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Meet other parrot owners and learn about birds at your local club.
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Don't wait until a medical emergency strikes to find a good avian vet.
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Picture poll
We asked:
Where did you
get your bird?
You said: Mostly pet stores
and breeders, some good,
some not so great
| This Tres Marias double-yellow-headed Amazon came from a pet shop. Her
owner, Adriane, would buy there again.
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| A local pet store gave Pablo, a feisty cherry-headed conure the
employees feared, to Robert
Wilmott of Santa Barbara free of charge.
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 Pepper the parrotlet
was a sick pet-store bird when Karen Ellett, a parrotlet breeder, noticed and decided to help. Pepper recovered after three weeks and a $125 vet bill. He is now Karen's only pet bird.
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Adriane wears her severe mini-macaw during a presentation to a second-grade class studying the rainforest. Her macaw is doing fine now, but Adriane would not patronize his breeder again.
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Paul Tomasi of Alameda, Calif., got his "terrific" blue-and-gold macaw, Lou-Lou, four years ago from friends.
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A breeder following Janie Merola's travails on a mailing list offered her Flash, pictured here. Merola's first two parrotlets, one from another breeder and the second from a pet store, both were ill
when she purchased them.
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Send us your pictures!
And tell us: Does your bird talk?
What is his
favorite phrase?
Include your name, your bird's name,
and your city and state.
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Parrot basics
How to choose, feed, house and tame your new parrot.
How to parrot-proof your house and yard to keep your bird safe and sound.
From blood feather to psittacosis, learn the lingo.
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