The belief that baby birds that are touched by human hands will be rejected by their parents is a myth.
Did you know that it's illegal to treat most wild birds? The best thing to do is protect an injured bird until it can fly away or until a licensed rehabilitator takes over.
Cleaning your bird's cage can be relatively fast and easy if you maintain a regular cleaning schedule. That way, the mess never gets out of control.
When one of a pair of lovebirds dies, it is all you can do to prevent the other from becoming ill or dying itself.
Finding a veterinarian for an ostrich is not as easy as looking in your local telephone book for someone who claims ostrich expertise. However, due to increased specialization in veterinary...
If your bird has been diagnosed as being sick, your vet will most likely prescribe medication. At first, giving that medicine to your bird may appear to be an impossible task. If you adhere to...
Often, people who raise ducks want to know their ducklings' sex right after hatching. The most accurate way of sexing ducklings, aside from reading their DNA, is to vent them-- open the cloaca and...
Cockatiels hide their illness very well. Caring for a sick cockatiel requires a proper and early diagnosis of the illness, which often helps the bird to survive. While there is no substitution for...
Leg bands are regulated by specific state and government import and sale laws. If you're keeping your parrot as a pet, you'll want to check the leg band regularly for complications. Leg bands that...
To be a responsible parakeet owner means you must pay extremely close attention to any changes in your bird, no matter how subtle. Most parakeets become sick from stress or poor nutrition, but...
Cockatiels are most likely to get injured when their wings have not been properly clipped and they fly into windows to other obstructions. It is also possible for cockatiels to injure themselves...
Love pheasants? Are you interested in raising and possibly breeding a few of your own? Red Golden Pheasants make really good pets, and they are hardy, easy to raise birds. The chicks require a bit...
Choosing an avian veterinarian is perhaps the most important decision you'll ever make regarding the health of your parrot or other bird. Veterinarians specializing in avian medicine aren't as...
Birds can't tell you when they don't feel well. A sick bird's symptoms are sometimes hard to identify. Most sickness in birds is due to poor nutrition or stress. The best way to head off illness...
After my budgie, Turk, died, and I was ready for another one, I had to clean his cage well in case it was a disease that got him.
This was hard, because it is a bird's instinct to hide any...
When you find an injured bird or one that appears ill what should you do? You should never take on the role of a veterinarian, but there are a few things you can do to help the bird until you can...
When a bird develops a feather picking habit, it's hearbreaking for the owner watching his once-beautiful pet mutilating itself. It's a difficult, but not impossible situation to remedy.
Mosquitoes transmit West Nile virus (WNV) to humans and animals, a potentially serious illness, which may cause lasting neurological symptoms or even. There Signs of a West Nile virus outbreak in...
A number of factors go into keeping birds healthy. Besides proper diet, perhaps the most important factor is keeping your aviary clean. By keeping birds in an aviary, you eliminate the two things...
If your bird is sick or injured, it is best to seperate it from the rest of your flock. Besides the diease spreading, other birds pick on sick or injured ones to try to kill them, since in the...
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