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
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 and the people who keep them. Burrowing is the hamster behaviour that owners most consistently misunderstand — either worrying that it means something is … Read more
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 helping new owners through exactly the period this article covers. The first month with a new bird sets the pattern for everything that follows — the taming, … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of advising UK gardeners on feeding, supporting, and attracting wild birds through every season. The question he hears most often is not which food to buy or which feeder to use. It is: what should I actually … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgerigars at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. A budgie that was once tame and has become less so is one of the situations owners find most confusing — and most disheartening. The tameness … 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. Strawberry season in Britain produces a predictable wave of questions at the counter about what budgies can and … 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. A dirty, soiled, or matted vent area is one of the signs that owners most consistently underestimate — … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and advised on rabbits at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of experience with one of the UK’s most popular small pets. Rabbit diet is one of the areas where well-meaning owners cause the most accidental harm — not through neglect, but through … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with one of the UK’s most popular cage birds. “Why won’t my budgie talk?” is one of the questions he hears most often — and one of the most misunderstood. … Read more