Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Birdie Bread Muffins with Organic Pellets
I used these amazing muffins to get a client's hyacinth macaw, Hymie, to eat organic pellets for the first time ever. In fact, his diet went from a colored, sugary pellet and tons of nuts to fresh fruits, veggies, oatmeal, grains and organic pellets beca...
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...
I've gone through WAY too many travel carriers with my birds. This one above was eaten by one of my many traveling parrots. When shipping your bird UNDERNEATH the airplane, they do not allow toys to be put inside the cage. Therefore, THIS happens!
I finally began modifying my own travel cages just to accomodate my flock and work properly. The...
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 ...
