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Coconut oil – worth the hype? – should I give it to my parrot?
Coconut oil is something that recently has been being more and more pushed as a part of a healthy diet for your parrot. As with anything this is best used in conjunction with a healthy diet. Health properties unique to coconut oil; Coconut oil has two main components that make it a fantastic addition to your parrots healthy diet. Loric acid and one of very few good saturated fats your parrot needs. These two are something difficult to find in a regular diet so having an easy way to provide these is fantastic. Some Benefits you may notice in your bird; How to offer; First you want to ensure you…
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5 Budgie/Parakeet Care Mistakes
There is so much to learn when it comes to Budgies/Parakeets. How do you know where to start! this blog is a great place to start our website offers much more detail on all of these topics if you decided to deep dive into a topic. Pet Store Purchased Food Food purchased from a pet store has its place but it should never make up the majority of your budgies diet. I make a homemade seed mix out of a whole bunch of seeds from the grocery store. I also make them up a veggie mix with as many veggies as possible. I feed pellets on rare occasion, I know……
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10 Things Budgies LOVE!
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Why is my parrot eating its own POOP!
It is important to determine whether your parrot/parakeet/budgie is eating their poop or just flinging its poop. Flinging their poop is annoying but it’s nothing to be concerned by. A parrot who is eating their own poop is not a healthy bird not necessarily because of the poop (although that is not good) but eating poop is an indication of a bigger problem! Why do parrots eat poop? How to stop this? Foraging toys don’t have to be expensive here is a link to an article i did on cheap diy foraging toys 5 DIY Foraging Toys For Parrots
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Common Items That Kill Parakeets/Budgies – Household Hazards Parrots
Parakeets/ Budgies have a very sensitive respiratory system. These common household items will give your bird and Upper Respiratory Infection or kill them so it is best to not have these in your home. Self-cleaning ovens – it is fine to have an oven with a self cleaning function just do not use it as it can kill your parakeet/budgie/parrot Household plants House Plants and Parrots goes over which plants are safe for your parrots and different considerations you should think of when having plants in your home with parrots Candles Essential oils Incense Room sprays – the above 3 as well as room sprays are full of so many…
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Feeding Parrots! – Biofilm
Dishes are something that seems simple enough you go to the store and with all the colourful and cute options you simply pick the one you like. Over time plastic dishes can create something called biofilm which is not good for the health of your bird. To be safe your best option is to use stainless steel dishes since you will be cleaning the dishes every day it’s best to be safe. In general bird, the owners tend to have three dishes, one for water, one for pellets, and one for the chop. I avoid water bottles just because they tend to be more difficult to clean and some birds…
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What They Don’t Tell You About Budgies!
When considering budgies and you read a book or look at the pamplets at the pet store or even talk to the employee you can often be misinformed about what it is really like living with and caring for a budgie. I am going to deep dive into things I think you will want to know that you might not already know as a someone who has owned 5 of these amazing feathered creatures. They can get REALLY excited! These birds can become very excited and very heightened very quickly and have a really good talent of finding the worst times to do so at. They can decide to get…