In a room of attentive listeners, the lecturer was periodically interrupted by “What are you doing there?” coming from a gray parrot perched on an owner’s shoulder. Parrot lovers and their pets ...

Parrots are highly intelligent animals that love to share their knowledge with the world. Your pet parrot may talk, sing, dance or comment on its surroundings when the mood strikess—yet many pet ...

Parrots are known for their bright feathers, sharp intelligence, and emotional bonding with humans. So when a parrot starts pulling out its own feathers, the sight can feel heartbreaking and confusing ...

Behavior and behavior-associated issues are an important part of psittacine medicine. However, many veterinarians have an approach to parrots from the basics of handling and restraint to their ...

Providing sufficient enrichment is the key to a blissful bird. Dr. Valli Parthasarathy of Synergy Behavior Solutions in Northwest Portland is now offering home consultations to help address avian ...

PARROTS ARE likely the most misunderstood of all companion animals. This is partly because they are genetically wild even if domestically bred, and handfed when young. Parrots are adventurous and ...