One of the most valuable behaviours you can train your parrot to do, is to enter a carrier or crate willingly…
Ollie
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At some point you may have to medicate your parrot. There is no need to catch the bird up in a towel which can result in a loss of trust…
Ollie checks out the weighing scales
Contrary to beliefs, it wasn’t the Dutch eyeglass maker, Hans Lippershey, who invented telescopes, but Ollie the Orange-winged Amazon!
The Deck Monster saga continues. Will the intrepid friends find the entity that lurks below deck?
Something stirs from under the decking… the first sighting of the elusive deck monster…
There is no cure for PDD, or AG as it is now called. A first hand account of the fight to try to save Ollie the from this horrific disease
Biting is communication. Usually it means “I’m not comfortable”, but can also be a response to over excitement or to get a “drama reward”
What is the purpose of aggressive behaviour in our parrots? How to address aggression using the least intrusive methods
Make clipping or filing a parrot’s nails easy using desensitization and shaping. No need for toweling and loss of trust on the bird’s part!