Teaching Your Parrot To Talk Ron Hines DVM PhD If you want us to talk, you need to feed us right and keep us happy.You can read more about what you need to feed us here Read about some of the other things that keep us happy here: and here: Keeping parrots has been a … Read more
Avian Bornavirus (ABV) aka Proventricular Dilatation Disease, (PDD), Macaw Wasting Disease Ron Hines DVM PhD What Is This Disease With Many Names? In the early 1970s, changes in USDA regulations allowed a tremendous upsurge in the importation of wild parrots. Exportation of these birds in mass from tropical countries to developed countries soon followed and … Read more
Not all of these problems are easy to correct. Read about Marshmallow the chicken here Correcting Spraddle or Splay Leg in Baby Birds Ron Hines DVM PhD All Of Dr. Hines’ Other Wildlife Rehab Articles What Is Spraddle Leg? Spraddle-leg or splay-leg is a distorted leg problem that only affects birds that are still … Read more
Photos To Help You Identify The Baby Bird You Found Ron Hines DVM PhD Dear reader, Besides your donations, Visiting the products that Google chooses to display on this webpage helps me pay the cost of keeping this article on the Web. As you know, sites like mine that are not designed to make money … Read more
Your Dog And Cat’s Alkaline Phosphatase Level aka AP, Alk Phos, ALP, SAP, ALP Ron Hines DVM PhD See What Normal Blood & Urine Values Are Causes Of Most Abnormal Blood & Urine Tests See How Tests Are Grouped What To Do When My Dog Or Cat’s Liver Tests Are High Health Problems That Can Cause … Read more
Salmonella In Your Dog, Cat Or Other Pet And How To Avoid It Ron Hines DVM PhD Raw Pet Diets And Salmonella You read a lot about salmonella. Its one of the most common contaminants of the food we eat. Salmonella were discovered in 1885 by the assistant to the first US-trained veterinarian, Daniel Salmon, … Read more
What To Do For Birds That Can’t Or Won’t Eat Ron Hines DVM PhD All Of Dr. Hines’ Other Wildlife Rehab Articles There will be times when people bring a wildlife rehabilitator like you, or an avian veterinarian, a bird that is reluctant to eat. Its underlying health issue(s) might be apparent or they might … Read more
A Science-Based Vaccination Schedule For Your Dog And Cat Ron Hines DVM PhD Too Much Of A Good Thing- Autoimmunity and vaccines Vaccination Reactions Anaphylaxis Fibrosarcoma It Came In The Mail Why do some vaccines last a lifetime while other vaccines don’t? I wrote much of this article … Read more
Your Parrot’s Top Ten Health Hazards Ron Hines DVM PhD #1 A Poorly Thought Out Diet = Malnutrition The biggest hazard to your parrot’s health by far, is feeding it sunflower seeds and prepared diets based on cereal grains – particularly corn. Parrots were not designed to handle these high carbohydrate, high fat, low fiber … Read more
Why Is My Puppy Or Kitten A Runt? Ron Hines DVM PhD What Does My Dog’s Breed Tell Me About Its Health? There are healthy litters in which all the offspring are a bit small. The larger the litter, the smaller the puppies or kittens tend to be at birth. But that slightly … Read more