Photo by Dave Location: Little Rock Zoo, AR Shown: Catalina Macaw I recently got asked how to get a bird to enjoy being in its cage more, so to want to spend more time in there. Now, I definitely want my birds to enjoy being in their cages so that they aren’t miserable in their so-called “bedrooms”, and so that they won’t refuse to go back into...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Shown: My cat Ninja, my birds in travel cages and the rest of the circus waiting out tornado warnings  I've seen articles where people talk about being prepared for natural disasters and home evacuations. I've never really taken them seriously, I've always thought, "That won't happen to m...

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. ...

Photo by Dave Location: Augusta, GA Pictured: Jamieleigh & Rosie with parrot aviaries in the background  I'm kind of a neat freak. I know I've mentioned it in the past. I have my house in Florida professionally cleaned. I used to have it cleaned by a company called Merry Maids, but then I talked to my brother in law who told me he had conv...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Springfield, MA Shown: Our traveling aviaries indoors with sawdust below Sometimes due to weather or space, we have to set up our bird aviaries inside the arena buildings instead of outside. Our first preference, weather permitting, is outside by a tree (for shade) on grass. But when the birds have to be indoors,...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Florence, SC Shown: Banana pieces on top of the aviaries I was trying to pick out certain pictures this week and having a really hard time figuring out if I really liked what I was looking at. My birds were making a lot of racket, and I was getting annoyed and feeling like just giving up on my project because I co...