Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Musha Cay, Bahamas During a shower: Blue and gold macaw "Jersey"
Lately I've received a lot of emails and questions on the topic of bathing your bird and how to go about it without forcing, yet safely.
I've found a lot of popular articles (like on ehow) that advice people to use a towel to dry their bird, and a ...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Flying: Parakeets
The above photo shows what healthy budgies/parakeets look like. They aren't clipped, they are flying skillfully and they are landing back on their owner (showing a bond).
I recently got a call from a client asking if I'd be interested in going out and purchasing him a parakeet and t...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Pictured: 3 Budgies
I'm a stickler about weighing my own birds anytime I have them out and a scale is nearby. I have charts devoted to recording their weights. And most of my birds weights are memorized based on their "stuffed full" weight and working weights. Then they all have an average weight when...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Travelers: Cat "Ninja" and Galah "Bondi"
Whenever I travel with my bird(s) on the airline where they go as "carry on" with me... I usually will take them in what looks like a gym bag but is actually a pet carrier sold at many petstore chains. I use them for my cat and my bird! Now, these bags aren't e...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Triple bird cage
Not only should you be changing your bird's bottom of the cage (liner/newspaper) at LEAST once a week, but actually washing down your bird's cage is just as important.
If your cage fits through your doorways, simply wheeling it outside for a nice power wash is key. If it is to...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Bird section of travel trailer
For those of you that remember my Traveling in Style post, you will appreciate this one.
Originally, we equipped our trailer with enough cages to accomodate our flock when we would be traveling a bit. However, it was never meant to be "full time" traveling based on ...
