From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of fielding worried calls from budgie owners who have found their bird on the cage floor in the middle of the night, or watched it lose its grip and fall during the day. Sometimes it is nothing … 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 helping owners through hot British summers. This June has brought genuinely record-breaking conditions, and the number of heat-related concerns coming through this shop and the local vets we … 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 daily first-hand experience with these birds and the people who keep them. Summer brings a specific wave of feeding concerns to the counter — budgies that have gone quiet on … 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 giving out garden bird feeding advice that, until recently, had not changed in any fundamental way for decades. The RSPB’s 2026 update genuinely overturns several long-standing recommendations. This … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling pet birds and receiving the phone calls that come in every summer when the temperature rises. Some of those calls end well. Some do not. This is his honest account of the mistake he sees … 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 helping UK owners through the most urgent moments of British pet bird emergencies. The Met Office has issued a Red Extreme Heat Warning for Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures forecast to … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling cockatiels, fielding worried phone calls from their owners, and watching what happens when people correctly identify a problem early, and what happens when they do not. The question in this article’s title is one of … 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 helping UK owners catch heat stress in their birds before it becomes critical. The Met Office has now escalated this week’s UK heatwave to a Red Extreme Heat Warning, with temperatures … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling pet birds and watching what happens when new owners are told the right things before they take a bird home, and what happens when they are not. In 2026, more UK families are getting pet … 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 how the UK’s relationship with birds, wild and kept, has changed. The Greenfinch’s collapse onto the UK Red List is one of the most significant bird conservation … Read more