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Your New Bird
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Travelling With Pets
If you plan on taking your furry or feathered friend on holidays with you, moving house or even a short trip to the vet then here's some tips on how to travel safely with your pets.
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Guidelines for Hand-Feeding Baby Birds
Hand-feeding baby birds is only a substitute for parent-raised birds but it does have certain advantages. The hand-raised baby usually makes a better pet as it has been completely socialized with humans.
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Choosing a Cockatiel
The cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) is likely the best known and most widely kept member of the parrot family other than the budgie.
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Choosing a Canary
The canary (Serinus canaria) is the second most popular pet bird after the budgerigar. They are known for their good nature, attractive plumage and remarkable singing ability.
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Choosing a Pet Bird.
There are many factors involved in choosing the right bird for you.
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Telling Your Birds Sex
There are many reasons that you might want to know the sex of your bird, even just for knowing what to name it! But how do you do it?
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Caring For Your Bird
Once you have taken your bird home, you become fully responsible for its care and well-being. It is not good enough to just put them in a cage with some seed and water, and hope for the best.
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Keeping a Budgerigar
Having the right cage and food will keep your budgie happy and healthy.
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Care of Day Old Chickens
You will be delightfully surprised if you decide to raise chickens and then have them as pets but you need to know what chooks (as they are affectionately called in Australia) are like as pets and what the basic principles of chook parenting are.
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Hand Rearing Baby Parrots
Hand rearing parrots is a lot of hard work, and requires a huge amount of dedication. However, the results are well worth it.
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