We also have information about potty training, microchipping, dealing with nippiness and hormones, night thrashing, weaned vs unweaned birds, bath time tips, learning to use a harness, using a "sleep cage", the pro's and con's of "shoulder sitting", how to weigh us, molting, etc.  

Mum is active on several forums and is often approached by other bird lovers with questions.  She turns those "frequenly asked questions" into articles intended to help you and your bird live "happily ever after!" 

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What's New: Updates to the story of George's learning to shower and included more photos. I've also updated George's vocabulary page and inserted a video. On turning 3 years old, George's behaviour suddenly became really dreadful.  We've resolved things (it took months) and I've started writing an article to describe what happened and we we resolved it. Stephen got a handful of great photos of Yellow Tail Black Cockatoos on April 17 - and I've added a couple to the page dedicated to our "neighbors".