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Have you wondered what your bird is feeling?  Your pet communicates with you through parrot body language.  Help your bird feel understood by learning to read parrot body language

Parrots have supercharged lungs so anything that effects air quality may cause your bird problems.  Mother nature doles out smokey fire and smoke and man-made made disasters like air pollution or chemical spills also are a problem for parrots. Get some tips to evacuate and keep your pet safe.

Iodine deficiency in parrots is a known issue, especially amongst seed eaters and picky eaters. Find out the symptoms of parrot iodine deficiency and treatment options. And, finally, you'll discover one natural, bird safe, iodine rich product, AviKelp, to prevent your bird from becoming iodine deficient, in the first place.

Do you think that your parrot may have allergies?  Is it scratching or sneezing?  Read how one customer helped her parrot with advise from her avian veterinarian and reduced reliance on medications.

Relatively rare in larger parrot species, when Peachy contracted Avian MegaBacteria following a stressful parrot injury, we almost lost him.  Find out how we went about obtaining a correct diagnosis and how this deadly disease can be stopped in its tracks.

While molting is totally normal, molting parrots need extra care.  Learn all about molting and how it affects your pet.  But moreover, learn how to comfort your pet and help your bird grow beautiful plumage.

Us birds of a feather, flock together. As a bird lover, we bet that you love learning everything you can about all types of birds.  Learn where to find the most exotic birds in the world from this cool infographic brought to you by 1-800PetSupplies.  Then, check out our Pintrest board, Wild Birds.

Adolescent and adult parrots get hormonal.  In the wild, most parrot species mate once a year and the rest of the year, their hormones are in sort of a dormant state.  There are a few species that have longer mating periods, but not many.

Discover the physical effects of a parrot being chronically hormonal and why it is important to refrain from inducing this difficult state in your bird.

Wild parrots go into hormonal mode only once or twice a year, but vets report that captive parrots are commonly seen for chronic hormonal behavior.  Learn how bird diet is a part of a comprehensive strategy to help your bird achieve hormonal regulation.

In this post, part of our Hormonal Parrot Behavior series, learn the importance of bird lights in reducing unwanted behavior in your bird.  Keep parrot hormones in check with proper photoperiods for your birds species.

How is it that a large flock of Quaker parrots live in Brooklyn, New York?  Learn about the Quaker parrot species and entertain the thoughts of how the flock came to survive the harsh winter weather of Brooklyn and become known as the "Brooklyn Parrots."