Tag Archives: salt

is it bad to feed salty crakers to baby birds especially pigeons?

these crakers that contain salt

My daughter wants a bird?

My daughter is 5 and she wants a bird. I talked with my husband and he gave us the ok to get a parakeet. Is this a good bird for her? Is it easy to care for? What do I need to buy? I have a cage already, and I know I need food…Do they need salt, special supplements, special toys? I want the bird to be friendly, so how should I go about picking the right one? Any help is appreciated.

I know will be taking care of it seeing that she is only 5 so please dont tell me she is too young, feeding the bird under my supervision is a good start at learning responsibility.

How to get rid of fleas in my Bird Aviary without killing birds?

My puppy snuck in the room for a very short time and the fleas showed up later. The aviary is in the house and we have eradicated the rest of the house pretty well but I have been afraid to bomb the aviary even if I remove the birds and air it out. I have used borax and salt, vacuumed and sprayed the birds with mite spray(for birds and has same stuff in smaller dose as flea sprays) used a steam cleaner on cages. And they are still jumping on me when I walk into the room. I am not sure if they are actually on the birds and am worried about their nest boxes. I took all the boxes outside except the one that were in the process of being used by the birds. ( I have 8 love birds and 25 cocktails ) So I set up a trap with the lamp and the soap in a dish.
What else can i do that will not harm my birds?

How to get rid of fleas in my Bird Aviary without killing birds?

My puppy snuck in the room for a very short time and the fleas showed up later. The aviary is in the house and we have eradicated the rest of the house pretty well but I have been afraid to bomb the aviary even if I remove the birds and air it out. I have used borax and salt, vacuumed and sprayed the birds with mite spray(for birds and has same stuff in smaller dose as flea sprays) used a steam cleaner on cages. And they are still jumping on me when I walk into the room. I am not sure if they are actually on the birds and am worried about their nest boxes. I took all the boxes outside except the one that were in the process of being used by the birds. ( I have 8 love birds and 25 cocktails ) So I set up a trap with the lamp and the soap in a dish.
What else can i do that will not harm my birds?

is it bad to feed salty crakers to baby birds especially pigeons?

these crakers that contain salt

My daughter wants a bird?

My daughter is 5 and she wants a bird. I talked with my husband and he gave us the ok to get a parakeet. Is this a good bird for her? Is it easy to care for? What do I need to buy? I have a cage already, and I know I need food…Do they need salt, special supplements, special toys? I want the bird to be friendly, so how should I go about picking the right one? Any help is appreciated.

I know will be taking care of it seeing that she is only 5 so please dont tell me she is too young, feeding the bird under my supervision is a good start at learning responsibility.

Cockatiels?

Will feeding pretzels to a cockatiel harm the bird?. Will the salt be harmful?