Cleaning up after pets is a never-ending job. You may have noticed when cleaning your home how much hair your dog or cat sheds throughout the week. Parakeets make wonderful companions and require far less clean-up than other pets. But just how often do parakeets shed their feathers? Well, all birds go through a process … Read more
Having a pet parrot is a massive commitment, as we all know, as they can live for decades in captivity. So, I began to wonder, how long do blue and gold macaws live? Blue and gold macaws can live up to 30 to 35 years in the wild. In captivity, as pets, or in zoos, … 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
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
If you have ever watched a parrot eat, you may have noticed that they munch down on some lovely crunch things. Like, crunchy. Some of the seeds and grains that they eat could easily chip a human’s tooth. If we ate something like that, it would have to be well-ground. If not by machines, then … Read more