Dear Parrots magazine,
About two and a half years ago I bought a hand-reared cockatiel and called him, Billy, after the TV series, Hale & Pace - they did a sketch with characters called, Billy and Johnny that I found hilarious. I bought him a cage and some toys to play with. He seemed to get on well with his new home and soon became one of the family, that is my daughter, Sally and myself. Billy and Sally got on really well and became firm ‘mates’.
Dear Parrots magazine,
I notice on the Parrots website Forum, that there is a post about zinc poisoning. I have seen much published about zinc toxicity over the years and am totally confused as to what is the best practice to avoid harm to my birds.
Dear Parrots magazine,
I was thrilled to read Eb Craven’s column in the April issue about perching. Eb has a great knack of identifying the ‘natural’ elements that can affect our birds.
Dear Parrots magazine,
It should not be surprising that birds in cages, or free in a house, will not normally have an opportunity to keep their claws down. My African Grey doesn't get much of a chance to walk or hold onto an abrasive surface, so her claws had grown quite long.
Dear Parrots magazine,
My family had never thought of having a bird in the house, that was until we saw this magazine in the pet superstore, 'Pets at Home' - the issue we saw had a cockatiel on the front. My daughter, who has just turned 12, originally went to see the small furries but was taken by the magazine cover.
Dear Parrots magazine,
There have been several letters in recent issues of this magazine regarding nutrition and what to feed our birds. But like previous writers, I'm afraid that I am not a fan of pellets as I think they are boring for the birds. I have tried different makes but cannot get my parrots to eat them very well. I thought, to start with, that they would be a good thing but after trying different kinds, I can’t get along with them.
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