WindyCityParrot.com Blog: Recent Comments

Comment on Bird Travel Carrier on Casters - Back in Stock

2010-03-13T04:03:38Z

would this be suitable, in size, for a green wing macaw? For traveling, of course, not for living in:}

Comment on Help - Why is My Bird so Messy? We have answers

2010-03-12T21:52:54Z

Hi,
Our 2 SI Eclectus' aren't to messy with food going Outside of their cage, but they like to sit on the front of their cage door when it is open and poop on the floor. For a year we have been placing news paper on the floor to catch the mess. It works but ends up sliding around the floor if you step on it. Well in a moments enlightment I thought of looking for the roll of the plastic carpet liner used in the entrance of the house. What a God send, If they poop on the mat is is so easily cleaned and if it isn't caught early it is still very easy to clean with spray cleaners. The nice part is that for $12 I got about 10-12 feet which will do the front of the cages 2 times. Cheap, effective and easy to clean...it works for me!

Thanks for being so user friendly,
John A Ruglass (a happy customer)

Comment on Star Bird Climbing Net for Different Size Birds Part 2

2010-03-10T23:40:57Z

I have a 16 yr. old Blue & Gold & a 15 yr. old Green Wing (had them since they were 6mths old). I bought the climbing rope for large parrots and couldn't be happier. I put it right in front of the Blue & Gold's cage and she just LOVES it. It sheilds her from the Green Wing so she can hide whenever she wants. She climbs all over it and it looks like she maybe has stopped plucking her feathers as well! I'm buying another one for the Green Wing! My birds are in a small room, they each have their own huge cage. We installed large hooks from the ceiling and attached the rope to them (it took 3 spaced several feet apart). Buy this, your birds will love you for it!

Comment on African Grey - Needs Rehome - Owner health Issues - Indiana

2010-03-08T03:57:54Z

I'm not sure if they are willing to rely on a rescue to find a good home for their bird, but we would be willing to help. Please contact Irena and Bird Lovers Only Rescue in Schererville, Indiana. Lafayette is about 1-1/2 hours from us.

Comment on Canary that got the cat

2010-03-07T21:56:31Z

Hilarious pic -- love it! :)

Comment on HQ Divided Breeder Cages Back in Stock

2010-03-05T02:44:22Z

THese birds are set up in unnatural conditions. It is a fallacy to think that birds don't need any foraging opportunities while breeding. The more natural the environment, the better the results.

Comment on What Killer Whales Teach Us about Our Birds & Parrots

2010-03-03T19:39:47Z

So what you're saying is bird cages need more toys in them?

Comment on My Parrot is Smarter than Your Researcher

2010-03-01T00:11:57Z

I am wondering if Aviculture is suffering from the same thing that politics, medicine, and economics suffer. It's not nature that is screwed up, but us human beings. We make observations of one or two birds (or fifty) and then make rules that we are bound and determined will apply to all birds of the same type. I just don't think Nature works that way. The black and white magazines this woman refers to probably were 100% correct for THOSE birds. My belief is that 50 years from now, all the old rules will be back. We humans just keep looking out from our little skulls and making rules for the world. We need to relax.

Stetson

P.S. Just as an observation of something really indicative of what I am talking about. You will note that below, we have an opportunity to do a spell check on this blog. So, wanting to be perfect in all I do, I ran the spell checker. There was only one word that the spell checker on this site didn't recognize, not that I had misspelled it, it just didn't recognize it as a word. That word: Aviculture.

Comment on My Parrot is Smarter than Your Researcher

2010-02-25T21:18:20Z

Great Comment here with true experienced merit to encourage all parrot and bird enthusiasts to share their experiences with all of us. Certaily,"one size does not fit all" as the saying goes, but repeatable observations (which is what science is all about) is definitely worthy of sharing with everyone in the aviculture syber world. Keep up the good work and comments.
Rick

Comment on Diet Bird Food for Overweight Birds from Roudybush

2010-02-23T15:48:34Z

I was happy to see this low fat parrot food in your post. I have a bird that is a tad overweight and hadn't seen this product before. I believe that a parrots diet is the key to both his physical and emotional health. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!