Tag Archives: cockatiel care

Neck feathers is an essential part of every day. Every hour. Every minute would be nice. Part massage, part grooming, domestic parrots often rely on their parronts to do what a mate or avian family member would do for them in the wild. As such, any domestic avian gets quite good at “helping” the residentContinueContinue reading “Day 15: Neck Feathers”

This of course is what a certain feathery someone’s Mommy is wishing he was thinking. What is oh-so-clear from his “I can’t lie” facial expression suggests otherwise. All I hear is how healthy sprouted seeds are for parrots. So while I was waiting for Pearl’s fancy new four-dish sprouter to arrive, I picked up someContinueContinue reading “I Love Sprouts”

If there is one thing parrots are very good at, it is making time for prettiness. Spend enough time with a parrot, and you will learn that (no matter how busy you think you are) you can always find a moment to stop and admire prettiness. For instance, let’s say you need to find outContinueContinue reading “Day 14: Time for Prettiness”

This past Easter, I gave Pearl’s grandparents (aka the “Tall Tree” and the “Small Tree,” aka my mom and dad) a soft pink felt Easter basket. Once a certain feathery someone discovered it, ownership was quickly transferred under the longstanding rule of “What’s Yours is Mine.” Since then, he has been nesting daily (see DayContinueContinue reading “Day 13: Proactive Nesting”

Parrots are hard workers.Very hard workers.They are working constantly.For example, say you have a handcrafted bird-themed chair. And maybe to you it looks fine the way it is.But after careful assessment by a true expert, it may just be that modifications could make it look even better.Since these assessment and modification services come free withContinueContinue reading “Day 12: Working”

There is a reason having pets makes good practice for having kids. Imagine for a moment there is no other being in your house except you. You can get up in the morning knowing exactly how much time it will take you to shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, and start your day. Now let’s sayContinueContinue reading “Day 11: With Parrot”

Pearl, like all parrots, has a love affair with going up. And down. And up. And down. Since he has a permanent left wing injury from when his siblings bullied him as a chick, as an adult he has learned to rely on his Mommy for (frequent) relocation services. Luckily, Pearl’s Granddad has mad engineeringContinueContinue reading “Day 10: Ladders”

Hawks are scary. They get hungry a lot, they are great fliers, they like to swoop down from the sky and they have long sharp talons. Ouch. But what if you could make even the most ravenous hawk think you were family – or at least a good friend? It would then become totally uncoolContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Faux Hawk”

Everyone knows how a bird is made. First it is in an egg and then it comes out of the egg. In my extensive research on this subject I have learned that, for the new bird, the act of hacking its way out of the egg builds muscle coordination or survival skills or something likeContinueContinue reading “Day Nine: Eggs”

Technology has forever changed how the household pecking order is established. In the past, perhaps nips and shrieks were enough to assert dominance over fellow avians, furry interlopers, and of course the large featherless beings that seem so perennially confused about who is really in charge here. But with the introduction of “the laptop,” theContinueContinue reading “Day Eight: Technology”