We stock the largest selection of birds in the area - in the summer we may have thousands of birds ranging from finches up to exotic parrots.
The bird section is looked after by Neil and his staff who have kept all sorts of birds for over 30 years.
We offer full advice on all aspects of bird keeping; our bird specialists have over 60 years' experience dealing with them.
Aviaries for your garden can be built to any size and erected if needed.
Everyone loves budgies and canaries and we always have plenty of babies in stock ready to go.
If it's the more exotic finches you're looking for then come and see what we have or give us a call.
All the seed and accessories you may need for finches to budgies to parrots are stocked, including nest boxes, cages, stands and lots more besides.
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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. The RSPB’s updated guidance on trichomonosis this summer is genuinely significant, and budgie owners specifically keep asking me what it actually means for them. This is … 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 first-hand experience with both garden birds and pet birds. Trichomonosis, the disease currently driving major declines in UK garden birds, is mostly written about in terms of wild … 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, 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