Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
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 thrive and, more often than he would like, watching the early warning signs of illness get missed until they were harder to treat. A budgie losing weight is … Read more
Safety correction, 24 September 2026: Veterinary guidance on recognising illness in birds supports prompt professional contact for reduced appetite or illness signs. Do not use a time threshold or an apparently alert posture to decide that it is safe to delay care. From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies … Read more
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
Updated 24 September 2026: Replaced unrelated rabbit advice with bird-specific first-moult information and veterinary signposting. A budgie’s first moult can be unfamiliar to a new owner: loose feathers appear and new feathers begin to grow. Moulting itself is a natural process, but it does not explain every change in appearance or behaviour. This guide explains … 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 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
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
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
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
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
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