Healthy Parakeets

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Cruise Ship Pictured: White Budgie The last few days Lexi's weight has reached the high 20's (28, 29) and Nikko is back in the early 30's (30, 31). They're both acting great but are not so happy about taking their medications anymore. Which to me, is a sign they are feeling much better! They're flying around and ...
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Sick Parakeets

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Animal Hospital (Vet) Patients: Parakeets "Lexi" and "Nikko"  Because I am constantly weighing my birds I normally know their average, full and lightest weights off the top of my head. Having 4 parakeets makes that a little trickier because it's much easier to get their weights confused but because Lexi is the only...
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Not Training Your Bird is Lazy

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Flying: Parakeets The above photo shows what healthy budgies/parakeets look like. They aren't clipped, they are flying skillfully and they are landing back on their owner (showing a bond). I recently got a call from a client asking if I'd be interested in going out and purchasing him a parakeet and t...
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Weighing Your Small Parrot

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Pictured: 3 Budgies I'm a stickler about weighing my own birds anytime I have them out and a scale is nearby. I have charts devoted to recording their weights. And most of my birds weights are memorized based on their "stuffed full" weight and working weights. Then they all have an average weight when...
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Bathe Your Parakeet

Remember all the ways to bathe your bird from Bathing Your Parrot Properly? Well, I wanted to show you how much parakeets enjoy bathing! I use a lot of different bathing methods due to traveling so much but the one I use when I'm at home is using a spray bottle to mist my parakeets. Here is a video clip I took to show you how I do it and just ho...
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Myth: Freeflighted Birds Don't Talk

Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Cockatoos: Galahs "Bondi" and "Bandit" A huge discouragement to letting a bird be a bird and use its natural ability to fly... is this myth that flighted birds don't talk. This is completely false!  I know, because I have both types of birds; the one who never flew outside before (Bondi, my galah) and one who...
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