From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years at the same counter, in the same town, watching the same mistake appear in front of him with a consistency that he finds both frustrating and, at this point, entirely predictable. This … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching budgerigars communicate and watching their owners miss what is being communicated. The signs that a budgie is unwell are present well before the bird looks obviously sick. They are not dramatic. They are not obvious. … 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 UK pet birds respond to the specific temperature conditions in UK homes across every season, and observing which specific temperature ranges support welfare-appropriate thriving versus which specific … 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 watching owners make mistakes that cost their birds’ lives through no fault of their own, simply because nobody told them the right information at the right time. The houseplant question … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching what happens to pet birds across every kind of British summer. In a summer like 2026 — record heat, unprecedented May temperatures, Amber warnings into June — the question of … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of warning bird owners about the household hazards that nobody tells them about at the point of purchase. Most people who read about birds and kitchen dangers think about non-stick cookware. This article is not about that. … 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 feed them. The diet question is the one he answers most often and the one where the gap between what … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species and close working relationships with the avian vets who treat them. The leading cause of sudden, unexplained pet bird deaths in summer is one that genuinely … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK summers change around the animals in his care. This summer, the British Veterinary Association has published urgent hot weather guidance for pet owners across all species, alongside the … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. This article is about a specific, real situation that comes to him at the counter several times a year in various forms — an owner who loses a bird suddenly and cannot understand why. In almost … Read more