Bird Magazine
We asked Tony about parrot hand-rearing. “What is the best technique for parrot hand-rearing?” – by Tony Silva Hand-rearing has long been practiced by native communities, who would take parrots’ nestlings from nests to...
Aviary hygiene: Reasons, Excellent Advice – We asked Tony about aviary hygiene. “What is the best hygiene practice that I can use in my aviary?” By: Tony Silva Many that have read my writings,...
We asked Tony about supplements for birds. “Is it good to give my birds antibiotics, vitamins, and minerals each month?” by Tony Silva Vitamins and minerals for parrots should be provided, especially those on...
We asked Tony about obesity in parrots, especially Amazon parrots: By: Tony Silva How to prevent obesity in amazon parrots? Amazon parrots are gluttons. They will sit in front of their food bowl and...
We asked Tony about choosing an incubator for parrot rearing. “How to choose the best incubator for parrot rearing? Each breeding season, aviculturists across the globe will be faced with issues common in nesting...
We asked Tony about parrot feeding in breeding and non-breeding season. How should we feed our parrots in breeding and non-breeding season? By Tony Silva Except for areas very proximate to the equator, parrots...
Carrots for birds – Content creator: Petrus A. van Tonder Another World Wide Birds feeding tip for birds brings us to carrots as it’s so popular, freely available, and is used in about every...
Q & A: “Do African Grey Parrots need dark cages to breed?” By Tony Silva During the heyday of the bird trade (the mid-1970s to mid-1990s), the African Greys Psittacus erithacus was a common trade species;...
We asked Tony Silva about breeding parrots indoors. “Can parrots be bred successfully indoors?” By: Tony Silva Can parrots be bred successfully indoors? Many years ago, before moving to South Florida, I kept my...
Q & A: “Better to breed Eclectus parrots in pairs or in a colony?” by Tony Silva Photo courtesy: Kim Forster In the early 1990s, Australian aviculturists Peter Chapman and Keith Dickins, the owner...
Parrot breeding age – Content creator: Petrus van Tonder “At what age is a pair of parrots ready to breed?” – by Tony Silva The onset of sexual maturity varies with species and also...
We asked Tony about bird gender test for parrots. “What method is best to determine gender?” – by Tony Silva What method is best to determine gender? The answer to this question is based...
Animal protein parrot diet: “Animal protein as part of parrot diet ?” – by Tony Silva During the mid-1980s I spent considerable time in South America observing parrots in the wild and gathering data...
Breeding parrots husbandry guidelines: By Tony Silva Commercial breeding operations that supply the pet trade with captive-bred parrots were rare outside the US and South Africa until about twenty-five years ago, when facilities that...
Parrots and temperature – Temperature tolerance in parrots: highs and lowsBy Tony Silva During the current cold snap across the US, I am receiving countless emails, phone calls, and messages. The questions invariably consist...
Parrot feather plucking treatmentBy Tony Silva “My Amazon is plucking, what medicine can I use to get it to stop?” “My caique was feathered last night, this morning it is naked. The bottom of...
“What’s the cause of parrot infertility?” by Tony Silva Infertility is the vane of the breeder. There is nothing more disheartening than discarding a clutch of eggs because they are infertile. This problem of...
Why quarantine a new bird? By: Jean Pattison This is probably one of the most misunderstood necessities of owning birds. When one is quarantining a bird or birds it is to protect the old...
Caring, feeding, and breeding cockatiels By Tony Silva The worldwide obsession is for a large parrot. Everyone, including a beginner with no experience, wants a large parrot. They are certainly gaudy, intelligent, and can...
An ill bird – by Tony Silva: World Wide Birds magazine An ill bird introduction: Birds are masters of disguise. They can hide so quietly in a tree that even a keen observer can...
