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The natural wear and tear that your bird puts on its beak during daily feeding, climbing, beak-grinding and playing is usually enough to keep your bird's beak right where it should be. Occasionally, however, a bird might have physical limitations or deformities that make self-care of the beak impossible. Read more...
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Chlamydia psittaci - also referred to as Psittacosis, Parrot Fever or chlamydiosis. In birds, C. psittaci may manifest itself as an upper respiratory infection with nasal and/or ocular discharge, diarrhea, or a combination of all three. Read more...
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The first question to ask when dealing with a biting parrot is why? Under what circumstance is this happening? From my experience, birds bite for generally one of two main reasons: survival or control. A third less common reason can be hormonal behavior. Read more...
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The Step up and Step down Training is probably the most important part of any Parrots training and all owners should consider doing this as part of homing a new bird. You will need to keep to a strict regime and be quite strict with your routine. Read more...
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Parrots are very intelligent animals and they are thought to have the same level of intelligence as a five-year-old child. It is therefore very important that they get mental stimulation, as the commonest cause of feather plucking is boredom. Read more...
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Trimming your bird's nails should be a fairly simple procedure provided you know what you're doing and have a good bird holder or other safe restraint method. The equipment you need includes a Cutting Device: on smaller birds this can be a pair of human nail trimmers. Read more...
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