Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching the relationship between UK bird owners and veterinary care change across decades. The UK veterinary workforce is under documented, systemic pressure — 48 percent of vets have considered leaving the sector according to the Zoetis … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with birds of all kinds. The disease currently spreading through UK garden bird populations is something he has been watching with concern, and the questions about pet bird … 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 watching which animals families choose, and why those reasons shift with the times. I want to be honest from the start about something the title of this piece … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. In December 2025 the government published what it described as the most ambitious animal welfare strategy in a generation. This article … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been selling cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. This article is not a care guide or a health article. It is something he has wanted to write for a while — an honest account of the thing he has noticed most consistently across … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgerigars at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species through every kind of British summer. “Why does my budgie seem to hate summer?” is a question that genuinely comes up every single year, and the … Read more
Updated 24 September 2026: Replaced unsupported mortality rankings with a product-check and suspected-exposure plan. Heated PTFE coatings, smoke and other airborne hazards can seriously harm pet birds. The useful question is which products and activities create avoidable exposure in your home, and what you will do if you suspect it has happened. PTFE poisoning is … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of fielding worried calls from budgie owners who have found their bird on the cage floor in the middle of the night, or watched it lose its grip and fall during the day. Sometimes it is nothing … 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 helping owners through hot British summers. This June has brought genuinely record-breaking conditions, and the number of heat-related concerns coming through this shop and the local vets we … 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 keep them. Summer brings a specific wave of feeding concerns to the counter — budgies that have gone quiet on … Read more