John 
Chocolate is one of my favorite foods. I love it in every form – dark chocolate, white chocolate, caramel chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate bars – you name it, I love it! And if you’re like 98% of the world’s population (just guessing), you probably love chocolate too. But does your parrot feel the same … Read more
A friend of mine was telling me the other day that their daughter’s birthday was coming up, and she had her heart set on a single gift. Nothing else would make her happy. She wanted a hyacinth macaw—one of the rarest, largest and most beautiful parrots in the world. Unsurprisingly, she was told that she … Read more
Sometimes, especially around the holidays or at your favorite aunty’s house, it’s easy to overeat. No matter how full we are, we always have room left for one tiny slice of chocolate cake. Then we eat the cake and have a stomach ache for the rest of the evening. Sound familiar? Sometimes I watch my … Read more
When I think of grasshoppers, it’s usually A Bug’s Life, the late 90s Disney movie, and a whole heap of accompanying nostalgia that first springs to mind. Besides thinking about flying Disney villains though, increasingly today people are thinking about grasshoppers and other bugs as a type of food. They may be a great source … Read more
Losing a pet can be a tragic and painful experience, and we grieve them just like we grieve the loss of our human family members. Parakeets are loved for their human-like quality of speech, but how far do the similarities go? Do parakeets grieve? The answer is yes, parakeets do grieve. They are social creatures … Read more
The other day a ladybug landed in my parrot’s food bowl, and before I could get it to go away, my parrot ate it. So then I needed to figure out, are ladybugs poisonous to parrots? If your parrot ingests one or even two ladybugs, they should be fine; you just need to monitor them. … Read more