How to Care for an Amazon Parrot / Care Sheet for an Amazon Parrot

Life Span: 60-65 Years
Size: Varies depending upon Amazon sub species 

About the Amazons: Amazons are comical parrots, but will tell you exactly how it is. Most do learn to speak and perform for attention with training and repetition. These parrots can entertain themselves while being caged (with proper toys provided), but do require vast amounts of attention. Gentle dominance training is essential since they are very independently natured parrots. This species of parrot is not recommended for the first time parrot owner...

Why do Parrots Pull Their Feathers Out or Self Mutilate?

Feather plucking and mutilation can be one of the most challenging and frustrating problems a bird owner can experience. Pluckers will readily pull out their own feathers, or severely damage existing feathers by gnawing on them. Areas of feather loss and/or bald patches will be noticed on the chest, abdomen, upper leg, shoulder and inside of the wings. If left untreated and undiagnosed, infection and permanent damage will be the result... 

Whether you have a Quaker Parakeet or a Blue and Gold Macaw, a Cockatiel or Yellow Front Amazon parrot, you know that one of the reasons you initially got your friend, besides the companionship and joy of having them, was to teach them to talk and hear what they have to say. This has been true of human and bird relationships for over 2500 years. Alexander the Great was one of the first rulers to bring back parrots to Western Europe after his long campaigns.

These animals have been treated as royalty and as pests, even being eaten as a myth arose in the dark ages that to do so you would be...

Summer Care of Poultry by Mike Stanton
This year we have seen an increase of the number of customers who are raising poultry for the first time. Many have no experience with the needs of poultry during the extreme heat of summer. Poultry will have different demands based upon the seasons of the year. Usually the summer heat will cause more problems with the birds than the cold of winter....

How to Choose the right Parrot for you
by Katie Copple

The first real question is, are you sure that your canary is a male?  Even though female canaries can, and do sing, it is only the males that have the long songs or warbles that the canary owner is attempting to hear.  Most reputable breeders and pet stores will be able to tell you if the canary is male or female, but that is only after the bird has matured into an adult. 

Lovebirds can make great pets, but before your purchase there are things to consider. Making the decision to have a pet bird in your home is a big commitment. It will require time, energy, and money on your part. In many ways, the commitment to bird ownership resembles parenthood. These small, cute, reasonably helpless creature will depend on you for their every need. Unlike a child, though, your pet will never leave the nest....