I Left On Vacation & My Parrot Starved Himself

I got my blue throated macaw, whom I call "Jinx", back in October 2008. He lived with me in Orlando for less than a month before I took my first traveling trip (via airlines) with him to Seattle, Washington for Halloween (I love spending holidays with my flock!)   Photo by David Location: Lacey, Washington Stealing the Bandana: Blue Throated Ma...
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Socializing: The One Person Bird

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, Florida Pals: Military Macaw "Cash" Meet Cash, our 2 year old military macaw (male). When we got Cash, we got two other macaws at the same time; Jersey and Chayko (female and male, sister and brother, blue and gold macaws). Because there were three birds, Dave and I split the bill. I mainly worked with Cha...
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Night Frights

Cockatiels are probably the most commonly known for having the worst cases of night frights among parrots. Usually, night frights occur for mainly the smaller birds but I have heard of a few cases of it happening for larger birds as well; including my own. I've had one bird fall off a perch during the night or begin having their own night terror...
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