I’ve agreed to look after my friend’s Pionus parrot while he is away for the next couple of weeks, and I’m looking forward to getting to know the little bird. While I’ve been getting everything ready, my number one concern has been cleanliness. I like everything to be neat and tidy, and I know parrots … Read more
I had a friend over the other day, and he’s always been a bit of a clean freak. We got chatting about my Senegal parrots, and he said that as much as he enjoys their company, he doesn’t think he could have one around himself because of all the dust they produce. This puzzled me … Read more
I’ve had my Senegal parrot for about six months now, and while it has been cleaner than many other species that I’ve owned over the years, there has been one specter hanging over my head for a while—molting. It hasn’t molted yet, and my old parrots generally did about once or twice a year. As … Read more
The thing that has always amazed me most about parrots is how deeply they can bond with their owners. For such small creatures, they are incredibly emotionally complex, and have an incredible capacity to form bonds with people. I’ve been looking into getting a Senegal parrot recently, and one question on my mind has been … Read more
I was chatting with a friend the other day about all the most impressive talkers we’ve had in our parrot-rearing lives. We’ve both owned a lot of parrots over the years, and naturally one of the biggest points of attraction with parrots is their unique ability to talk. One species that came up, though, was … Read more
A friend of mine has been looking into welcoming a new parrot into his home recently. His kids are getting a bit older, so he thinks they’re ready to have a feathered friend around the house now. However, with three kids, the noise levels in the house are already close to unbearable, so when we … Read more