The birth of your first child is an unforgettable experience - for the family pet! What preparations will help your perplexed pet and what is the risk of your pet causing disease in, or injury to, your baby?
Birds can be affected by internal parasites, including worms and protozoa, and external parasites, such as mites, lice, ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes. There are also some parasites that affect the blood.
You will be delightfully surprised if you decide to raise chickens and then have them as pets but you need to know what chooks (as they are affectionately called in Australia) are like as pets and what the basic principles of chook parenting are.
Chickens make wonderful pets and unlike dogs and cats, you can eat their produce! If you’re considering getting a few chooks (as they are know affectionately in Australia) for your back yard you need to know how to make a chicken friendly chook house.
A sad fact of pet ownership is that, when you take a pet into your life, you are likely to have to face the eventual death of that pet. Commonly, you will have to face the decision that your pet has to be ‘put to sleep’.
Hand rearing parrots is a lot of hard work, and requires a huge amount of dedication. However, the results are well worth it.
There are many reasons that you might want to know the sex of your bird, even just for knowing what to name it! But how do you do it?
As sensible, rational, thinking human beings, why is it that we insist on indulging the whims and fancies of our furry four-legged and feathery two-legged friends?
Training your bird to accept some basic flight requests is a beneficial alternative to wing-clipping.
Imping is the process of re-attaching donor feathers onto a bird’s wings, which restores flight immediately. It is invaluable in preventing broken blood feathers during a clipped bird's moulting period.