Photo by Dave Location: Loveland, Colorado Pictured eating corn and brown rice: Camelot macaws "Comet" & "Tusa" Every once in a while a parrot related article will catch my eye and a recent on on malnutrition in parrots caught it this week. So I wanted to talk about the signs and symptoms of malnutrition, and what to do about it. First, wha...

Photo by Dave Location: Centralia, WA Pictured: my niece and nephew with Camelot Macaw "Comet" I love spending time with family, and for me, my pets are my family, which I think is true for everyone who has a pet whether it's a dog, cat, bird or ferret, or something else. Everyone grows very attached to their pets and looks at them as a membe...

Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: San Angelo, Texas Pictured: Camelot Macaw "Comet" Just like kids grow up and become teenagers and expect more freedom, I'm finding that parrots tend to feel the same. In fact, I think everyone enjoys their freedom to do what they want day to day. I know I love listening to music with some headphones and just...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Blue throated macaw "Jinx", Camelot macaws "Comet" & "Tusa"   I received this question after the entry of mine No Excuses: Ideas for exercising your bird.   Hey, I read your article on exercising bird by flying them. But my question is how do you get a bird to exercise by flying (even just in...

When a bird bobs his head, many people assume it's because the bird is begging for food and is really hungry. But I'm about to show you video as proof this isn't the case. In fact, birds of all different age ranges bob their heads for many different reasons. I even received this comment after posting this entry, which I found very interesting ...

Photo by Amanda Stevens Location: Waynesboro, VA Cuddling: Blue and gold macaw "Coco" I'm all over the place mostly, but I'm going to be dedicating most of my updates and posts back to this blog for a while. I feel better writing here. And if I do say so, Patty and Chet and our random guest bloggers do a swell job over at the other training b...