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Parrot Care Basics
All parrots need food and fresh water daily. The food should preferably consist of quality pellets as well as fresh vegetables (raw Swiss chard, broccoli, and peppers, cooked sweet potatoes, carrots, and beets) and some fruit. Cooked pasta, sprouted seeds, and cooked legumes can also be offered. Fresh foods should be removed from the cage after 3 to 4 hours. A poor diet is the number one reason for poor health.
Never give your bird alcohol, chocolate, caffeine, avocados, guacamole, rhubarb, high sugar or salty foods, or fried food. Do not share food with your bird as people have bacteria in their mouths that are dangerous to birds.
Vaccinations?!
We’ve come a long way, baby – on paper, at least.
In the past decade, the veterinary profession’s overall attitude toward vaccination has evolved to a point that can be tentatively termed progressive.
In 2002, the American Veterinary Medical Association issued a policy statement that urged veterinarians to “customize” vaccine protocols for individual patients, since there is “inadequate data to scientifically determine a single best protocol” for initial or repeat vaccinations. A year later, the prestigious American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) released its landmark canine vaccination guidelines, which were updated in 2006. The AAHA guidelines separate vaccines into different categories – core, noncore, and not recommended at all – and suggest that veterinarians revaccinate for core diseases such as parvovirus and distemper no more than every three years. Most veterinary universities have followed suit, teaching their graduates that, depending on the disease in question, yearly vaccines are now the exception, not the rule.
Natural Treatment: A Balance!
At Critter Jungle, our sole objective is to take care of our customers, pet and human. We work daily with our customers to resolve various issues regarding their pets, looking at a whole picture rather than a slice.
More frequently we are offering alternative, more natural approaches to pet care with the respect allopathic care can offer. Too often, the two worlds fight each other, when one should appreciate the benefit of what each side can offer.
I personally try to adopt natural, homeopathic option for treatment from a qualified licensed homepath, avoiding drugs whenever possible. However, there are times when a situation is too acute and allopathic veterinary care is required. The diagnosis our modern world offers must be valued and be used in harmony with natural treatments. Some research will direct you to vets who have adopted both worlds.
Cat Nutrition
At Critter Jungle you will find the best selection of all-natural, alternative brands of cat foods with pet nutrition experts on hand to create a nutrition program to optimize your pets' health.
We carry many brands of dry kibble, raw, and canned; specializing in manufacturers who feature all natural human grade formulation.