Bird

Your bird’s food should consist primarily of various grains and seeds, as the shape of its beak may suggest. These can be purchased in ready-made nutritious mixes to ensure your bird receives everything it needs to stay fit and health.

Eating and sleeping: this is what makes up the every day life of the majority of pet birds. Whilst life in the wild can be more varied than cage life, many pet birds live a fairly monotonous life.

Have you found a featherless baby bird on your Sunday walk and are now wondering what you should do? Or do you want to trim your hedge but can hear a loud twittering between the leaves? Find out here what you should know about the breeding season for wild birds.

Budgies come from Australia and are used to dry heat there. If budgies get too hot in summer, they retreat to cooler places. Since they are predominantly kept in cages when in human hands, budgies cannot protect themselves from heat stress. Thus, these attractive birds rely on your help.

There are numerous diseases that can afflict parrots, budgies and the like and you as a bird owner should know about them, because it's only possible to protect parrots from potential diseases with the relevant background knowledge. In this article, you will discover the most important parrot diseases.

Easily recognisable by their white-speckled wings and the orange ring around their eyes, the diamond dove is a noteworthy exotic petite pigeon hailing from Australia. Nowadays, bird enthusiasts and hobby breeders around the world delight over these sociable birds.

The wild form of the Laughing Dove has evolved over many decades into a domesticated version, making it possible to keep the Laughing Dove as a pet. Discover here the characteristics typical to the North African Laughing Dove and how to create a splendid home for your dove.

Originally from South Asia, the Alexandrine Parakeet owes its name to Alexander the Great, who is believed to have brought this magnificent parrot back from India during his campaigns. Once a status symbol among nobility, this green avian beauty is now a popular ornamental bird, although it does require a fair bit of space.

Have you found a featherless baby bird on your Sunday walk and are now wondering what you should do? Or do you want to trim your hedge but can hear a loud twittering between the leaves? Find out here what you should know about the breeding season for wild birds.

Nothing awakens the feeling of spring in a garden more than cheerful bird song. As snow and ice begins to melt, birds once again have a reason to sing, with the harsh winter over and difficult foraging a thing of the past.