Reminder: Morgan is a 7 year old camelot macaw with a foot defect she was hatched with.
To catch up with Morgan's story, please click here.
Lessons from this video:
Always end the session on a positive note and while the enthusiasm is still high!
Crashing is part of the learning process - just like a toddler looks to its parents for how to re...
Our military macaw has always struggled with flying well. Mostly because he would spook and panic if he missed his first attempt at a landing, and end up crashing. We tried training him in a flight aviary where he could learn on his own time, we tried batting cages, we tried having him watch birds that were good at it and learning from them (o...
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. ...
Sometimes I grab whatever looks fresh in the fridge, toss it altogether and serve it up to my parrots. Sometimes I plan it all out, and sometimes I toss it in the crock pot and go. There are so many options, even leftovers too, for our parrot companions to eat. That's probably why you see I hardly ever serve the same thing every day. Which keeps...
One way you can include your bird in the holiday festivities early on is by letting your bird be apart of the preparation!
Some birds might need some extreme desensitization with the holiday decor; lights, trees, ornaments, noise, music, etc... there's a lot of things that go into the holiday that we don't think about but your bird might reac...
Photo by Glen Location: Moab, UT Drinking: Military Macaw "Cash"
I forgot about how much adjustment most parrots need when moving to a warm weather place like Florida. My birds came from Saipan, which is pretty much like Florida but maybe more humid? Not sure. It's pretty close...
I make sure that my parrots have plenty of water in the summe...
