The Amazing Adventures of Wee Ben

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Aug 16, 2007

Gone are the updates full of gloom and sadness. We shall have no more of that here in parrot paradise. Instead this month’s installment will be a more upbeat update and eventually we’ll get to “The Amazing Adventures of Wee Ben”.

The Bonaire parrot team have taken to giving the lora nests...

Desensitizing - Isn’t that what’s happening with violence on TV?

Parrot Blogger: Rebecca K. O'Connor | Aug 15, 2007

Or was it violins on TV that we're being desensitized to? Either way, desensitizing can be a good plan for your bird.  Taking care to note a bird's discomfort with a new toy and helping him slowly overcome that discomfort and gain confidence can go a long way toward encouraging play. It is very...

Enrichment? Isn’t that what they do to flour?

Parrot Blogger: Rebecca K. O'Connor | Aug 13, 2007

So why does it matter that Tao won't play with toys? Sometimes we just don't know what we don't know. That goes for animals too. You can give a parrot all the toys in the world, but if he doesn't know the joy of finding buried treasure, ripping up paper, or peeling pine into tiny chips then the...

Widowed Swan Soldiers On in Troubled Water - Los Angeles Times

Parrot Blogger: Mira Tweti | Aug 10, 2007

By way of introducing this story... I know Rupert's not a parrot but he is an Australian bird, as far as that goes, equally beautiful and exotic, and, he was quite exceptional as you'll see from the piece which, of all the things I've written is in the top three as a favorite. 

I wrote it for the...