UK pet and bird welfare news explained by Paradise Pets Swindon, with practical advice for bird owners, small-pet keepers and families in Wiltshire.
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and advised on cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. The RSPB’s 2026 Patterns of Persecution report is mainly about wild birds of prey, but it also carries a clear lesson for indoor bird owners: people who care about birds can help by … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. After more than 35 years of selling birds and advising owners, he believes responsible bird buying is not only about getting a healthy pet. It is also about asking better welfare questions, choosing transparent sellers, and treating birds as living animals … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has owned and run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. UK pet rules changed in several ways in 2026, but bird owners need the practical version, not panic. The biggest points are England’s new renter pet-request rules, new primate licensing in England, and clearer travel-document checks for anyone moving … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has owned and run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. In more than 35 years of helping bird owners, he has seen one pattern many times: a bird may cope with one mild problem, but struggle when several small problems happen together. A 2026 Oxford study on wild great … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has owned and run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. The new primate licensing rules in England do not ban budgies, cockatiels, canaries or pet birds. But they are a useful reminder of something many owners forget: the Animal Welfare Act 2006 already expects every kept animal to have … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species through every kind of British summer. New research published in 2026 has specifically confirmed what the effects of heat on young birds actually look like at … 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 watching UK pet bird community engagement with UK bird welfare research, guidance, and policy developments. The RSPB released substantially updated summer feeding rules for UK garden bird feeders … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of thinking about what birds are, what they need, and the gap between a bird’s natural life and the life most pet birds actually live. The annual return of puffins to Lundy … 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 watching UK pet birds respond to the specific temperature conditions in UK homes across every season, and observing which specific temperature ranges support welfare-appropriate thriving versus which specific … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species and close working relationships with the avian vets who treat them. The leading cause of sudden, unexplained pet bird deaths in summer is one that genuinely … Read more