Let's start with forgetting that BIRDS DO NOT LIKE CHANGE!

Hi! I very much enjoy your emails and all the information you provide. By the way, my green conure (Wyndle) looks just like the bird you have in the picture with you, Mitch. Wyndle is a "mutt", not a pedigree like my Sun Conure was. She has a HUGE personality and is full of spunk; very strong, inquisitive, eats all day (not overweight, tho) etc. Read more

What’s a feather? It’s a product of the protein known as Keratin and comes in three flavors: contour, sensory, and down - feathers. Feathers perform far more services for birds than you probably ever thought. Mature feathers are dead and can only be repaired through imping, although their initial growth is called a pin feather and is quite alive.  Read more

Hi, Mitch and Catherine. I love your blog. Chock full of great info. 
I read it every week. I am getting a young cockatiel in about 5 weeks. My question is about cleaners to use in my house around birds. I use vinegar and water and baking soda for tabletop surfaces and hot soapy water with vinegar when I have done full cage cleanup every couple of weeks ..BUT.. I also have a cleaning service that comes in once every 2 weeks and I want to know about what are safe products to wash wood floors & wood furniture around birds? Read more

We keep the apartment at a cool 65° but Popcorn has an oil-filled heater next to her cage and an old-fashioned mercury thermometer next to her cage so we know that she’s in a temperature comfort zone.  She had been spending a lot more time in her birdcage - subdued. we attributed it to the cool apartment meaning she Enjoyed staying warm in her cage. 
I had run errands earlier and when I got home she had moved from one of her Booda perches that she sleeps and spends most of her time on to her heated perch. Read more