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What Is In a Bird Food Pellet?
What is in a bird food pellet? A pellet contains a balance of all the essential nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, that seeds lack and that your bird
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How to Find an Avian Veterinarian
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) In veterinary school, most students receive very little training in the field of bird care. Therefore, most new graduate veterinarians are
Reasons to Visit an Avian Veterinarian
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) “My bird has never been sick before, so I’ve never needed to bring him to the vet.” This is what I
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How to Give Treats To Your Bird
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Just like us, birds love to eat treats. Whether you are rewarding your bird for performing trained behaviors or just giving
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Are you spending enough time with your bird?
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Birds are flock animals that are used to living in groups of dozens to hundreds, making them very social creatures. Their
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“Tough Love” Conversion Method: Creating a Routine for Your Bird
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) It would be great if you could simply offer your pet bird nutritionally complete pelleted food and immediately wean him off
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Keep Your Bird Safe This Holiday Season
The holidays are here, and it is celebration time, loaded with extra trimmings, decorations and merriment that surround our hearth and home. But, there are many challenges that we as
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Toxic Foods Your Bird Should Never Eat
By Dr. Laurie Hess, Dipl ABVP (Avian Practice) As social eaters, wild birds feed in flocks of hundreds to even thousands in the wild. Pet birds, too, like to share
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Conversion Tips
Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) What makes a good diet? Ideally, every bird should be on a pelleted diet. Pellets are a nutritionally complete food specially formulated
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Obesity in Pet Birds
By Dr. Laurie Hess, Dipl ABVP (Avian Practice) As with other pet animals, obesity is a problem often encountered in pet birds. Obesity is a major problem in older birds
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Read more articles on avian nutrition, care for your pet bird, and more.
Small Animal
Read more about Pet Rabbits, Guinea Pigs and Ferrets.
Zunation Podcasts
Zunation Podcast from the voice of Dr. Laurie Hess DVM
