We recently upgraded the forum software to vbulletin 4.0. We’d been running vbulletin 3.8 in the past. 4.0 is a dramatic upgrade and has completely changed the structure of the site - for the better! Of course with any upgrade there is a learning curve. Unfortunately we lost all our custom styles and forum look [...]
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Join Us for National Bird Day
January 5, 2010
“Why National Bird Day?
The beauty, songs, and flight of birds have long been sources of human inspiration.
Today, nearly 12 percent of the world’s 9,800 bird species may face extinction within the next century, including nearly one-third of the world’s 330 parrot species.
Birds are sentinel species whose plight serves [...]
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The holiday season is a time for travel and for pet owners that can be especially stressful. Finding kennels for cats and dogs is relatively easy, but how about one that specializes in birds? One that will recognize the importance of the seemingly small details that are so critical to good bird care? Thinking about [...]
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As the winter weather approaches we get a lot of questions regarding keeping your bird warm. How to do it safely? What’s the ideal temperature to keep your pet parrot at? Can I use a spaceheater? We want to address all these concerns and more.
As soon as the temperature starts dropping my heat bill starts [...]
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Hello all!
I just wanted to address some of the going-ons that have been happening over at caiqueforum.com. We run Vbulletin software to power the forum, and recently Vbulletin announced a software update. This software update marks the change of the current Vbulletin ‘way of life’ - not only are many many many additions being added [...]
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Well folks the long awaited caique calendar 2010 has been released and is now available for sale at http://zazzle.com/caiquecrazy*
I’d like to thank everyone that entered their photos into the contest, it was so much fun to wade through all the caique photos, yet so hard to only select a few!
New caique merchandise will also be [...]
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Well howdy folks from your UK correspondent!
Isn’t that funny? I thought so…. I know I’m sad.
So I’m a UK contributor, I’m Net and I’m Mummy to two yellow thighed caiques. Harry who was 5 in July and Tinker who was 2 in June. I’d read that these could be naughty birds, how so I thought? [...]
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I’ve always love spending time in pet stores and whenever I shopped for my cockatiels I would wander about the store to admire and play with the other eager potential pets. As I approached the specialized bird enclosure I noticed a gorgeous little parrot alone inside a cage near the door. She was [...]
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Its that time of year again folks- time to start submitting those wonderful photos for our 2010 caique calendar!
For those of you that are new around these parts, here’s the skinny:
Each year, members submit their favorite photo of their bird(s), and the top 12 are picked. Those photos are then compiled and made into a [...]
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I recently took an extended leave of absence from my birds, to go work in an orphanage for a number of days in Nicaragua. Outside of the trip itself, my largest concern was for my parrots- how would they deal with being under the care of someone else during my absence? I wanted to share [...]
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Emily is a caique and avian enthusiast. She shares her life with five parrots, including two black headed caiques. Emily has owned birds for five years and is dedicated to enriching their lives and learning more about them on a daily basis. Emily is certified with the AFA as a certified Aviculturist, having completed the class put forth by the AFA called 'The Fundamentals of Aviculture'. This is the first class in a series of rigerious classes that lead to becoming a certified aviculturist. She has also successfully become certified with PIJAC and recognized as being a certified avian specialist. Emily runs both the Caique Crazy Forums and Caique Crazy Informational Website
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