The wing clipping process won’t be permanent if it’s done correctly. Most parrots molt once or twice a year, shedding worn and damaged feathers before regrowing healthy replacements. The time […]
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Can Parrots Eat Blackberries Safely?
Blackberries are juicy, nutritious fruits that grow from early summer until October. Each blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) has 20-50 seeds, known as drupelets. They have a sweet, tangy, and mildly tart […]
Do Quaker Parrots Like To Cuddle?
Quaker parrots can be friendly and loving birds. However, they’re also high maintenance, so not everyone can give them the one-on-one attention and care they need to thrive as pets. […]
Are Biscuits Good for Parrots?
Parrots love sugary, sweet-tasting foods and will readily eat biscuits, often to excess. Unfortunately, regularly feeding parrots junk food leads to weight gain and poor health. Parrots shouldn’t eat biscuits […]
Parrot Nostril Problems Explained
A parrot’s nostrils (nares) are located on the cere (the fleshy, bulbous top of the upper beak). The nares allow the parrot to inhale and exhale without opening its beak, […]
Bumblefoot in Parrots: Symptoms, Causes + Treatment
Bumblefoot (ulcerative pododermatitis) is a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction that causes painful sores and lesions on the surface (integument of the plantar) of one or both feet. Caged parrots […]