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Jul 26, 2025 Behavioral experiment

If you share your home with a parrot, you already know how clever, social, and affectionate these feathered friends can be. But new research reveals

Key Finding: Parrots can be surprisingly altruistic - all four species routinely gave food to their group-mates …

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7 min read Scientific Reports (Nature)

Jul 15, 2025

If you've ever watched your rabbit eat what looks like their own droppings and felt alarmed, you're not alone. Many rabbit owners are disturbed by

Key Finding: Coprophagy prevention reduced growth performance by 15-20%

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5 min read BMC Microbiology

May 12, 2025 Expert consensus study

If you're thinking about getting a parrot or already share your home with one of these intelligent birds, a groundbreaking new study reveals critical

Key Finding: Lack of owner knowledge ranked as the #1 parrot welfare concern

Birds

7 min read Animal Welfare

Apr 14, 2025 Behavioral intervention study

If you've ever watched your parrot obsessively pluck or chew their feathers, you know how heartbreaking this destructive behavior can be. A

Key Finding: Feather-plucking parrots showed reduced foraging motivation compared to healthy birds

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7 min read Animals (MDPI)