Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
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, including several genuinely dangerous UK heatwaves. With Met Office Amber Extreme Heat Warnings in place and temperatures forecast to reach 38°C this week, this is his … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling budgerigars and watching owners make the same preventable mistakes again and again. In 2026, with avian veterinary costs at record levels, those mistakes are more expensive than ever. This is his honest account of what … 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. One single cage mistake accounts for more budgie health and behaviour problems than everything else combined. This is his honest explanation of what it is, why … 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 watching UK pet shops continue to sell one specific item that genuinely harms British budgies, despite mounting welfare research showing the damage it causes. The item is still on UK pet … 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 watching these birds live and watching them die, and gradually developing a clear view of why the average UK pet budgie lives significantly shorter than it should. This article is his … 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 parasites that affect them. Mites are among the most common and most consistently under-checked health risks in UK pet budgies — not … 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, background, and health status. Every summer he sees a pattern at the counter that concerns him. This is his honest account … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold bird feeders, seed, and everything garden-bird related at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching how garden bird feeding has changed. The RSPB’s latest guidance, published alongside the 2026 Big Garden Birdwatch results, is a genuine shift in long-standing advice. This is … 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 helping UK owners protect their birds through British weather extremes. The Met Office has issued an Amber Extreme Heat Warning with peak temperatures forecast to reach 38°C this week, the UK … 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 every type of hamster commonly kept in UK homes. “Which hamster should I get?” is a question he answers most weeks, and the honest answer depends on more … Read more