Parrots

I am writing this review as the owner of a Hand Reared Sun Conure, who I have had for over a year now. He's a lovely little thing, and incredibly sweet, but very noisy and very messy. My advice to anyone thinking about purchasing a parrot would be that you really should think long and hard about your plans. Whilst they make fantastic companions in the hands of the right owner, the novelty can soon fade for someone not absoloutely passionate about owning one, and this leads to a lot of unwanted noise and expense, as well as bird that will never realy be happy. Choose your species carefully! Parrots come in many shapes, sizes and colours and some ...  Read the complete review

AFRICAN GREY PARROTS... Where to begin ? Well I for a time had a Yellow-Crowned Amazon and a Grey which my mum inherited when grandma died. I knew those birds virtually all my life and loved them to bits. I was gutted when my mum re-homed them after I moved out, but I was expecting little boy, no way could I have coped with a newborn and 2 parrots in the small place we had. Anyway this is mostly why I ended up taking on an African Grey about this time last year, and wouldn't be without him. When I got him the poor guy had plucked himself bald and was not a happy birdie. Woman who had him couldn't cope with him and wanted to find ...  Read the complete review

I agree with alot of what you have said, i have a Sulpher Crested Cockatoo who is 6 years old named Bonnie, and yes she is very, very demanding wants to be out on my arm or shoulder all of the time which is of course impossible, she does however spend at least 8 hrs a day out of her cage more if i get the chance, even sitting here now trying to write this she is jumping up and down on my arm, i too ask people to think twice about keeping a parrot, even three or four times if need be, please dont get me wrong i love bonnie she's my little girl, i think and hope she is happy and she is very well looked after, spoilt really. Even though she was bred in this country ...  Read the complete review

This is a story about a parrot called Mack, a blue-and-gold macaw, one of the most common species of macaw parrot kept in captivity. Born in the eighties, after being lovingly hand-reared by his breeder, Mack’s first home was with the rich owner of a shooting club, who had a members-only bar. Mack lived alongside Sprocket, a sulphur-crested cockatoo. Both birds lived inside the kind of fashionable parrot cages that are totally unsuitable for the birds living inside…tall and round with hardly enough room to stretch their wings. The club was also a smoking one, and this of course was very unsuitable for these delicate birds’ lungs. Despite this, Mack and Sprocket became ...  Read the complete review

The oranged-winged Amazon is found situated in northern South America, where they occupy a large area. This area includes many parts of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and nearly all of Peru. This particular species of Amazon is the most widely imported into Europe and is considered to make an excellent pet as well as being a good talker. Being roughly 13 inches in length this makes it a lot easier to house for anyone considering bird keeping. Their plumage is mainly green with black, blue, yellow, orange and green wings. Why choose this particular species? I chose this particular parrot over all of the others as they're an easy to handle size for the ...  Read the complete review