How Important is it to Bathe Your Parrot?

Photo by Dave Location: Augusta, GA Bathing: Galahs "Ace" & "Bondi" Bathing your parrot often is crucial to your parrot's health and feather condition. Some birds love to bathe (Comet, my Camelot macaw will literally take a bath ANYTIME!) others... not so much... like my military macaw will hang in the back while everyone else gets wet. He ...
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Hiring Help

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...
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Bandit's Toe

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Knoxville, TN Shown: Bandit's toe This is how Bandit's toe looks today. It has healed really nicely, and it looks as though his nail is beginning to come in but we'll have yet to see if it actually does or stays just like this. Luckily, it's no longer bugging him at all and he shows no sign of irritation with it. W...
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Simple is Genius When it Comes to Parrots

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...
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How Mirrors Help Train Birds

I realized just the other day how I've used mirrors A LOT in my training of parrots. It sounds weird, but every time I use the mirror to train one of my birds... it seems to train something completely different. Okay, I've only had two examples of this but now that I've caught onto it I will be using it on ALL my birds eventually. So far, it's j...
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How to Tell My Male Galah Parrots Apart

Can you tell which of my galah's this is? Bandit or Ace? Look close, and read the titles after you've made your guess. Study the picture as long as you need to make your evaluation. You'll get better by the end of the post.  Photo by Dave Womach Location: Florence, SC Which galah: Read on to find out (don't want to make cheating easy!) This ...
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