Our female conure, Chicken, had an egg-laying craze that left her egg bound. Four months later we were surprised to be faced with a similar situation.
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Keith G.
When you live with parrots, you play by their rules. Learn why for this author “the bird is the word.”
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Chicken, a 7-year-old female green-cheeked conure had been laying eggs until she became egg-bound with her ninth egg. The vet’s prognosis for Chicken was not good: unless that egg came out soon, Chicken could die. Find out what happened:
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Every year in early spring, many female birds begin to lay eggs. Keith’s bird, Chicken, started laying more eggs than normal, and then showed troubling signs that she might be egg bound.
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If ever there was an “it” dog for 2009, it is the Chihuahua. Thanks in part to Chihuahua toting actresses like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson, Taco Bell commercials, and movies like Beverly Hills Chihuahua, those little doggies are more fashionable than anything you might find on Fifth Avenue or Rodeo Drive. Deservedly so, Chihuahuas are fun and active, great for people who live in the city or in apartments, and have tons of character.However, what happens when the novelty of owning the latest “it” pet wanes, only to be replaced by the time, attention, and needs they require? California animal shelters are finding that out first hand.
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By gut loading feeder crickets for 24 hours before you feed them to your Leo, you will be letting the crickets fill up on beneficial nutrition which will then be passed on to your leopard gecko when it eats those crickets.
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Most people have known a bully. Bullies steal your lunch money, tell you what to do, and pick on people smaller or less fortunate than them. But what about when that bully is only four inches tall and feathered? Kiwi, our male maroon-bellied conure, is a bully. While he lacks thumbs to steal my lunch money or the language skills to make fun of me, it doesn’t stop him from bullying everyone he meets, regardless of their size.
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After waking every morning to find his bird feeder on the ground emptied of seed, this wild bird watcher played detective only to find the thief was a squirrel!
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“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” I’ve always enjoyed that phrase, first coined by Charles Caleb Colton in 1820 in his book Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words, addressed to those who think. I’m not sure that counts for Neil Diamond cover bands or Spam, though.
Parrots are masters of imitation, and can often [...]
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I mentioned at the end of my first post on Leos, albeit with a pretty tacky joke, that leopard geckos have an interesting trait that separates them (Eublepharis macularius) from most other species of geckos. And no, it’s not their inability to sell you car insurance.
Unlike many other species of geckos, leopard geckos lack “sticky [...]
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As I detailed in a previous post, Contessa, my eldest parrot, experienced a bout of diarrhea recently, which is never a good sign in birds. When that bout turned into a smelly, messy weeklong malady, we quickly made an appointment with the vet.
We had to wait a couple of days to get in to the [...]
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As a bird owner, I find that I spend a lot of time looking at poop. Let me explain.
About four years ago I became a bird enthusiast. Not by choice, really, but by proxy. My girlfriend at the time (my current wife) was the proud “parent” of three parrots, Chicken, Kiwi, and Contessa, who are [...]
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Things I did between 2004 and 2006: Moved to Pennsylvania, got a graduate degree, and fell in love.
That wasn’t the plan from the start (well, certainly not the “falling in love” part). And no, I’m not recounting how I met my wife, Felicia (that’s another story), but instead, how I came to love a lizard named Sid.
Attending [...]
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