How To Tell If Your Guinea Pig Is Happy — 7 Signs UK Owners Often Miss

From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling guinea pigs at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these animals and the UK owners who keep them. In that time, he has watched hundreds of guinea pigs in hundreds of different homes, and … Read more

My Budgie Is Moulting for the First Time. After 35 Years, Here Is What Normal Looks Like.

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From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of keeping, breeding, and advising on budgies. The first moult is the thing new owners contact us about more than almost anything else. Not because something is wrong — but because it looks alarming if nobody has … Read more

Why Does My Budgie Scream? UK Owner’s Honest Guide From 35 Years at Paradise Pets.

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From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of answering questions from owners who love their birds and, occasionally, find them profoundly exhausting. Screaming is one of the most common complaints, and one of the most frequently mishandled. Most screaming … Read more

What Can Cockatiels Eat? The Safe Foods and the Ones That Can Kill — From 35 Years.

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From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these birds and the people who keep them. In that time, the question he has been asked more than almost any other around feeding is some … Read more

Budgie Lifespan — Why Some Live 4 Years and Others Live 14 The Honest Answer

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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 owners who keep them. In that time, he has sold budgies that went on to live fourteen years, and he has spoken … Read more

How To Bond With a Budgie That Does Not Trust You Yet What Works After 35 Years

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. In that time, the question he has been asked more than almost any other is some version of … Read more

I’ve Had Budgies Since 1988 Here Are the 10 Things I Tell Every Single New Owner

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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 owners who keep them. In that time, he has sold budgies to hundreds of first-time owners and watched the same avoidable mistakes … Read more

The Budgie Foods That UK Owners Think Are Safe But Are Not — From 35 Years at the Counter

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From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of keeping, breeding, and advising on budgies. In that time, he has had more conversations than he would like about birds that were harmed by food their owners genuinely believed was safe. This article is for every … Read more

Why Does My Hamster Stuff Its Cheeks? UK Owner’s Honest Guide From 35 Years

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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 watched countless UK owners stare in delighted disbelief at their hamster’s stuffed cheeks. This is his honest, practical guide … Read more

My Budgie Has Escaped Here Is Exactly What To Do in the Next 30 Minutes

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From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. He has talked more owners through a budgie escape than he can count. Most recoveries happen. Most failures happen for the same preventable reasons. Read this fast — the next thirty minutes matter. Stop. Breathe. Read … Read more