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Look Who’s Squawking

by Keith G. on October 2, 2009

“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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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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