Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Saipan, MP Macaw: Military Macaw "Cash"
Fellow entertainers scared of birds... beware! If you're looking for me backstage, just go towards the sounds of the parrots! Because that is where I will always be.
When there was only one bird in the show, it made it real easy to hang out with just that bird all the time...
Photo by Dave Location: Cruise Ship Backstage Preening pal: Congo Grey "Cressi"
I love to spend quality time building my bond with my parrots, but sometimes they are just so high maintenance that it makes it on the line of miserable. I don't want to always be "baby sitting" my birds, I'd like to just have us both do our own thing and be happ...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Somewhere in Nevada Road trip pal: Congo Grey "Cressi"
Taking your parrot on day trips is SO important for mental stimulation AND bonding. A good rule of thumb to remember is being the "familiar in a world of unfamiliars" which basically translates to... even if your bird isn't your BFF, when you take it somewher...
"Before"
I love aviaries because you don't have to clean them as often as indoor cages, and because it's SO easy to create ways for birds to forage in them by just using the grass at the bottom (unless you have cement).
Cleaning our aviaries is no big deal and it's fun to do it with more than one person, but it's also fun for me to do it by ...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Pictured: Swainson Toucan "Fiji"
I've trained my toucan, Fiji, to cry/scream whenever she needs the following:
Food
Water
Sleep
So anytime she screams, she gets one of those 3 things. Well, the food dishes in the aviaries outside are a bit awkward for her use but she makes do, somehow. I notic...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Playing: Grey Parrot "Cressi"
Rough housing your bird is actually a VERY good thing to do with them early on. It's a form of play that some birds LOVE and NEED. Other birds, maybe not so much, but every bird can enjoy it. Even my most mellow parrot, Bondi, lets us know she wants to play rough once in ...
