Exotic Birds
Parrot care, bird training, and exotic bird species.
The Farmer from Pudupatti Who Called Us for Macaw and Cockatoo Eggs
It was a busy evening at our support centre when a call came in from Pudupatti, a small village in Thanjavur district. The caller wasn't asking for a puppy or a kitten. He wanted macaw and cockatoo eggs, and he had already hatched and hand-raised a Blue and Gold Macaw using skills he learned brooding chicken eggs.
Buying a Sun Conure Online in India: Price, PARIVESH and What to Check
A Sun Conure is beautiful, loud and can live 20 years or more. What one costs, PARIVESH registration, how to buy online safely, the complaints buyers raise most (transit stress, delays, tameness) and how to avoid them, and settling the bird in.
PARIVESH Registration for Exotic Birds in India: Why It Is Required, How It Helps Owners, and the Risks Without It
PARIVESH registration is mandatory in India for exotic, CITES-listed birds such as African Greys, macaws, cockatoos and conures. Owners must register each bird on the PARIVESH 2.0 portal within 30 days of getting it, at a government fee of Rs 1,000. Budgies, cockatiels and peach-faced lovebirds are not covered, native Indian birds cannot be kept at all, and an unregistered exotic bird can be seized as Government property.
Diarrhoea in Pet Birds: Spoiled Soft Food, Fungal Infections, Treatment and Prevention
Soaked seeds, sprouts and chopped vegetables are good for budgies, cockatiels, lovebirds and conures, but left in the cage for hours in Indian heat they breed bacteria, yeast and mould. How to tell real diarrhoea from watery droppings, first aid, how vets treat Candida and fungal infections, and a safe daily soft-food routine.
Sun Conures in India: A 30-Year Bird, Usually Bought in an Afternoon
One of the most beautiful birds you can keep, and one of the most commonly rehomed - for the same reason. Why your sun conure is green, how loud loud really is, the three everyday things in an Indian home that kill pet birds, diet, cage size, real costs and who should not buy one.
