My friend Jill is an innocent party in a menage de trois. There are three players in her marriage … herself, her husband John and a 15 year old bird who is madly in love with him!
But there’s good news as well as bad.
The good news is, the other bird is a white show-girl called Feathers, an Umbrella Cockatoo who can puff up her top notch and display a bright yellow head dress.
And the bad news is she is a deadly rival due to her possessive nature and razor sharp beak and talons! Continue Reading

This bird owner wants to train her attention seeking ring neck parrot so that he won’t make such a noise and a fuss. Why is the parrot doing this? Is it a cry for help or just a consequence of being spoilt? Read Glynne’s response and find out… Continue Reading

A bird’s trust doesn’t come as easily as that of a dog or cat. Todd’s Rainbow Lorikeet keeps jumping off his hand and trying to fly away. What can he do to get his bird to trust him more? Continue Reading

My parrot has been getting more and more aggressive towards humans so much so, I can’t even touch her anymore because she tries to bite me and quite honestly I am scared… Continue Reading

Jack the Cockatoo is displaying some strange behaviour - he pulled out all his feathers, and now he is suffering from boredom, and has started screeching as a result. How can his owner help improve the situation? Continue Reading

I’ve always known animals are smart, but not as smart as the lowly pigeon who in my book tops the “make a plan” charts. Now would you believe that these pragmatic pigeons raise their young on mother’s milk? And it doesn’t stop there either, because the fathers, not to be pigeon holed,  also produce milk for their newly hatched offspring … and that’s definitely something to crow about … um, coo about. Continue Reading

Brian’s parrot has stopped trusting him ever since he had his nails and wings clipped at the vet. He now seems to be shy and afraid. What can his owner do to regain his African Grey’s trust? Continue Reading

Helen has one fussy African Grey parrot. How can she go about introducing him to a new cage with as little fuss as possible? Continue Reading

How can I get my 3 yr old African Grey to stop being so aggressive? He dives at anyone who goes near him out of his cage?

Many thanks Continue Reading

This little African Grey parrot becomes bored easily and pulls his feathers out in frustration when caged. How can his owner teach him to accept his cage? Continue Reading