From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching bird flu outbreaks come and go, and watching customers navigate genuine confusion about what the rules actually require of them as pet bird owners. The Avian … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold rabbits at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these animals. Foot thumping is one of the most universal rabbit behaviours, and also one of the most consistently misunderstood. This is his honest guide to why it … 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 what happens when a bird outlives an owner’s patience, circumstances, or finances. Recent reporting from UK welfare charities has put numbers and named cases behind a problem … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling hamsters at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these animals. Cheek pouches are one of the most asked-about features of hamster anatomy, and one of the most misunderstood. This is his honest guide to … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species. Constant whistling is one of the most common questions he gets asked, and the answer is rarely what people expect. This is his honest guide to … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold guinea pigs at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these animals. The single guinea pig problem is one he sees walk through the door almost weekly, and it troubles him more than almost anything else in … 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 kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species. A cockatiel on the floor of its cage is one of the most consistent warning signs in bird keeping. This is his honest, urgent guide to … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds, including the emergency calls that come in every time the UK has a genuinely hot spell. Heat stress in cockatiels is fast, serious, and far more … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. A cockatiel that hisses is one of the most misread birds in pet keeping. Owners assume aggression when the bird is communicating something quite specific. This … Read more