Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold rabbits and guinea pigs at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK summers become warmer and more unpredictable, and over 35 years of receiving distressed phone calls from owners who did not act early enough when the temperature … 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 had some genuinely frightening phone calls from UK owners, and a budgie sneezing blood is one of the most worrying. This … 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 that time he has had thousands of conversations with new bird owners. The same five mistakes come up again and … 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 conversations with UK owners about every behaviour their bird shows them. This is his honest, practical guide on one of the most charming and surprising things budgies do — bringing their … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold guinea pigs at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching these animals thrive in the right conditions and suffer, gradually and quietly, in the wrong ones. The single most common welfare mistake he sees with guinea pigs is also … 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 had countless worried UK owners walk in with a budgie showing strange white spots, crusty patches, or honeycomb-like growths on the … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold rabbits at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these animals. The lettuce question comes up regularly, usually from owners who have been doing what everyone around them told them was fine. This is his honest answer. … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold rabbits at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching what happens when people buy rabbits for the right reasons and the wrong ones. There is one question he asks every customer before a rabbit goes to a new home. … 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 these animals. A hamster that bites is the single most common complaint he hears from new owners. In almost every case, the cause is the same. And so … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been running Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily conversations with owners, breeders, vets, and the animals themselves. He has kept, bred, and sold budgies, canaries, cockatiels, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, and a long list of other species. This article is something … Read more