From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK bird life change through the seasons and the decades. In recent years, the question he hears increasingly at the counter is not about budgies or cockatiels but about wild birds that owners are seeing … 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 that time he has watched thousands of birds live shorter lives than they should have. This is his honest account … 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 that time, some of the most persistent and puzzling behaviour problems he has been asked about have had their root … 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 that time, the thing that has impressed him most about these animals is not how much they can learn. It … 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 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
Updated 24 September 2026: Rebuilt the room-check plan; corrected light, humidity and urgent-care advice. When the heating comes on, check the room your budgie actually lives in: where its cage stands, what happens overnight, and what else shares its air. A warm thermostat reading elsewhere in the house does not answer those questions. This guide … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and a full range of companion birds. The conversation he has most often — and the one that weighs on him most — is the one … 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 owners who keep them. The tongue is one of the least-discussed parts of a budgie’s anatomy in most care guides, and one … 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 products help birds and what products harm them. The pet shop market for bird products is large, poorly regulated in some areas, and contains a number … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of experience with budgies, cockatiels, and a full range of companion birds. Every summer without fail, he sees the same preventable emergency arrive at the counter or hear about it over the … Read more