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Your favorite pelleted bird food

Derek — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:57:22 +0000

Today I wanted to get some feedback about what brand of pelleted bird food our customers prefer for their companion parrots. In our store, we offer Harrison’s, ZuPreem, Roudy Bush, Totally Organic Pellets, Scenic and Goldenfeast. We want you to vote for your (or your bird’s) favorite pelleted food. We also want to hear why you chose this diet, so please add your comments!

The winner of this poll will have all their items on sale!

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Poll: Bed time for your birds

Derek — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:35:58 +0000

Birds need about 10-12 hours of sleep each night (so do I). After a day of work is when we have the most time to spend with our birds, so they don’t go to bed extremely early. What time do you birds get tucked in at night?

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Poll: When toys get pooped on

Derek — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:13:31 +0000

It’s inevitable, your bird is going to drop one of their bird toys and eventually poop on it. A perfectly good toy can get accidentally dropped and then smothered. So the question is, what do you do with your poop-covered bird toys?

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Poll: Your bird’s wings – flighted or clipped?

Derek — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:53:34 +0000

As bird owners, we want what is best for our birds. I think one big debate in the community is whether or not to clip your bird’s wings. I know we all want what is best for our parrot and the idea of taking away a bird’s ability to fly seems downright cruel at times. There is a reason this debate exists: there are pros and cons to each side of the argument.

Arguments for Flighted

Your bird is in a more “natural” state, they are happier & healthier this way
They can get outside to exercise (with a leash or flight suit)
They look much prettier with a full set of flight feathers!

Arguments for Clipped

Bird has to stay on the perch you put him which makes training easier. Your house also doesn’t feel the wrath of your bird’s beak or poop.
Loss prevention: your bird can’t fly away. Almost every time I hear about a bird gone missing it’s because the bird took off out an open window.

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Poll: Name Our Birds

Derek — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:57:19 +0000

This contest is now over, check out the results!

So we had a pretty good response with people submitting names for our birds, now it’s time to vote on the best! Remember, the winning entries will get a $25 gift code for our store.

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Poll: What to do with your birds when you travel

Derek — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:34:37 +0000

This Sunday we’ll be traveling out to San Diego to visit family for a week and a friend’s wedding. Unfortunately we don’t know any other bird owners in the Denver area that could take our two guys in while we’re gone as we are new to the area. Even if we did, I’m not sure what we could do with Little Wing since it’s hard to take a big stainless steel cage to someone’s house. Most people don’t have extra bird cages laying around. We also wouldn’t feel comfortable having someone just stopping by twice a day – the birds would be stir crazy by the time we got back.

So, our only real option is to board them. Avian vets often offer boarding, and what could be better than being at the vet office should something happen? The problem with vet boarding is that it’s not their primary business and usually don’t have an ideal setup/space and most of the staff is busy working most of the day. This has been our experience, maybe not for everyone.

When we lived in San Diego, our avian vet owned a separate avian boarding and rescue facility with it’s own dedicated staff – FreeFlight. It was also nice to know that the income they made from boarding went to support their long time resident birds. It also had an outdoor area where each bird had it’s own big perch to hang out on and be in a flock of other birds. Our guys always learned something new to say after staying there for a few days.

Here in Denver we have the Gabriel Foundation – I believe one of the country’s biggest parrot rescue organizations. They have better indoor boarding facilities, just not quite as nice outdoors since half the year the birds can’t be outdoors anyway.

So what do you do with your birds when you have to go out of town?

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