My daughter's swollen pointer finger from the bite she endured from blue and gold macaw, Tiko.
The inevitable happened. My 11 month old daughter got bit by a parrot. Not just any parrot - and not even one of my own - a 20+ year old blue and gold macaw. For those of you familiar with Taming, Training & Tricks you know him. His name is Tiko. ...
My six month old daughter Sydney holding my sun conure "Lily".
Recently my sun conures Lily, Phoebe and Detka have been escaping from their cage and making surprise visits to me throughout the warehouse - they always seem to find me wherever I am! One of the feeders is broken on their cage, and other than the occasional piece of tape, I haven't...
Photo by Dave Location: Kent, WA Helping me write blogs (or not): Toco Toucan "Rocko"
I can't even tell you how important I feel bird blogs on the web are. Not so much from taking every single word someone writes as gold (my own included, hell, these are just my experiences, not the Bible!) but to merely SHARE information, experiences, knowle...
Photo by Rachael Baker in Moab, Utah
Socializing your bird with new people can be really hard, not usually because of the bird, but because people react to things and sometimes they can react really dramatically. You don’t want the interactions your bird has with new people to be negative, and that’s why it’s best to start socializing with peo...
Photo by Missi Bellande Location: Ft Myers, FL Preshow parrot: Congo African Grey "Cressi"
I really love the all access preshow we do for the circus; it's a great way to socialize our parrots. But there is something I've noticed when it comes to people... and specifically bird people that I wanted to tap on.
Because most of the people I mee...
Dave and I always talk to people about the "Gypsy Experience", and the long version and seminar is on the Total Transformation Parrot Training course. But I'm here to give you the short version, the basics, because it's a lifestyle I live every day with my birds and I'm all about sharing that with you, my fellow bird caretakers. The video abov...
