I’ve personally never paid much attention to foot toys for my parrots. I used to and they always ended up at the bottom of the cage catching droppings more than any action. So, I just stopped getting them. Among foraging-specific toys, foot toys are designed to keep your bird busy for long periods of time and are great if you’re gone more of th...

Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, Florida Head lander: Congo African Grey "Cressi"  I have a lot of video footage and pictures of my birds landing on my head and I often get asked, “How do I get my bird to stop landing on my head?” as it can be quite annoying! First of all, my birds land on my head because I allow it. I’ve rewarded it before but...

Photo by David Location: Holland America Line Wearing me out: Congo African Grey “Cressi” Do you feel like your parrot has more energy than you do? By the time you get to him or her, he or she is just wearing you out? That’s how I felt when my above picture was taken. I had just finished saying, “You are wearing me out, Cressi!” before I face p...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, Florida Stepping up: Military Macaw "Cash"   Cash is my military macaw who is between the age of 2.5-3 years old. He was always “Dave’s boy” and I never had much to do with him. Not that I didn’t like him but when we got him we got two other macaws and most of my time was with them. We let the birds choo...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Seattle, WA Socializing with Brian Cook: Galahs "Bondi" and "Bandit", African Grey "Cressi"   I was always under the impression it was good to socialize your bird to as many different people as possible so you wouldn’t rear an unfriendly or “one person” bird. I never knew you could over socialize your pet parrot – ...

Photo by Dave Location: Holland America Stateroom Shower Wet head: Congo African Grey "Cressi"  Although your bird should be bathing 5-7 times a week, force bathing your bird to do so is not the equivalent to that. No bird should be forced to bathe – if he or she is running in fear from the water, do not make him stay under it. Getting your b...