Written by Sal Salafia, Certified Avian Specialist, Founder of Exotic Pet Birds Inc. Part of my role here is to safeguard the community that buys the birds we raise. In recent days, I have noted that a few clients mentioned they found a used cage to buy. Though I acknowledge some people have successfully done this, I have seen many, many who have not. Bird diseases are something we work so very hard to safeguard against. No person or entity can be perfect at this, but the

Written by Sal Salafia, Certified Avian Specialist, Founder of Exotic Pet Birds Inc. It hits home hard. It rocks you to your core, it angers you! But why? Why is it that photos of horrible situations rock us to our core? My simple answer; Because it’s not the norm!! We know better; we know that animal abuse cases are so shocking because they are not something we expect or condone. As a result, we get our minds working; how can this have happened? How can we stop this fr

Written by Sal Salafia, Certified Avian Specialist, Founder of Exotic Pet Birds Inc. 4H clubs, Aquarium clubs, Cockatiel society, AFA, TICA and even the AKC are organizations that have inspired awe in pets of all shapes and sizes in our youth. These clubs exist because humans not only enjoy having pets, they enjoy showing them off to each other. Humans have proven that they love to create the perfect example of the pets they love most. The result is we have millions of pet

Written by Sal Salafia, Certified Avian Specialist, Founder of Exotic Pet Birds Inc. For years, man has raised birds for the purpose of companionship. The infatuation with these prehistoric animals that defy gravity is not something new to humans. As far back as humans have kept dogs and cats in fact, they have also kept pet birds. You can find that pet birds have been a part of human societies back in the Middle Ages, and well before even that. Humans hunt alongside falcons,