When looking into getting your first parrot, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the choices available when it comes to different species. There are so many to choose from, and knowing which is right for…
When researching your parrot’s needs, you may have been surprised to learn about the debate over something called cuttlebone. There is a lot of confusion in the air about what cuttlebone is, why your conures…
For a long time, the advice to parrot owners was that it’s necessary for them to have grit in their diet. The idea was that harsh material was needed in the bird’s gizzard to break…
Parakeets may not be the messiest animals in the world, but they’re far from the cleanest. They, like most animals, are not too fussed about getting a little dirty in one way or another. But…
Nomenclature can be at once entirely intuitive and entirely opaque. With many animals, it’s completely unclear where and why they got their name, and you must look it up—with others, such as the Indian ringneck…
Parrots are most famous for their voices and inclination to talk and mimic human speech. When we are thinking of getting our first parrot, it is often the first thing we think about when choosing…