The Birdy Hotel

The Birdy Hotel Parrot Boarding in a safe, secure, loving environment so you can travel with peace of mind. We support people and their parrots!
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We provide all the comforts of home for your beloved feathered companion. 'too crazy birdy hotel offers boarding for your companion parrots with health and safety as the first and most important consideration. We are a homed-based business that welcomes your parrot into our home. We have large and small parrots and we understand the bond you have with your feathered friend(s). We provide the same

respect, love and compassion for your bird(s) as if they were our own. We have extensive experience with all species of parrots, even if you think your bird is "difficult", we can do it! We want to give you peace of mind when you have to travel, or look after a loved one, possibly you need to entertain special guests or just need a little "Re-tweet" from each other!

10/28/2024
10/28/2024

Zephyr Senegal Parrot, high 4!

10/11/2024

Liam and Straussy. Not many of the birds like to leave the flock to hang out upstairs, but they get to try it anyway. Strauss declined to leave the Big Birds Room for nearly five months. We suspect this is because his previously stable life was pretty bumpy for a year. We are big fans of agency and choice, so long as everyone is safe and healthy we respect their decisions.

While our Greys might last ten minutes or so upstairs before flock-calling and marching themselves back down the stairs, Strauss surprised me by lasting a couple hours. He had a snack out of the fridge, sat on the windowsill, cruised the back of the couch, tried to make friends with both dog and cat, and enjoyed pretty good snuggles with both Liam and I before insisting loudly that he rejoin his friends.

09/14/2024

This is a fantastic idea for the Littles Room.
Our big birds are avid “readers” and this idea includes the little beaks too

09/09/2024

I’ll be trying this today and will report back how it goes

07/26/2024

Béat Lovebird is a first-time boarder and has settled in beautifully.

I bring this up often, and hope you can take the time to understand:
06/16/2024

I bring this up often, and hope you can take the time to understand:

Blood is made up of solids (cells, proteins) and liquid (water, and compounds suspended in water). When we put blood through a centrifuge, it separates into two main components - cells (the dark part) and the plasma (the liquid on top).

On the right is blood from a healthy cockatiel, who eats a combination of vegetables, fruit, pellets and seed. On the left is a cockatiel that is offered only seed, and of those seeds this individual likes to pick out the sunflowers. (Both are fasting samples).

What you're seeing is the cholesterol and fat proportion of this bird's blood sitting on top as a solid chunk of fat. The individual's blood cholesterol was off the chart. The bird presented for collapse, head tilt and stroke-like behaviour, which is no surprise given how sludgy this blood would be passing through the heart and brain.

Seed, especially sunflower and safflower seeds, are high in fat, and lack many vitamins. A bird eating only fatty seeds is basically eating "fast food" for their whole life. Seed has its place in the diet but should not be the majority. Birds in the wild will eat dry out grass seeds when it is available in summer but they also eat leaves, sprouts, nuts, fruit, flowers and other fresh food, which we try to replicate in their domestic diet as vegetables and fruit. They are also flying many kilometres to find food unlike our "couch potato" buddies that fly under a few metres (if that, when confined to a cage). We use pellets as a supplement to fill in gaps where some components might be missing from a vegetable rich diet, and like all else it is just a component of a well rounded diet.

The most common source of avian diseases in our clinic would be at its core due to an unbalanced diet. Lack of proper nutrition leads to all sorts of problems - liver problems (such as fatty liver), heart issues and brain (like us they get artherosclerosis and strokes), kidney problems (from processing too much protein), respiratory problems (from lack of vitamin A), reproductive issues (like egg binding, from lack of calcium and vitamin D), plucking problems (from dry skin, lack of vitamin E), shortened life span and poor immune system leading to other illnesses. They may love certain junk foods but like us they need their veggies too!

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815 Hutchinson Road
Cobble Hill, BC
V0R1L4

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+12509747272

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We support parrots and their people - we are a bird boarding service with three locations on Vancouver Island. We provide all the comforts of home for your beloved feathered companion. 'too crazy birdy hotel offers boarding for your companion parrots with health and safety as the first and most important consideration. We are a homed-based business that welcomes your parrot into our home. We have large and small parrots and we understand the bond you have with your feathered friend(s). We provide the same respect, love and compassion for your bird(s) as if they were our own. We have extensive experience with all species of parrots, even if you think your bird is "difficult", we can do it! We want to give you peace of mind when you have to travel, or look after a loved one, possibly you need to entertain special guests or just need a little "Re-tweet" from each other! At 'too crazy birdy hotel we have a large home and we can make your avian companion comfortable in a number of settings. We have lots of light, room and time for individual care and attention. Your birds will become our companions during their stay. We only specialize in parrot/bird care. We have a small dog who is well trained with the parrots. We do not offer any other animal care. We welcome home visits prior to booking. We look forward to being your bird's home away from home. Diana and Kip Slater

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