Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 29, 2009
I’m all about providing the utmost comfort for my birds during travel… and letting them travel in style! So, we recently bought a trailer for all our stuff (20 feet long) and made the first few feet an area exclusively for the birds!
Photo by Dave
Location: Orlando, FL
Here’s what that area holds currently: From the left is [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 27, 2009
While toucans are primarily fruit eaters, they also eat a variety of meat like insects, other bird’s young or eggs, spiders and smaller birds. In captivity, we’re told to give mealworms to toucans. You can actually find them at some gas stations like we did when we were on the road from Florida to Idaho [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 24, 2009
Bandit, my youngest rose breasted cockatoo, is always hyper active and full of energy. Well, while spending the holidays with my parents in Idaho, he really mellowed out. It surprised me a ton! Especially because he and Cressi (my African Grey) were mellow at the exact same time.
I happened to catch [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 23, 2009
I’ve been reading a lot about healthy foods for my parrots. And I’ve found that brown rice is super healthy and be given on a daily basis! The interesting thing about brown rice vs. white is white I’ve always made on the stove top while brown rice has to be baked [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 20, 2009
As an excuse to show this video of my baby macaws, I wanted to demonstrate some baby bird behavior traits. Such as… head bobbing, wing jerking and the cute vocals. In this video are my two Camelot Macaws “Tusa” and “Comet” as well as my blue throated macaw “Jinx”.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 19, 2009
Photo from www.rosespet.com
One of my favorite food finding toys to use for my birds is a birdie skewer! You can do anything with these – well, almost. I always put fresh foods on mine. You can use tons of different foods on a skewer which is why I love them.
Here is a video of what your [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 18, 2009
I’ve always noticed people talking about “birdie bread” online on various websites and forums and never paid it much attention… until now. I finally decided to see what the fuss was about and ended up on Momma Bird.
I found that it doesn’t take much of my time to bake a little bread for my [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 16, 2009
I get asked a lot if I bring my birds in from their outdoor aviaries when it rains. Well, living in Florida, it rains almost every day at the same time and a lot more in the winter. It pretty much rains all the time!
And honestly, it’s a hassle to bring [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 15, 2009
I talk about desensitizing your bird pretty often with different things like dropping books or introducing a new toy, it can be something simple or something really odd (like a giant pinata!)
The purpose of desensitization is to get your bird use to as many different things as possible as a way to reduce the impact [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: January 11, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Cuddler: Blue Throated Macaw “Jinx”
I wanted to spread the word that I made my first ever Squidoo page, on well, Squidoo! It’s on blue throated macaws (inspired by the one and only Jinxi!) and has tons of helpful tips and information on diet and care of these endangered little guys. [...]
