What 35 Years of Selling Birds Has Taught Me About Loneliness in Pet Budgies — and the Silent Signs Every UK Owner Misses

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 in homes across Swindon and beyond, and gradually understanding that the most important thing he could teach any budgie owner was not how to feed or tame the … Read more

What 35 Years of Selling Birds Has Taught Me About Loneliness in Pet Budgies

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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 watching the relationship between these birds and the people who keep them. The subject of budgie loneliness is one he thinks about more than most, because it is the welfare problem … Read more

Do Budgies Need A Friend? UK Owner’s Honest Answer From 35 Years

From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept budgerigars at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with one of the UK’s most popular pet birds. In that time, he has been asked the same question thousands of times: does my budgie need a friend? This article … Read more