Dear Parrots magazine,
In response to Beth Paterson’s article, Wing Clipping (Issue 202). What a shame Beth Paterson, who studied Animal Behaviour, decided to clip her Orange-winged Amazon’s wings as a training aid. She implied she hadn’t made much progress using positive reinforcement alone.
Dear Parrots magazine,
Choosing the right diet to feed my birds has never been an easy decision, particularly with the many different opinions that I have read about. Do I feed seed, pellets, fresh food or whatever else?
Dear Parrots magazine,
It was interesting to read the question submitted by Alan Baker about parent-rearing his African Grey chicks, and yet still wanting to socialise and tame the babies.
Dear Parrots magazine,
I have had a 2kg bag of African Grey low sunflower seed contaminated with maggots. I have contacted the manufacturer several times now, but they have not bothered to reply. I then bought a second bag of the same make from my local pet shop, and when I checked the unopened bag, I could see slightly sticky strands with seed attached dangling down inside the unopened bag. I took it back to the pet shop and when the owner checked his other bag on the shop floor, that was also infected.
Dear Parrots magazine,
The article by Svetlana Velichko in the August publication was truly interesting for me although, perhaps, in a somewhat oblique way.
Dear Parrots magazine,
It saddens me when I see a flurry of bickering letters in successive issues of Parrots magazine.
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