Health & Nutrition
Focus on Catching and Transporting of Parrots
EB Cravens
Preparation for catching and transporting psittacines takes a little planning to anticipate and meet all the birds' needs.
Dealing with Feather Picking
EB Cravens
Recognizing the signs of destructive feather picking, and suggestions for handling it.
Dangers of Stunting in Handfed Psittacines
EB Cravens
The accepted practice of handfeeding parrot chicks in order to make them into social pets has a sobering down side to it.
Collibacilosis - A Preventable Illness
World Parrot Trust
The bacterium Escherichia coli is examined, revealing its sometimes dangerous effects in people and parrots.
Allergic Alveolitis: A Hypersensitivity Disorder
Desi Milpacher
Information about this illness, and some simple precautions you can take to prevent it from starting.