It has been a week and a day since Bandit squished his toe and so far, so good in the healing process. The dead skin on top of the toe came off, though I'm not sure exactly when except I noticed it on Tuesday when I brought him to the RV to keep Dave and myself company while we're sick with the flu. It's nice to have some Bandit entertainment wh...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Savannah, GA dressing room With a bandaged toe: Galah "Bandit" I can't tell you how many times I've almost shut the door on my parrot's foot or toes. And then there's the amount of times I actually have done it. C'mon, don't give me that reaction, you've done or almost done it too! Our parrots are fast, they wedg...

Photo by Geraldine Phillips Location: Australia Shown: Galah "Nyoni" Most of the emails I get from people are from galah owners. Bondi, Bandit and Ace (my galahs) tend to keep me pretty popular among the galah people and so that's where a majority of my advice is given to and sought from. A recent fascinating email came to me from the companion...

To my surprise, I've gotten asked a lot "How do you tell when your parrot is about to go to the bathroom?" and I guess I never realized that I knew this, but I do and in a lot of my videos you see me move my bird before he/she goes. It's a valid question so along with the video above (feel free to leave comments on how YOU tell with your own b...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Huntington, West Virginia Pictured: Rose breasted cockatoo "Bandit" Sometimes when I'm with my birds, I give them excuses that I really shouldn't. Like if one flies at me head, instead of to my hand... sometimes I will literally say in my head, "Oh, he probably didn't mean it, afterall, he hit my hand first, mayb...

Photo by Amanda Stevens Location: Waynesboro, VA Playing: Galah "Bandit"  Preferably, I like setting my aviaries up on grass. When that isn't available, dirt is fine and when that isn't available that usually means it's on gravel or cement, or inside a building and their ground is sawdust. But I love it when they can be set up on untreated gr...