By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Wild birds forage all day long. They forage for food, nest sites, and mates. They have jobs. They keep busy. Pet birds don’t have these opportunities. Bird owners offer food to their pets in a cup, provide safe housing with cages, and often become their birds’ …
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By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) While feeding ZuPreem’s blends to birds on all-seed/nut, nutritionally-deficient diets provides a great pathway to transition them to pellets, blends should never be fed every day as the main diet. Blends should not make up more than 30% of a bird’s total diet. They can be …
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) While ZuPreem’s blended diets are a great way to transition birds on nutrient-deficient diets (such as all-seeds or poor-quality seed blends) to nutritious pelleted diets, they can also be fed successfully to birds already eating pellets to provide them with more food variety and foraging opportunities. …
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By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Often when we bring new birds into our homes, whether they are from a bird rescue facility, breeder, or pet store, they are not eating the most nutritious diets. They may be eating all seeds or blends of seeds with nuts, dried table foods, and few …
As soon as you acquire your new pet bird, you should have it checked out by a veterinarian familiar with birds to ensure it’s healthy. Birds from shelters and pet stores typically have been housed with many other birds and may have been exposed to infections. Transitioning to a new home is stressful to birds, …
There are many reasons you’ll want to adopt an Amazon parrot; they are intelligent, they are beautiful, they have rich and varied vocalizations, and you can teach them a lot of things. To know more about the perks as well as responsibilities associated with owning an Amazon parrot, watch this video from our Avian expert, …
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Finding the Right Veterinarian Many owners of small animals, including ferrets, are surprised to learn that all pets need an initial veterinary check-up and an annual examination after that. Some veterinarians who treat non-traditional small pets, such as ferrets, actually recommend check-ups at least twice a …
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Remember, not every bird is the same. We all have preferences. You need to get to know your birds own personality by trying different things with him or her, whether it’s a food, a toy, a person, or something to watch or listen to. These are preferences – what he or she seems to be …
Cockatoos or “velcro” birds are very clingy. A novice bird owner might be overwhelmed to own one as they require daily attention. They can live up to 50 years so taking care of one is truly a big responsibility. Know more about cockatoos as Dr. Laurie Hess discusses it with her Goffin cockatoo, Quinn. https://youtu.be/V2gcJPgpzqs …
We are often asked if birds miss out on nutrition if they only eat a particular color or shape of pellet. Dr. Laurie Hess addresses this question in this video. https://youtu.be/0mXnU30xrXE Watch Nutrition in FruitBlend Pellets for Birds on Youtube. Video Transcript Birds actually have preferences so they will select out different colors and different …
