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Parrot Screaming: How To Stop Birds From Driving You Insane

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There are many birds that include screaming in their repertoire of vocalizations. Eagles and hawks can often be heard screaming as they soar overhead. Other common wild birds such as blue jays and crows also call in what many people would consider to be a scream. It is simply one of the ways they communicate.

In their native surroundings, many of the parrots that are kept as pets need to communicate with each other over long distances. Their contact call, alerting the flock mates of their location, or alarm calls signaling danger, often take the form of a piercing scream that can be heard for miles. The ability to produce incredibly loud sounds is necessary for their survival. [Read more…] about Parrot Screaming: How To Stop Birds From Driving You Insane

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Parrot Sounds & Parrot Noises: The What, Why and How Of These Birds

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Parrots are capable of producing an incredibly diverse variety of sounds and noises. From barely audible purring sounds to full-throated screams that can carry for miles, their litany of calls is quite amazing. These relatively small creatures can make a lot of noise for their size.

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  • Categories of Bird Sounds
    • Songs
    • Calls
    • Non-Vocal sounds
  • The Ability to Imitate Sounds
  • Types and Meanings of Parrot Vocalizations
    • Happy Sounds
      • Talking
      • Singing
      • Whistling
      • Tongue-clicking
      • Beak grinding and quiet chattering
    • Neutral Sounds
      • Purring or growling
      • Learned sounds such as laughter
      • Silence
    • Unhappy Sounds
      • Beak clicking
      • Alarm calls
      • Screaming
  • Many Sounds and Meanings
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While many of the sounds and noises that your bird makes are based on their species, there are some common traits among parrots regarding the types of sounds they choose to make. There are also individually distinguishing sounds that a bird makes that are slightly different from others of its species. [Read more…] about Parrot Sounds & Parrot Noises: The What, Why and How Of These Birds

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Parrot Books: For Care, Training, Breeding and Species Guides

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There are many books available for the pet bird owner or parrot lovers in general. They range from specific species guides that can help you care for your pet, to first-person accounts of bonding with a parrot, and beautiful collections of photographs in volumes intended to grace your coffee table. Let’s look at some books that any parrot lover would be happy to add to their collection. [Read more…] about Parrot Books: For Care, Training, Breeding and Species Guides

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Understanding Feather Stress Bars: Causes, Identification and Solutions

Feather Stress Bars
Feather stress bars can very easily be overlooked if you are new to pet birds and don’t know what they mean. In fact, a lot of people view them as something normal and don’t pay them enough attention even when they do notice them. Needless to say, this is very bad for your bird. So, without further ado:

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  • What are feather stress bars?
  • What causes feather stress bars?
    • Aggression
    • Fearful behavior
    • Loss of appetite
    • Destructive behavior
    • Feather plucking
  • What should you do if you see feather stress bars on your bird?
    • 1. Examine the bird’s environment
    • 2. Consult an avian vet
    • 3. Give your bird an ample source of nutrition

What are feather stress bars?

Simply put, stress bars are visible lines that run crosswise through a bird’s feather. Together with the lines, there’s usually a change in the feather’s width as parts of the feather on both sides have stopped growing and the rest of it has continued the grow from the middle section. It doesn’t take an avian vet education to realize that this can’t be good for your bird – it just needs a moment’s thought. [Read more…] about Understanding Feather Stress Bars: Causes, Identification and Solutions

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Bird DNA Testing for Gender, Species and Disease Identification

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A dilemma faced by many pet bird owners is in determining the sex of their avian housemates. This is due to the fact that many species of birds that are popular with bird enthusiasts are not sexually dimorphic, meaning there are no visible physical characteristics that distinguish male from female individuals. In many cases, the males and females of an avian species appear to be identical.

Species such as the budgie, have a gender that can be easily identified when they are adults but may not be easy to see in young birds. Since a large majority of birds are selected by future owners or breeders before they are sexually mature, this poses a problem when choosing which bird to purchase.

DNA testing is a reliable way to determine the sex of your bird. We will take a look at what exactly DNA testing entails, as well as how it is accomplished. There are other uses of DNA testing in addition to gender identification which we will briefly review. [Read more…] about Bird DNA Testing for Gender, Species and Disease Identification

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Bird Molting: When? Why? How often? And Symptoms of Bird Molting

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Just as mammals shed their fur and reptiles change their skin, so do birds molt their feathers. Yet, for some reason, people are often surprised and even freaked out when they see a molting bird.

There are even plenty of cases where new bird owners try to return their bird or bring her to a vet because of her simply molting. And while this is definitely ill-advised, it’s also kind of understandable – bird molting isn’t talked about as much as fur shedding or reptiles’ change of skin and as a result, some new bird owners get caught by surprise. There is nothing to be freaked out about, however – bird molting is completely natural and harmless and all birds do it. [Read more…] about Bird Molting: When? Why? How often? And Symptoms of Bird Molting

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