Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 29, 2008
Parakeets are so underestimated!
Though they are capable of SO MUCH, they are often overlooked because most people want a parrot that can talk. Well, I’ve got news – parakeets can talk! And although they aren’t “well known” for it, they should be.
Learn how to teach your current bird how to talk.
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 28, 2008
Photo from www.thebirdwhisperer.com
Hybrid parrots are not seen in the wild and if they are, they don’t survive long. For instance, I often tend to get pure white or pure yellow parakeets. It’s just a personal preference of mine. Sometimes you will see them in pet shops and even in the wild, however, they do not [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 27, 2008
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Holland America Veendam
Male Parakeet “Visa”
Not many species of parrots are dimorphic, meaning you can tell the difference in gender by their outer appearance or colors. For example, mallard ducks – the males are colorful and beautiful while the females are bland and brown. Parakeets are also dimorphic by the color of their [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 23, 2008
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, Florida
On the piñata: Galah “Bondi”
I’ve found various ways to make desensitizing unique and fun for my birds. The galah above is my 3 year old named Bondi and she is the most desensitized of my entire flock. You can stomp your foot or drop a load of books on the ground [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 22, 2008
Photo by Pete
Location: Florida, USA
Hybrid Babies: 3 Camelot Macaws from the same clutch
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get all three of the babies pictured in the image above, but I did get two out of the three! These are known as Camelot Macaws and they are hybrids meaning not a pure-bred but a mixture of [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 17, 2008
Photo from www.fabstuff.net
I’ve only had to do this from the USA. All these requirements are based on the USA’s requirements for traveling with exotic parrots.
The first thing you need to know about your parrot is its scientific name. You can easily google this online. Here are some, as examples, of more popular species:
- African Grey [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 16, 2008
Photo by Jamieleigh
With no expectations, I poured my youngest rose breasted cockatoo a bowl of coconut strips. Dave picked them out from a Fred Meyer’s store in Juneau, Alaska along our travels. They were all dyed different colors – green, red, yellow and white.
To our surprise, Bandit immediately went for all the green strips and [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: October 14, 2008
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Saipan, MP
Bonding with the AC: Rose Breasted Cockatoo “Bondi”
Birds in the wild are very used to getting natural wind drafts. Especially after bathing your bird, it is important you don’t put your bird in the line of a cold draft. This could make your bird very sick just like it would a [...]
