Bird Food Nutrition is one of the most important categories for psittacine health. Windy City Parrot offers products from Beak Appetit, Designing Health, Hagen, Higgins, Lafeber, L'Avian, Mt. Pony Farms and ZuPreem. We know your bird is as particular as you so we offer a selection of seeds and pellets. Bird treats are not only useful nutritionally but important for training too. Please don't forget to add fresh fruits and vegetables to your feathered companions diet.

Hagen	L' Avian	Zupreem
Lafeber	Higgins	Roudybush
Millet &  Cuttlebone	Vitamins and Supplements	Beak Appetit

Why Birds Scream.. Parrots scream in the wild for a variety of reasons. It is believed that screaming serves as a danger warning to flock mates. Screaming may also keep outsider's away, thereby defending the flocks territory. Screaming is used by wild bird's to call a mate or to reunite lost members of the flock. Natural screaming increases during the breeding season. Parrots are not defined as domesticated animals. Unlike dogs and cats, keeping parrots as pets has become popular only in the last few decades. Consequently, we see behaviors in pet parrots that do not fit in well with a domestic household such as screaming. It is normal for many parrot species to make loud vocalizations in the morning and early evening hours. Of course, some species call or scream more than others. Learn what is normal for your particular species of bird. Bird's in a domestic environment may naturally be trying to preserve the flock (your family) or protect a chosen mate (you). Have you noticed your bird calling for you when you are not within it's sight? Or how about the parrot that screams during family arguments or while the children are being disciplined? Some birds scream out of fear such as when they are faced with an unfamiliar object or an unfamiliar person enters the home. These situations are natural "carry-overs" from the wild. They can unwittingly be reinforced and become a problem in the home setting when we provide attention to a parrot for screaming. Some parrots enjoy testing the limits. They want to be at the top of the pecking order. This is true especially for adolescent parrots. Think about how children normally test the limits. Even though we expect and anticipate our children to misbehave, it is still our responsibility to provide redirection and not reinforce misbehavior so that it becomes routine. Apply these same principles to your bird. Begin training your parrot appropriate household behavior as soon as you bring it home. Remember, the bird will reach sexual maturity in a few years and will naturally challenge what authority you've established up to that point. So, establish authority while your bird is young. Also remember that pet parrots live for years. Don't let an annoying problem develop that you will have to live with for a lengthy period of time.