Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 19, 2008
It can overwhelming thinking about how much of your time your pet parrot requires. Is 30 minutes a day enough if I dedicate it all to my bird? Is two hours more likely? What is too much? When it comes to a parrot, to them, there is no such thing as “too much time together”. [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 18, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Sandpoint, Idaho
Pictured: Rare Solid White Parakeet “Lexi”
Parakeets make the perfect pets when it comes to owning a pet bird. I started out with owning a blue parakeet named Scuttles (after the Little Mermaid) I was still very young, probably kindergarten and living in Fallbrook, California.
I am now 21 years old and still [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 15, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Moab, Utah
Twins: Blue Throated Macaws “Dreadful” and “Gleam”
Thinking about traveling internationally with your blue throated macaw? I was, so like me, think again.
Now, I’m not completely inexperienced with traveling with my parrots. I’ve done it before, but never with a blue throated macaw who is considered an Appendix 1 to CITES. Half [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 8, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Sandpoint, Idaho
Showerer: Rose Breasted Cockatoo “Bandit”
I took Bandit into the shower for the first time while staying at my parents’ house in Sandpoint, Idaho. I didn’t take a shower perch but he had watched Bondi (a 3 year old of the same species) from a shower perch before.
He merely perched on my [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 4, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Napping: Solid White Parakeet “Lexi”
When I am at home in Florida and my birds are living in either their outside aviary or indoor cages, they do not get cage covers. They go by the natural daylight and night time from outside. But when I am visiting my parents, they [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 3, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Moab, Utah
Filming: Blue Throated Macaw “Gleam”
Without the help of: Calico Macaw “Siren”
How lucky I am! This is what I do for a living, well, among other things I choose to do on the side but this is my primary passion (although it wasn’t always this way) and I love it to the fullest [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 1, 2008
Photo from www.drsfostersandsmith.com
The easiest treats to train with are sunflower seeds and spray millet. It’s easy to hand your bird a single seed for a job well done or give them a quick bite of a millet stick. Other treats such as peanuts are more time consuming to prepare since you have to break them [...]
