Pet Care Blog
Training Rodents
Did you know that positive reinforcement training doesn’t just apply to birds?* We can also use it for our rodent friends! If you’ve ever had to give your rodent pet medication, you may have found it difficult. However you can train your rodents to accept treats from...
Regular training sessions for birds
Training your parrot is much more than circus tricks! Training your bird to perform tasks is an important part of owning a parrot which is often forgotten. One reason behind this is it makes them use their very clever brain. Parrots in the wild spend all day foraging...
Introducing new animals and how to do it properly
Getting a new pet is one of the most exciting things a pet owner can do! The anticipation, the first meeting and finally bringing them home is magical. The last thing we want to do though is to upset our current pets or to accidentally infect the new or existing pet...
What to feed Rats and Mice!
Rats and mice are very adorable little pets that we love sharing our lives with. Their little hands are super cute when they pick up yummy food and start nibblng away. Have you ever stopped to wonder if we can lengthen our friend’s lives with some foods, and shorten...
Keeping Birds Warm
Since our monthly focus is keeping warm over winter we thought it was time we talked about our feathered friends, as they can also feel the cool weather! Birds are lucky in that they (usually) have layers of feathers specifically designed to insulate their bodies to...
Health Checks Over Winter
July is almost over! So to wrap up our monthly theme of keeping warm over winter we thought we’d discuss health checks for your pets over the cooler months. In some of our previous posts we have talked about how the winter months are often harder for the body to cope...
Keeping Guinea Pigs Warm
Stop right now, thank you very much! It’s the Spice Boys! Meet Ginger and Cinnamon, the two brothers known as the Spice Boys. They’ll tell you what they want, what they really, really want, and that’s to not be cold over winter! Their Mum has done an amazing job of...
JULY – HEATING
I am sure everyone has noticed that we are well into winter – those chilly mornings make it harder and harder to get out of bed! So our education focus this month is on heating for our scaled, furred and feathered pets! Keeping our little critters warm over winter can...
The Dangers of Rope Toys
Do you have any rope toys in your bird’s cage? You could accidentally be putting your feathered family in danger without even realising! Many birds LOVE to chew and often will chew on rope if placed within their cage. When chewing on these fibres, most birds spit them...
Sylvia the Sliced Snake
We work with the wonderful people at Reptile Rehabilitation QLD (https://www.facebook.com/ReptileRehabQld/), who take excellent care of the wild reptiles that come to us. Earlier in the year, we were presented with a wild Carpet Python that had an extensive...