by Lee Stone
Kokoda is a 16 month old female Eclectus Parrot. She was purchased from an Eclectus Specialist breeder in New South Wales and flew to me in Western Australia at around 14 weeks of age, after she was fully weaned and fledged.
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by Hildegard Niemann
Parrots are wonderful birds. Their beautiful plumage, their intelligence, and the strong bond they can form with their owners make them irresistible for a lot of pet owners. Although information about these birds is easily available on the Internet, a lot of owners have serious problems with their parrots.
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by Greg Glendell
One of the benefits of training with positive reinforcement is eagerness in training. Getting an experienced animal to come to you or stay with you is not usually a problem. Yet the pendulum swings both ways. We must train our animals what they should do instead of being underfoot. One of my horses has taught me the importance of paying attention to emotions while doing this.
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by Joanna Berger
This issue, we caught up with Joanna Berger, who recently graduated with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine. As part of her Master’s project, Joanna traveled to Virginia to work with a parrot sanctuary called Project Perry, researching how the introduction of a new enrichment item to an aviary full of African Greys might influence different kinds of behavior.
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