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Author: DeAnna Hicks, Director of Care

25Jul/18

Buyer Beware – for the sake of your birds

July 25, 2018Bird SafetyBird safety, Buyer Beware, hazards to birds, herbal medications, supplements for birdsDeAnna Hicks, Director of Care

(Author’s note: This blog entry was originally published on March 20, 2017 on our standalone WordPress blog at avianrefuge.wordpress.com – link here – however since launching our new website, we have integrated

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20Jun/18

Help! My bird won’t eat fresh foods!

June 20, 2018Healthy Foodfeeding parrots, healthy foods, introducing new foods, no pellets, picky eatersDeAnna Hicks, Director of Care

We hear this quite often from those who have tried feeding fresh food only to have it completely ignored. Our first answer is: “Don’t give up!” Persistence is important, but probably even

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17Jun/18

What’s in store?

June 17, 2018Healthy Foodcoming soon, healthy foods, news, updatesDeAnna Hicks, Director of Care

Coming up – We will have posts on sprouting, posts on dehydrating, posts on baking healthy for birds, posts on quick shortcuts that still enable you to feed a healthy diet of

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16Apr/18

Feeding the Flock, Chapter Two – The HOW

April 16, 2018Healthy Foodhealthy foods, no pellets, Parrot nutritionDeAnna Hicks, Director of Care

Our goal sounds simple: to provide proper nutrition for captive parrots. We’ve already covered why we don’t view manufactured pellets as an option. But how else can we provide “complete nutrition”? Before

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14Apr/18

Feeding the Flock, Chapter One – the WHY

April 14, 2018Healthy Foodfeeding parrots, food as medicine, healthy diet, healthy foods, no pellets, real foodDeAnna Hicks, Director of Care

The bar has long hung very low in feeding companion animals. The “animal feed industry” has commonly been the profitable place to dump waste from human food processing. Ingredients like “wheat middlings”

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