From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years at the same counter, in the same town, watching the same mistake appear in front of him with a consistency that he finds both frustrating and, at this point, entirely predictable. This … 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 budgerigars, cockatiels, canaries, finches, and dozens of other species. Ornithologists have just confirmed the first documented inland breeding colonies of Sooty Falcons — a discovery … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of conversations with people who want to buy a bird, and over 35 years of gradually understanding that most of those conversations needed to begin with the same question. This article is about that question, … 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 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
Updated 24 September 2026: Clarified published RSPCA housing guidance and removed unsupported new-rule claims. Choosing a budgie cage means checking the bird’s space and daily routine together. This guide explains published RSPCA recommendations; it does not announce a new 2026 law or a newly issued cage-size rule. What the RSPCA recommends The RSPCA’s bird housing … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. In December 2025 the government published what it described as the most ambitious animal welfare strategy in a generation. This article … Read more
Updated 24 September 2026: Replaced unverified study claims with a source-linked budgie welfare checklist. A useful budgie welfare check starts with the individual bird and its daily care. Work through housing, food, companionship and health observations, then ask for qualified help where needed. A cage label or a quiet bird does not, by itself, tell … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of matching birds to owners. Healthcare workers are among the buyers he thinks about most carefully — because the specific demands of NHS and care sector work create a set of ownership challenges … 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 first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has watched countless UK owners walk in worried about their budgie’s obsessive relationship with its own reflection. This is his honest, practical … Read more