by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Bird Anatomy, Health/Vet
Birds also have very efficient lungs. In order to produce the high amount of energy it takes to fly, a bird has to not only metabolize foods at a high rate but they also need to very efficiently use oxygen. That’s why birds will eat more than their weight in food each...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Bird Anatomy, Health/Vet
Most people are aware that birds have hollow bones and are light so they can fly. The 2 most important things to remember with bird anatomy is their mass/weight and their lungs. A bird being light means that it can very easily be affected by very minute quantities of...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Bird Anatomy, Health/Vet
A bird’s anatomy is vastly different from ours. For the record, MOST common colds and flu can’t be given to your birds. Avian flu, yes but if you’ve got that then that’s like worrying about gonorrhea when your leg just got shot off. So if you’re sick, you can still at...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Diet, Health/Vet
Oat Groats are the oat seeds that come in a soft shell that the bird has to tear off to get at. Similar to a sunflower seed but with a soft covering. This is a great treat to leave in a silo so that when they’re good and have to go back in their cage, you can twist...
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Diet, Health/Vet
Yo, Rocco Martino… eatcha veggies. Day good fohr ya.
by Red Arnold | Jul 3, 2017 | Diet, Health/Vet
Bird and other animal food is of lower quality than what the government mandates be served to humans. This means that even though birds are smaller and can be more easily affected by things like fungal Aspergillosis, the manufacturers aren’t legally obligated to use...
