Dear Parrots magazine,
Being a sufferer of asthma and a parrot owner, I have been following any articles on clean air and how best to look after our health. Many of us live in warm double glazed houses that are airtight, but there, I think, lie serious problems. Without airflow and good ventilation, there will always be a high risk of health problems as dust will exist and possible mould spores in corners of rooms.
Dear Parrots magazine,
An article written by the Editor, John Catchpole, in Issue 156 (Are we heading for oblivion?) prompted me to write this letter.
Dear Parrots magazine,
It was about a year ago when I decide to get a Senegal Parrot, as my parents had kept them for many years. So I looked in the bird press and eventually found a man who claimed he had bred Senegals, and had some really nice babies. So, with my husband, we started on the journey to this man’s house, which was about an hour way, but we decided to go this distance as he sounded so genuine.
Dear Parrots magazine,
I have spoken to many people who have given accounts of birds in shops and garden centres that looked so sad and unhappy. And many have said they had to buy the birds to ‘save’ them.
Dear Parrots magazine,
In our house, my husband and I have always been arguing, in the nicest possible way, about whether or not we should have a parrot. I have always wanted one but he has been firmly against it. Well, a funny thing happened. A friend, who lives close by, learned of an elderly lady who had a Meyers’s parrot but, sadly, could no longer look after it properly as she was now suffering with arthritis.
Dear Parrots magazine,
BirdsFirst again visited the National Parrot ‘Sanctuary’ and Zoo near Boston, Lincs in February 2011. We first visited these premises in March 2009 and reported then on poor conditions for birds held there. Sadly, there has been little improvement for the birds since then. On the Zoo’s own figures, annual mortality of birds was just over 10% last year. We find this level of mortality totally unacceptable. While there, we saw that very few birds had access to heated accommodation. Temperatures in East Anglia can drop to well below freezing on many nights during the winter. It is therefore likely that many birds are simply freezing to death.
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