Parrot Essentials Blog

Parrot Diet – Feeds, seeds, and health needs

Posted by Parrot Essentials on 22nd Sep 2016

Feeding a healthy and balanced parrot diet is one of the most important tasks for keeping healthy pet parrots. You don’t want to be the cause of any unwanted sickness and you don’t want to be the caus … read more

Do parrots understand what they say?

Posted by Parrot Essentials on 12th Aug 2016

I sometimes take Artha and Casper my African Greys who are well harness- trained on shopping trips in town. Why wouldn’t captive birds, who in the wild would travel kilometres each day, enjoy a change … read more

The smartest parrot is an African Grey called Griffin

Posted by Parrot Essentials on 22nd Jul 2016

The Smartest Parrot – Griffin Griffin is the smartest parrot and works together on various research project with Dr. Irene Pepperberg. In this latest study Griffin was able to pick up a triangle … read more

Your parrot escapes – Don’t despair

Posted by Parrot Essentials on 23rd Mar 2016

Your parrot escapes. What do you do? Dorothy Schwarz talks about her personal experience and knowledge of this situation. You went to answer the front door bell and forgot that the parrot was on your … read more

Why do Parrots Bite and What can you do?

Posted by Parrot Essentials on 16th Feb 2016

Mirt stepping up for a stranger Why do parrots bite? In this article our resident blogger Dorothy Schwarz shares here opinion and experience about parrot biting and how we can avoid it. My first two p … read more