Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching which first budgie purchases turn into happy, decades-spanning family relationships, and which ones turn into a frustrated phone call within a fortnight. Families almost always arrive with an idea … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling canaries at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these birds and the UK families who keep them. Canaries are often described as a beginner’s bird, and there is genuine truth in that — but … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgerigars and cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with budgies of every age and background. “My budgie hasn’t eaten all day — is that an emergency?” is one of the calls he takes most … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold small animals at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, and the rest of the small animal section. Sneezing in hamsters worries owners more than almost any other small symptom, and rightly so … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with budgerigars, cockatiels, canaries, finches, and dozens of other species. Feather plucking is one of the most distressing things a budgie owner can witness, and one … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has owned and run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling cage and aviary birds to families, individuals, and couples across Swindon and the surrounding area. People searching for birds for sale in Swindon usually arrive at this shop with a species already half-decided, … Read more
Updated 24 September 2026: Reworked fur-loss guidance around useful observations and contacting a vet. New or unexplained patches of fur loss need veterinary assessment. Contact a vet who treats hamsters. Do not wait for a shop assessment or use the shape of a patch to diagnose the cause. Patchy fur loss is a description of … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these birds and the people who love them. This is one of the hardest articles he has written, because the people who need it most are … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling hamsters at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these animals and the people who keep them. Most of his health and welfare guides deal with what goes wrong. This one is different — a … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling budgies — and the cages they live in — at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. Over 35 years he has watched cage design change, watched manufacturers cut corners that matter and add features that do not, and watched the same handful of … Read more