening to help each [...]