Neil 
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has seen hundreds of worried owners walk into the shop carrying a bird that is sitting at the bottom of its cage. … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has helped hundreds of UK families decide whether a cockatiel is right for them — and just as importantly, helped some decide … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — nearly 40 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has seen hundreds of owners walk through the door convinced their budgie is dying, when the real problem was something entirely fixable. … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has watched countless worried owners walk through the door carrying a bird that is pulling its own feathers out. This article is … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — nearly 40 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has heard “my budgie bit me” more times than he can count. This article is his honest explanation of what is actually … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — nearly 40 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has sat with more grieving owners than he can count. This article is the one he wishes every budgie owner would read … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold gerbils at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these animals. In that time, he has watched the same misunderstanding cost gerbils their wellbeing again and again. This article is his attempt to fix that. It happens … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold hamsters at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with Syrian and dwarf hamsters. In that time, he has seen the same surprises play out with new owners again and again. This article is his attempt to make … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold canaries at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has watched the same misunderstandings repeat themselves, year after year. This article is his attempt to set the record straight before you … Read more
From Neil at Paradise Pets I’ll let you in on something. After 35 years of running Paradise Pets here in Swindon, I genuinely thought UK budgie owners would have moved on from the same old mistakes by now. The information is everywhere — better than it’s ever been. And yet, week after week in 2026, … Read more