By Marc Johnson, Foster Parrots, Ltd. Used with permission Your shelter may occasionally get calls to assist someone with locating a parrot who has become lost. The following is information intended to help with recovering an escaped bird. Many escaped…
There are many problems which you should be prepared for. We do not intend to list them all. Any time a bird has any of the following symptoms: stops eating, sits fluffed on the bottom of his cage, is bleeding…
By Sybil Erden, Founder and Carol Highfill, Phoenix, AZ – July 21, 1996 One of the most important items a responsible bird owner must have is a First Aid kit just for your bird. This is true whether you have…
By Sybil Erden, Founder - November, 2004 Many birds arrive at The Oasis with a box filled with seed, pellets, toys... the things the bird had used in their former home. Homer is a Citron cockatoo who arrived with, among…
The following common house-hold products are TOXIC and DEADLY to birds. A bird’s biology is so different from ours that things we do not even sense can and DO kill them! Remember the old "canary in the coal mine"…. Also…