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Parakeet Food - A Guide To Feeding Parakeets

How do parakeets feed in the wild? Research has shown that parakeets feed, in the wild, mainly on seeds and fruits. Some species, for examples lories and lorikeets, or the Kea of New Zealand, are s...

Canary Food - A Guide To Feeding Canaries

What do canaries eat? Canaries are natural seed eaters, as can be seen in their strong, short, and wide beaks that are designed to pick up and de-husk seeds. Their special digestive systems also ar...

A History of Canary Birds

What are canary birds? Canary birds are the most popular pet bird in the world out the 8,700 or so species of modern birds, ranging in size from the huge flightless ostrich to the tiny hummingbird....

Guinea Pig Food - A Guide to Feeding Guinea Pigs

Your guinea pig's health depends on a balanced diet that includes guinea pig feed pellets, fresh foods that provide vitamin C, alfalfa for protein and roughage, and fresh water. During warm weather...

Guinea Pig Breeds - A Guide to Guinea Pig Breeds

First of all, why should you choose guinea pigs? Guinea pigs make wonderful pets, even for children as young as 5 years old. Adult guinea pigs weigh 2 to 4 pounds, which makes them easier to handle...

Cockatoo Habits & Behaviour - A Guide

How do cockatoos live together in nature? Quite a bit is known about the way of life and the behaviour of cockatoos in their natural habitat, which is in contrast to most of the other parrot specie...

Cockatiel Food - A Guide to Feeding Cockatiels

The diet of free cockatoos is quite varied, depending on their habitat. Some cockatoo species have developed specialized diets. Those that live in the grasslands of interior Australia mainly eat sm...

What’s the difference between cockatoos and other parrots?

Cockatoos are different from other parrots in looks as well as in behaviour. Their single-coloured plumage, usually white or dark, and their mobile crest of feathers are in contrast to the brightly...

Duck Breeds - A Guide to Duck Breeds

Black duck (also, black mallard) The black mallard, or black duck, is very similar to the mallard in some respects, but there is a difference as the bill is exactly the same size and shape as the M...

Which rabbit should I choose as a pet?

Why keep rabbits as pets? Raising rabbits as pets is super popular in the UK as they can easily be raised in any type of environment, whether it be country, suburb, or city, and they fit easily int...

How to catch and hold chickens?

When you start your flock, you will always need to learn how to catch and hold a chicken. This should be fairly easy, once you're onto chicken psychology. First of all, the best way to catch chicke...

Chicken Breeds - A Guide To Chicken Breeds

When starting a new flock, you have to decide whether you want large chickens or bantams. Bantams are normally kept as pets or for show, while the larger breeds are commonly preferred by those with...

Chicken Eggs & Hen Laying - A Guide

How old are hens when they start laying eggs? Hens can start laying (called Pullets when they’re young) when they are about six months old. Those hatched very early in the spring will sometimes lay...

Chicken Food - A Guide to Feeding Chickens

What types of chicken feed are there available? Unlike many other animals, due to poultry consumption globally, the dietary requirements of chickens have been thoroughly researched and it has been ...

Facts About Budgies & Budgerigar Answers

Where do budgies come from? Budgies belong to the parrot family in their native Australia and, in the wild, they live in huge flocks, which may be thousands of birds strong. The natural habitat of ...

Parrot Food - A Guide To Feeding Parrots

There are thousands of parrot species in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and indigenous to many different environments, so It’s difficult to have a one-size-fits-all approach to feeding parrots....