by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Environment, Tu Casa Es Su Casa
Your home is their home so you need to do everything you can to mimic their natural habitat. Do do otherwise is irresponsible. Unlike humans, wild birds live outdoors. Outdoors means sunlight. Make sure your bird has ample access to sunlight. Do not keep them in a...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Health/Vet, Our Vet Stories
No C.A.M.P.O. Chocolate, Avocado, Mushrooms, (raw) Potatoes and (raw) Onions. Stay away from anything that is human made in a package like Rice a Roni. Yes, its rice, but it’s processed. Anything with extra salt, sugar etc. Also, processed stuff like soda and...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Health/Vet, Our Vet Stories
Now comes the adding of the bees to the 2 birds we have. When she was about a year old and coming into breeding age, we saw our 2nd bird, Holly, a female had been mating with Herbie our 1st bird, a male and was doing nesting behavior. Upon witnessing numerous, rather...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Health/Vet, Our Vet Stories
Remember, vets went to Vet school but YOU know your bird better than anyone. Some personal stories regarding the vet: We got Herbie by himself. Herbie was our best buddy. He’d do his “speed skater” pacing back and forth in the cage until we let him out and he would...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Bird Anatomy, Health/Vet
When it comes to feathers, you’ll have 1 or 2 molts a year. You’ll all of a sudden notice that your feather collection that has mated with the dust bunnies will all of a sudden be rather large comparatively. Some birds have real issues with molting. They become...
