When Should I Take My Parrot To See A Veterinarian? Ron Hines DVM PhD The Ten Most Common Parrot Health Hazards If My Feathers Don’t Look Good Go here and here Parrots Need To Be Examined By An Avian Veterinarian Whenever Their Apearance, Behavior Or Personality Changes For The Worse. That … Read more
Wildlife Rehabilitation Guidelines Crop Impactions, Burn throughs, And Other Crop Problems In Wild And Domestic Birds Ron Hines DVM PhD The scientific name for a bird’s crop is its ingluvies. The crops of all birds are an enlargement of their esophagus. In most of the bird kingdom, this sac is a poorly developed organ … Read more
How Old Am I? Ron Hines DVM PhD Diet is a key, read about that here Hi My name is Sammy and I live in Canyon Lake, Texas, and I am 27 years old. I went through several wives in my first 20 years, but now I have a younger male companion. We get … Read more
How Do I Get My Finicky Parrot To Eat A Balanced, Healthy Diet In Spite Of Itself? Ron Hines DVM PhD To learn more about your parrots feather, go here To learn more about why some parrots pull their own feathers out, go here I Believe That Less Than Half Of The Parrots … Read more
Link To All Ferret Health Care Articles Liver Disease & Hepatitis In Your Ferret Ron Hines DVM PhD Hepatitis and liver disease are not commonly mentioned as diseases of pet ferrets. Veterinarians in private practice rarely diagnose it. But when they do a blood enzyme profile on your ferret and find that one enzyme, ALT … Read more
Link To All Ferret Health Care Articles Diabetes In Your Ferret Ron Hines DVM PhD Not many ferrets go on to develop diabetes and hopefully yours won’t. Diabetes is a situation where not enough insulin is present for the ferret’s body cells to utilize sugars (Type1) or when those cells loose their ability to use … Read more
Link to All Ferret Health Care Articles Potential Parasite Threats To Your Ferret Ron Hines DVM PhD Read about ear mites on your ferret here Read about heartworms in your ferret here Read about fleas on your ferret here If you purchased your ferret from a large, reputable breeder. If … Read more
Can I Make My Parrot’s Diet From The Supermarket Items I Buy For Myself?
What Flavors Can Birds Taste? What Odors Can Birds Smell? Ron Hines DVM PhD All Of Dr. Hines’ Other Wildlife Rehab Articles Us humans can taste sweet. We can taste bitter, we can taste the amino acids found in meat and mushrooms (= umami ) . We can taste salty. We can taste sour and we … Read more
A Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Guide To Cages And Pens Ron Hines DVM PhD All Of Dr. Hines’ Other Wildlife Rehab Articles If you have the financial resources to purchase zoo-quality cages and pens or to have experts build them for you, this article is not for you. Wildlife rehabilitation tends to be a middle class passion … Read more