Have you ever noticed these weird spikey things in your bird's feathers? What are they? Pin feathers, also known as blood feathers, are...

Color. It’s around us every day from the green grass to the rufus orange-bellied Robins flying around this time of year. Have you ever...

Play a game of peekaboo with some of our store pets!

Lorikeets are a unique family of birds that we seldom run into nowadays, but are definitely a fun one to interact with. There are...

Foraging does not have to be hard, super involved, or complicated! Some of my bird’s favorite foraging toys are super simple like hiding...

One question we hear a lot regarding health is “what is this bald spot on my bird? Is it plucking or sick?” While plucking can be a...

One of my favorite species of birds that we breed here at the store have to be the Eclectus Parrots. In total, there are 9 subspecies of...

Meet the Store Pets: Esther, Eclectus Parrot Meet Esther, a 7 year old female Eclectus Parrot and original SBF sugar baby! Esther was...

We often discourage any hormonal triggers in our pet birds as well as educate people why it is important to do so. The “old” way of...

How many of you remember back to science class to when we were taught about chromosomes? As a quick refresher, genetic males will have a...