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
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching what UK budgie housing actually looks like versus what it should look like. The RSPCA’s guidance on cage size for budgies is clear, specific, and based on genuine animal … 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
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching how UK owners keep the country’s most popular cage bird. The UK now keeps over one million budgies — the most popular pet bird in Britain by a significant margin, according … 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