Importance of Sunshine

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Sagle, ID "BEFORE" photo: Galah "Ace" Photo by Dave Location: Coney Island, NY "AFTER" photo: Galah "Ace"  Have a hard time seeing that these two photos are of the SAME bird? This is Ace, he is Bandit's brother, and is a two year old (ish) rose breasted cockatoo. And the only difference in these pictures is t...
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Galah Eyes: Ace the Cockatoo

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Coney Island, NY Pictured: Galah "Ace" If I asked those of you who think you know our birds well, most would say this photo is of Bandit. But it's not! And I am so excited to tell all of you, or rather update all of you, on Ace and his eyes! He has been outside here in Coney for about a week straight and takes p...
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Including Your Parrots in the Holidays

One way you can include your bird in the holiday festivities early on is by letting your bird be apart of the preparation! Some birds might need some extreme desensitization with the holiday decor; lights, trees, ornaments, noise, music, etc... there's a lot of things that go into the holiday that we don't think about but your bird might reac...
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Fitting a New Cockatoo Into Our Home

Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Galahs: "Bandit", "Ace" & "Bondi" This picture is of Ace on his second day with us. Jason, his previous owner, said he hadn't bathed in a couple days since being on the road and that he'd probably appreciate a bath. Luckily, Jason took amazing care of Ace before he came to us and so he has settled in re...
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Our Newest Addition is an Old Face

Photo by Dave Location: Sagle, ID Galahs: "Bondi" and "Ace"  After much consideration and going back and forth for a while now, Dave and I made the decision to adopt Ace, Bandit's brother from our friends Jason and Janell (and Xander). We've had a lot of interaction with Ace as we did a lot of the raising side of things with him when he was a b...
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Parrot Tricks: Rolling Over, Playing Dead & Bang

I taught both of my cockatoos how to "roll over" which is pretty much the same as "bang" and "playing dead" because they all involve teaching the bird to go onto its back on command. However, the thing is, I taught both of my birds using different ways. I used clicker training with both, but separate techniques (sort of). Let me show you what I...
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