Summer is a time for vacation trips, sending our children to summer camp and weekends at the beach. With this busy schedule, we shouldn't forget about our pet birds. What can we do to shelter them from the hot summer days?Fortunately, birds can handle heat better than mammals. Their normal body temperature ranges from 104 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40 to 41 degrees Celsius). But any increase over the basic body temperature could cause heat exhaustion (overheating) in your pet bird. Birds do not regulate temperature the same way we do. They lack sweat glands. To regulate their temperature, birds lose heat through the evaporation of water by:
Birds are rarely capable of acting perfectly normal in the face of illness. The key to early detection of illness – and successful treatment – in pet birds is to learn to recognize some subtle signs.
Pet birds are easy to care for when well but almost impossible to deal with when sick. The reason is that birds properly cared for rarely get sick. When they do, well-kept birds usually fare quite well;...
Sometimes, water alone is not enough when you're bathing your bird. In cases where birds have become excessively soiled from hand oils, makeup or just from “getting into stuff,” a mild detergent is necessary....
Birds can be the most trouble-free of all pets, but when problems occur, they can be quite serious. A bird may look – and seem – fine for several weeks or months after it contracts a disease so even a...
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