The commodity markets and the USDA Earnings Reports are a thing of cold hard math. Take the time to read through any report on any commodity from sugar to oranges, beef to eggs. You’ll soon learn all food sits on a global bartering table. And the world is hungry. According…

“Time to take a f***ing shower!” *fartsounds* Parrots have potty mouths, too. Felix, our African gray, came home with us and brought three phrases with him. All containing the same swear word. His favorite being the one about taking a shower. Did he learn that from being told it was…

“Why do birds want to play and chew on the most inappropriate things?” A fair question posed by a kind friend. As evidence of her conundrum, she sent me photos of the bird in question. Alex, after purposely walking across the floor to retrieve a dropped thing considered inappropriate for…

Plans for nimble prepared action during an emergency. — Coastal living in Florida isn’t all sand, surf, and fun. It’s also hurricane seasons and no name storms. There’s a finesse and light nod to the future unknowns coming after June 1st. Evacuation plans are as important as not evacuating plans. You need the best not evacuating plans to serve…

“If we could bottle that and call it Parfum de Perroquet, we’d make a fortune!” Doctor and I stood in his Raleigh Durham, NC office, petting a rescue chicken named Butterscotch. I was in town to give a presentation at the local parrot club event. He was working on helping…

If we really want to talk to the animals, we’ll have to listen first. — ″‘This is interesting-very interesting-something quite new. Give me the Bird’s A. B. C first-slowly now.’ So that was the way the Doctor came to know that animals had a language of their own and could talk to one another.” Dr. John Dolittle, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting. …

The Magic of Gardening and the Surprises it Brings — “These are dirty!” A child holding a fresh apple, pointing at a cluster of carrots at the farmer’s market. “Those are carrots from a real garden, honey. Carrots grow in dirt.” Mom. Inspecting the tomatoes that are shaded under the farmer’s stand tent. “Dirt? I don’t want to eat dirt…

Healthy eating is the first defense of a healthy life. For man, or beast. Freeze-dried and dehydrated pet food are two newly popular choices for companion pet lovers who are looking for shelf life, nutrition, and a wide variety of options. Freeze-dried and dehydrated pet food and treats are making…

Design and fill your parrot’s cage space for foraging, napping, climbing, and play —