Webinar: A Unique Learning Retreat for Pet Bird Owners
Date: Friday, August 26, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter)
Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guests, Lisa Bono, CPBC, Ann Brooks, and Dr. Susan Orosz will discuss education as the key to being the best bird steward. Lisa will report on the most recent Phoenix Landing Wellness Retreat, which was held June 4-5, 2022 in Asheville, NC. This unique meeting for pet bird owners offers lectures on many aspects of pet bird care. Lisa will discuss the speakers and topics and what goes on at a meeting like this, as well as why it is important for bird owners and professionals to continue learning through different avenues. Ann Brooks will join her to talk about Phoenix Landing, how it came about and why adoption or re-homing are so necessary for parrots. Dr. Susan Orosz will tell us how the idea for this special learning opportunity came about and how it became a place for learning from experts in the field as well as fellow bird owners. This will be the first-of-its-kind discussion for us, featuring three top experts in the field of companion birds, combining their expertise in education, rescue & Avian medicine. We look forward to having viewers join us for this rare treat!Missed our webinar? No problem! You can access the webinar in its entirety here:
I recently rescued a 20 African Grey parrots that was neglected and abused for years. He and I clicked immediately thank goodness. But I am struggling to help him with his self destructive habits. He is doing better. When I rescued him he only had head feathers and now he has almost all of them with a small area on his chest with scare tissue that must itch all the time, he keeps picking it sometimes opens it back up. Any advice other than lots of toys (rotate/rearrange), lots of attention, play time, out of cage almost all day. About 12 hours of sleep each night. I have finally weaned him off seed to high potency coarse parrot food as well.