Why Your Budgie Is Plucking Its Feathers — A UK Owner’s Honest Guide From 35 Years at Paradise Pets

Worried budgie with plucked chest feathers in UK home cage

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 watched countless worried owners walk through the door carrying a bird that is pulling its own feathers out. This article is … Read more

Why Your Budgie Sleeps Too Much: 7 Hidden Health Signs Every UK Owner Should Know

From Neil at Paradise Pets Last Tuesday, a lady came into the shop holding a little carrier, properly worried. Her budgie Charlie had been sleeping nearly all day for nearly a week. I’ve seen this exact scene play out hundreds of times in 35 years of running Paradise Pets — and I want to share … Read more