June 2024 issue

Parrots magazine June 2024 edition

Boysie's Health Issues
Boysie is a Red-lored Amazon that has suffered a number of health issues, but now the caring staff at Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare are providing significant help with Boysie’s recovery.

Recently, they have recruited the help of specialist exotic/avian vet, Celine, from Coastways Veterinary Group in Brighton, which has always been a crucial area of knowledge that has been missing onsite. In the past, they have been limited by referring to specialist vets, when it was already known that a bird was sick and in need or emergency care.

Birds by nature, being prey creatures with a complex physiology, disguise illness and disease very well and will often become extremely ill before they show any obvious outward signs.

In this issue …

Parrot News
Environmental enrichment during the breeding period
Elderly parrot learns new trust
Infanticide or Adoption? Why parrots kill or care for each other’s chicks
Care home residents excited to see parrots
A Springtime Feeding Recipe
How a new service is helping birds like Boysie
Sugar’s heart issues
The 20th Anniversary of World Parrot Day
The saddest part of parrot keeping
DNA to fight trafficked parrot trade
Identifying how stressful and anxious behaviours are impacted by nutrition
Rocky the hooligan parrot from hell!
Parrots in the Neotropics top the list of wild pets
Parakeets bring a community together
Postbag
Calendar Dates
Parrots Helpline
Classified ads
and lots more…

Trust – issue 317

Spix chicks

Jennifer Greenberg who is based in Austin, Texas tells us how she rescues and rehabilitates parrots, as well as using social media platforms to educate others on better care for their birds. The latest bird she's been caring for is Poncho, a 39-year-old Yellow-naped Amazon.

Born in New York in 1985 and purchased from a bird store by his original owner, Poncho spent the majority of the first 32 years of his life in a tiny cage. His first owner had a large dog that went after Poncho, so he was left in a room alone where the dog couldn't get to him for years.

Since Poncho had been with Greenberg, she had seen a big change in him and explains how the biggest change she saw in him was his willingness to trust her.