Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Galah "Bondi"
I've bought my share of birds from breeders, and I've also helped friends, coworkers and clients purchase their birds from breeders too. It can be a hard decision finding the right breeder and the right bird for you, so here are 5 things that I personally look for in a breeder bef...
Photo by David Location: Coney Island, NY Shown: Animal Open House Aviaries
My cockatoo, Bondi, makes this obnoxious sound on metal. If I take all the metal away (which is impossible by the way because eventually she will even do it on the cage bars) she will find something to do this sound on. It's like she's feeding from it and no one reall...
Photo by Dave Location: Moab, Utah Pictured: Galah "Bondi"
Today I went to move my small birds from their travel cages to their aviary. It isn't a long distance, maybe 60 feet... from the gravel to the grass. I opened the aviary door and left it that way, as it was empty, and I planned on getting two birds in at once to lessen the amount of t...
Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Galahs: "Bandit", "Ace" & "Bondi"
This picture is of Ace on his second day with us. Jason, his previous owner, said he hadn't bathed in a couple days since being on the road and that he'd probably appreciate a bath. Luckily, Jason took amazing care of Ace before he came to us and so he has settled in re...
Photo by Dave Location: Sagle, ID Galahs: "Bondi" and "Ace"
After much consideration and going back and forth for a while now, Dave and I made the decision to adopt Ace, Bandit's brother from our friends Jason and Janell (and Xander). We've had a lot of interaction with Ace as we did a lot of the raising side of things with him when he was a b...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Flock: Quaker "Libby", Goffins "Theo", Cockatiels "Tinky" & "DeeDee"
Since I am going on tour this November/December, I decided to have Patty (a blogger from the bird tricks blog) come and live at the house while we're away for 2 years. It was a great work out for both of us, really. She got out ...