Where all the bird news comes to roost!
In her April ’24 Feathered Frenzy column, Sherri explores, “what human characteristics and traits do you bestow on your avian companions? It might be interesting to consider how much you see them as you see yourself”.
Catch up with Sherri, Zack and Bubbles to find out how personalities and traits find there way into imaginative writings and musings.
Do you ever wonder why your companion birdie does some of the things it does? Bird behavior is complex and diverse across species, and for parronts, sometimes our feathered friends do things that are quite perplexing. .
Sherri’s February ’24 Feathered Frenzy column provides a lot of great insights and advice on how we parronts can better understand the behaviors of our feathered companions.
Attachment style is one of many theories for human behavior, and the research is still developing. It’s helpful to understand how you bond with your birds and the mood you set for your relationship, your home, and your life.
Click here to read Sherri’s June 2023 Feathered Frenzy column.
So many things in the home and outside can cause anxiety in our companion birds.
Sherri’s November edition of Feathered Frenzy delves deeper in what causes such a range of anxiety and provides some excellent advice on how we parronts can identify these stressors and take steps to try to remove or lessen them for our birdies.
Sherri’s final article in the “feather care” series addresses the serious issue of feather plucking.
While preening and molting are natural processes for keeping feathers in shape, sometimes things go amiss.
Read Sherri’s full column here to learn more about ways to determine why your parrot may be plucking and how to support your feathered companion.
This month, Sherri launches a three-part series on feather care, beginning with preening.
Preening is how a bird grooms its feathers to remove dust, dirt, and parasites, and to align feathers in the optimum position relative to adjacent feathers and body shape.
Head on over to our Feathered Frenzy page to read more about the art and trials of preening!
All parronts know that sometimes our fids pout. They react to something happening in their environment, something we’re doing, wearing or about to do and they go into ‘pouty bird’ mode. Sometimes we parronts can get them out of their ‘funk’ quickly, but sometimes, we need to give them time and space to get over whatever is bringing them down – or winding them up.
Sherri’s July ’22 Feathered Frenzy column offers a wide range of ideas on how we can help our feathered companions deal with their feelings and rebuild their confidence in themselves and in us.
Coming out of Christmas and the holiday season can be hard for us all. Once the decorations comes down, everything seems bleak once January comes along. The post-holiday blues affects our avian companions too.
In her inaugural 2022 Feathered Frenzy column, Sherri offers us parronts ways to help our fids – and us transition to a new year. Such measures will help you grounded while also giving you and your birdies something to look forward to every day!
In the November ’21 edition of Feathered Frenzy, Sherri encourages readers to think about how other people in our social circles may perceive us birdie owners, and how, when people come to visit, need to understand both our feathered companions and the people with whom they share a deep, loving bond.
While other people need to understand and respect our feathered friends, we birdie people need apply the same level of patience with people as we do with our parrots
Find out here what Sherri proposes we do to encourage others to learn some of the nuances of bird companionship.
As a follow up to her September’ column on the importance of training parrots to live comfortably in our home, Sherri’s October Feathered Frenzy article looks at the flip side, focusing on how our feathered companions inspire us to make beneficial changes in our lives.
Read Sherri’s full October ’21 column here.
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