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Below are some useful links about Birds on Animal - Health - :
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HotSpot For Birds - http://www.multiscope.com/hotspot/
Reference section has many informative articles on the health and safety of birds. |
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Parrot-Parrot - http://www.parrotparrot.com/
Geared toward smaller birds. Includes articles on avian health, nutrition, toxins, and dangerous toy alerts. |
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Avian Vets & Veterinarian Services - http://www.birdsnways.com/birds/vets.htm
Find veterinarians, pet hospitals, tips, and advice. From Birds n Ways. |
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20 Things You Must Know About Nutrition - http://exoticpetvet.net/avian/20facts.html
Learn about the most important facet of pet bird ownership. |
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Glossary of Avian External Anatomy - http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/birdglossary.html
Provides an alphabetical list of technical terms used to describe the structure of the body. |
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Bird Health - http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/birds.html
An Australian veterinarian provides detail on emergency care, signs of illness, feeding, breeding, and hand rearing in the more popular species of pet birds. |
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Parrot Articles - http://parrothouse.com/articles.html
Provides links that cover a broad range of health topics. |
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Molt In Birds - http://www.2ndchance.info/molt.htm
Discusses the frequency, what to expect, and nutritional guidelines during this period of feather loss and regrowth. |
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Baby Bird Science and Medicine - http://www.netpets.org/birds/healthspa/vet/babybird.html
Veterinarian discusses in detail the female reproductive anatomy, the formation of eggs, incubation, hatching, and newborns. |
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Avian Nutrition - http://www.cockatiel.org/articles/nutrition.html
Provides the basic guidelines of a birds nutritional needs. |
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Foods Which are Dangerous to Your Birds - http://www.cockatiel.org/articles/dangerous_foods.html
Find a list of foods that can harm your avian psittacine. |
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Dairy Products and Birds - http://exoticpetvet.net/avian/dairy.html
Discusses what forms are acceptable to offer to pet birds. |
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Proper Wing Clipping - http://exoticpetvet.net/avian/clip.html
Find photographs and instruction to correctly trim psittacines. |
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How to Live With, Feed and Handle Your Pet Bird - http://www.dogcatbirdvet.com
Veterinarian workshop that offers one free course covering behavior awareness and other sessions on bird handling for a fee. Also provides training tips. Located in Gainesville, Florida. |
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EPAH : Avian Nutrition - http://www.epah.net/birds/avnnutrition.html
Presents dietary requirements of birds including hand feeding diets. |
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Feeding Finicky Birds - http://2ndchance.info/birdlover.htm
Article discusses methods of breaking seed addictions in birds and converting them to balanced pelleted diets. |
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The Function Of Vitamin D In Birds - http://2ndchance.info/birdsvitd.htm
Article discusses the role of this nutrient in bird health. |
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Avian Health - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/avianhealth/
Email list group which is focused on general care, disease prevention, and nutrition. |
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Wingwise - http://www.wingwise.com/
Information on health, care, illness, injury, well bird exams, diagnostics, systems, the feather donation project, handicapped birds, and a visit to the wild parrots of Tambopata, Peru. |
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Bathing the Psittacine - http://www.netpets.org/birds/healthspa/bathing.html
Presents the how and why of bathing, proper approach, methods, species specific showering behaviors, water temperature, and winter care. |
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Veterinary Practice News - Teaching Clients About the Birds and the Seeds - http://www.vetpracticenews.com/vpn/detail.aspx?aid=15686&cid=3874&category=
Article discusses formulated diets for parrot health. |
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