I know many of you are wondering what happened to Bandit, my male galah who was 11 years old, whom died while we were just a few days into a road trip that would lead to a Freeflight trip at a location he’d never been flying at, that I was so excited to take him. Day 1: I picked him up from my outdoor aviaries at my parents house in the afterno...
Photo by Dave Womach Location: White Sands, New Mexico Pictured flying: Camelot macaw "Tusa" and Galah "Bandit" (Email info@birdtricks.com for our freeflight course)
There’s a lot of questions that come up when it comes to training more than one bird. There are times when it works for the better to train birds at once (more than one) and there ...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Kent, WA In the mirror: Galah "Bondi"
Feather plucking and chewing, also over-preening has too many causes to name but many of them can be emotional causes from what the bird has been through in the past. These are much harder to work out so I’m going to go from the stand point of how to prevent your bird from ever...
Photo by Dave Location: Seattle, WA Pictured: Galah "Bandit"
I was asked to take a bird to a radio interview for the first time, and I was a bit confused until they told me it was going to be a webcast. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, and Dave and I went back and forth on which bird to bring with us. Since everyone had been asking where B...
Photo by Dave Location: Augusta, GA Bathing: Galahs "Ace" & "Bondi"
Bathing your parrot often is crucial to your parrot's health and feather condition. Some birds love to bathe (Comet, my Camelot macaw will literally take a bath ANYTIME!) others... not so much... like my military macaw will hang in the back while everyone else gets wet. He ...
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...
