A Proud Moment for PSUK: Dame Judi Dench Appointed Patron
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This article was originally published in Parrot Society magazine volume 50, October 2016. Written by PSUK member Emma Freeman, from South Wales. Emma worked in parrot rescue for 10 years, and was area representative for the South and West Wales region of the...
Rehoming Birds in the UK©The Parrot Society UK Approach With more and more parrots being kept as pets in the UK there is becoming a demand to rehome some birds, A Parrot Society UK booklet has been printed to assist non members who wish to advertise a bird for...
How and in what should we keep our birds?©by Cliff Wright. (Oct 1998) In the forty odd years that I have kept birds I have had to build four lots of aviaries owing to collapse of the first lot (the next ones allowed me to keep more birds than originally planned) and a...
by R.J. McMillan The environment your pet parrot lives in could quite literally mean the difference between a healthy bird with normal behavior and a sick bird with behavioral problems, and even in some instances life and death! Choosing your pet's cage is very...
A straightforward guide to your legal responsibilities: Click Here: https://theparrotsocietyuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bird_care.pdf
Part One outlined the nutrient requirements of birds, and how they should be fed, so how can parrot-keepers best supply these essential dietary constituents to their birds in a balanced, palatable form? It should now be clear that not only do different types of parrot...
For many years captive parrots were fed a mixture of dried seeds – ‘parrot mix’ for the larger species, and ‘parakeet mix’ for the smaller ones. These mixtures included small grass seeds, millets, oats, wheat, dried corn, safflower, sunflower, and usually pine nuts...
Experienced avian veterinarians the world over will agree that the primary cause of disease problems in captive parrots is the result of faulty nutrition. Poor quality food, inappropriate food, too much of the wrong components and not enough of the essential...