Everything Happens for a Reason: Keeping Your Bird

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Carbondale, IL Pictured: Galah "Bandit" & Military Macaw "Crash" I'm one of those people that says, "Everything happens for a reason." we may not understand that reason til later, which is usually always the case. I've found that there's signs in life that subtly tell you what path you should be going down. ...
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What Kind of People to Socialize Your Bird With

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Carbondale, IL Shown: Galahs "Bondi" & "Ace"  Whenever we fly our birds in the arenas, we let anyone watch who is around or wants to. There's some people around the circus that I call or text to let them know we're going to be flying our birds because I know how much they enjoy being there. Then there's alwa...
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Bandit's Toe Update: The Nail Growing Back in

Photo by Dave Location: Murray, KY Pictured: Galah toe "Bandit" with new nail growing in  Bandit's toe has come to surprise me! The nail is growing in now, and it's coming in white-pink sort of. Not sure if it will eventually be in the right color along with the rest of them but we're really happy everything is coming in so normally after suc...
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Bandit's Toe

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Knoxville, TN Shown: Bandit's toe This is how Bandit's toe looks today. It has healed really nicely, and it looks as though his nail is beginning to come in but we'll have yet to see if it actually does or stays just like this. Luckily, it's no longer bugging him at all and he shows no sign of irritation with it. W...
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How to Tell My Male Galah Parrots Apart

Can you tell which of my galah's this is? Bandit or Ace? Look close, and read the titles after you've made your guess. Study the picture as long as you need to make your evaluation. You'll get better by the end of the post.  Photo by Dave Womach Location: Florence, SC Which galah: Read on to find out (don't want to make cheating easy!) This ...
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Before and After: Dead Skin vs New on a Parrot's Foot

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Corbin, KY Shown: Before image of Bandit's toe with dead skin on When I last updated all of you on Bandit's toe... it looked like the above picture, except with that gross dead skin being gone, and new fresh skin showing. At that last post also, it showed only the top skin as the new skin as the bottom skin hadn't ...
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