PARROTHOUSE/ HOUSE OF FEATHERS/ WILDHEART PETS : NEWS & INFO

NEWS & INFO

MASSIVE UPGRADE TO THE BIRD SECTION AT THE SHOP DUE TO START ONCE THE FISH SECTION IS COMPLETED. WE PLAN TO GET RID OF ALL THE METAL CAGES ALONG THE WALL, AND REPLACE THEM WITH LARGE ROOMY AVAIRIES, COMPLETE WITH UV FULL SPECRUM LIGHTING ALL THE WAY ALONG THE WHOLE WALL. WE FEEL THIS WILL GIVE OUR BIRDS MORE ROOM TO CLIMB AND PLAY, AND THE FINISHED PROJECT WILL LOOK AMAZING, LET ALONE FAR FAR EASIER FOR US TO CLEAN. I HOPE TO START THIS IN THE SPRING AT THE LATEST.

WILDHEART PETS TO BECOME MAIN DISTRIBUTORS FOR ZUPREEM PELLETED DIETS FOR WALES & THE WEST

FINALLY AFTER NEARLY 2 YEARS WITHOUT ANY AVAILABLE IN THE UK, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE TO BECOME THE MAIN DISTRIBUTORS OF ZUPREEM PELLETED BIRD FOODS & HAND REARING FORMULA. ZUPREEM AN AMERICAN COMPANY, HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN PELLETED BIRD/ANIMAL FOODS FOR ALMOST 40 YRS AND SUPPLIERS OF MOST MAJOR ZOOS WORLDWIDE, IT HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE IN THE UK FOR ALMOST 3 YRS, BUT AFTER LONG DISCUSTIONS WITH THE IMPORTERS, WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO BE WALES & THE WESTS MAIN DISTRIBITORS, OUR FIRST SHIPMENT SHOULD BE AT THE SHOP AND ON OUR SHELVES BY THE END OF JUNE. WE WILL BE STOCKING A LARGE SELECTION OF PARROT AND PARAKEET PELLETED DIETS. THEY ARE A BIT PRICEY, BUT THEY ARE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO YOUR BIRDS NORMAL DIET. PLEASE ASK TRACY TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THEM

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A NEW BREEDING PROGRAM FOR 2015

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN A NEW BREEDING PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE BREEDING AND HAND REARING DELIGHTFUL MOUNTAIN PARAKEETS. THEY ARE A FAIR BIT BIGGER THAN PARROTLETS, AND HAVE A MUCH LONGER TAIL. THEY HAVE A LOVELY NATURE, AND THEY ARE VERY INQUISITIVE, THEY ARE ALSO A LOT MORE LAID BACK THAN MOST OTHER PARAKEETS OF THEIR SIZE. KEEP WATCHING OUR NEWS POSTS FOR MORE NEWS ON THE PROGRESS OF THESE WONDERFUL LITTLE BIRDS .AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE BABIES TO HAND REAR VERY SOON

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THE NEW AQUATIC SECTION AT THE SHOP

SUE & I ARE PLEASED TO INFORM OUR CUSTOMERS THAT WE ARE NOW IN THE FINISHING STAGES OF OUR BRAND NEW AQUATIC SECTION/ INDOOR KIO POND AT THE SHOP. (WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY DOWNGRADING ON OUR BIRDS, JUST UPGRADING ON OUR FISH.)

THE ELECTRICS ARE NOW FINISHED, AND THE BRICK WORK IS GOING TO BE FINISHED BEFORE THE END OF MAY 2015, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD BE FINISHED AS PLANNED

A MAJOR CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE SHOP INTERIOR, IN AS MUCH AS THE BIRD SECTION HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE CENTER SECTION OF THE SHOP., THE TILL AND COUNTER IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE SECTION. THE NEW AQUATIC SECTION WILL BE FITTED IN THE FRONT (TOP) SECTION OF THE SHOP (WHARF ROAD ENTRANCE) THIS WHOLE TOP SECTION WILL NOW BE FISH ,AQUATICS AND POND SUPPLIES ONLY, AND WILL CONTAIN ALL THE NEW TANKS FOR CONTAINING THE FISH FOR SALE, PLUS NEW TANKS THAT ARE FOR SALE, PLUS FOOD,AND ALL THE OTHER FISH STUFF. WE ARE PLANNING TO STOCK A MUCH LARGER SELECTION OF ACCESORIES FOR ALL YOUR FISH NEEDS.

WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO INSTALL A WONDERFUL INDOOR KIO POND FEATURE, WITH LIGHTS AND A RUNNING WATERFALL & FOUNTAIN LATER THIS YEAR. THIS WILL BE SITTUATED NEAR THE FRONT DOOR, IN THE CORNER WHERE THE SITTING AREA USED TO BE...WE WILL TRY TO FIND ANOTHER SPACE FOR SITTING...LOL

WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO STOCK A MUCH WIDER VARIETY OF COLD WATER AND TROPICL FISH THAN EVER BEFORE, SOME REAL FANCY STUFF INCLUDED, AND SOME REAL PRICEY STUFF TOO, HOWEVER WE WILL STILL BE SELLING OUR AMAZINGLY LOW PRICED GOLDFISH AS WE ALWAYS HAVE SINCE WE OPENED THE DOORS IN 2007.

WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOLOGISE FOR ANY INTERUPTIONS THAT WILL BE ON GOING IN THE SHOP OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AS THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND A LOT OF STUFF IS GOING TO BE MOVED AROUND, SO IT MAY NOT BE WERE YOU USUALLY SEE IT...LOL. THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF PAINTING AND DECORATING TO BE DONE...SO DONT STAND STILL TO LONG OR YOULL BE GIVEN A BRUSH..LOL

PLEASE BE PATIENT, IT WILL BE WORTH IT!

T-A X

SUE & I ARE ALSO HOPEING TO BECOME VERY PROUD OWNERS OF A MONKEY AGAIN. WE REALLY HOPE IT GOES TO PLAN AS WE MISS THE ONE WE HAD VERY MUCH. IF WE DO SUCCEED OUR CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT WHEN EVER THEY WISH, AS I WILL BE BUILDING A HUDGE HOUSING FOR IT AT THE SHOP, FAR TO BIG FOR OUR HOME, OUR JAKEY WOULDNT GIVE IT A MOMENTS PEACE HOME WITH US.

TA X

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON FEEDING MONKEY NUTS TO PARROTS

nI have be asked by a customer of ours to share the following information

about feeding monkey nuts to Parrots and Parakeets. Sadly they have just lost their African Grey Parrot, who was just 6 mths old.
Monkey nuts are best left off a Parrot or Parakeets menu as the can cause death, due to a spore called "Aspergillosis" that can grow within the shell. They are black mould like spores, the shell only needs to be cracked by a birds beak, and if a spore is present, it will enter the birds resperitory, and begin its silent deadly damage. It is sometimes refered to as the "SILENT PARROT KILLER" because thats exactly what it is. 
There are many articles on this subject available on the internet , you can read them by simply typing into google "monkey nuts bad for parrots"
Parrots NEVER eat them in the wild, so they dont need them in their diet 
These nuts actually grow under  the ground simular to a potatoe plant. This means they are out of reach to birds.

If your parrot mix contains monkey nuts, simply remove them, and throw them to the wildlife, as its a Parrot/Parakeet killer, and seems not to affect wild birds.(There are also seed mixes that come without monkey uts, and also mixes available for each species...please contact me for more info about these) 
If you wish to feed nuts, there are many other nuts available including Palm nuts, Pine nuts, which they relish.

I hope this article prevents any further needless deaths, and helps educate anyone who was unaware of this problem                                      Tracy-Ann x

         Latest News & Information

We are pleased to announce that due to overwhelming demand for our hand reared birds and keeping up with our customer demands, we have decided to greatly increase our breeding pairs. We are now in the process of planning out and building a very large birdroom to house 40 new pairs of Macaws concisting of (Blue & Golds, Green Wings, Scarlets and Hyacinths) The birdroom will also be used to house 20 new pairs of African Greys, with room to increase further pairs if needed. We have been wanting to do this for a very long time now, as each year the pressure on us to meet the demand for hand reared birds always increases. As for me, I just want to own all the birds on the planet......lol and will never be saticfied with what weve got. As for Sue, she could see that going ahead with this project makes perfect sense as our aim is to never let anyone down and to keep all our customers happy. There is a ton of work ahead to complete this, and i will be doing a lot of the building myself. Ive built many aviaries in the past, but nothing on this scale. Once all the flights are built and the U/V lighting is completed, i will post some photos of the project. We already have the birds waiting, but obviously i wont be able to move them in or take photos until they are released into their finished flights/aviaries. I will start posting photos as soon as possible.

T- A x

Exciting new range of Parrot / Parakeet Super Dinners. being launched at the shop.

This exciting new range of home cooked meals for small to medium & medium to large Parrots & Parakeets, are made using the finest human grade ingredients, from pasta, cous cous, to basmati rice. vegetables, fruits, nuts, pulses, vits, minerals, pre biotics, and much more.

6 wonderful meals to choose from, 2 different bite sizes, from small to larger birds. Larger chunks for larger birds, and chopped finer for smaller or more fussy birds.

These meals are recommended to be used in addition to your birds normal diet, added and mixed together it will compliment ANY birds daily meal, and stop the bordem of the same food day in and day out.

We are launching six types which are very moreish to birds, from other leaders that have been on the market, along with a fair few tasty favourites of our own.

The 6 meals are available ready to use in 500gm tubs frozen fresh after cooking, all you need to do is thaw and serve. After thawring they can be stored in fridge for up to 5 days.

Please see our online shop for these meals

The new Cockatoo Avairy & Flight

(Pictures below)

Above pictured is the Cockatoo avairy & external flight (Left side) and to the left is the end of the Yellow crowned Amazon Parrots avairy & external flight.The cables are infa red CCTV.

Above pictured the large flight section of the Cockatoos avairy, pictured at night

Evening view of Cockatoos avairy & external flight, and the end of the Amazon's avairy and right side external flight (Minus a few pieces of mesh still to be fitted)

(mesh now completed)

Above & Below huge new aviarie for two pairs of our breeding pair of Amazons, complete with internal UV Full spectrum set up, winter heating, each with large external flights, to sun bath or shower. Amazons adore rain showers.This aviary measures 24ft x 15ft x 15ft excluding flights (Avairy pictured below)

Above the internal avairy quarters for two breeding pairs of our Amazon Parrots, work is still ongoing, another external flight on the back and front of the aviary needs to be built, plus another two large interior flight cages (Far right is our good friend & builder Terry, busy building another internal avairy with breeze blocks, in the picture he is rendering the exterior walls.This avairy is going to be for another new pair of breeding birds (watch this space to find out which ones, as we havent decided yet) This avairy will measure when completed (Hopefully the end of Oct) 10ft long x 8 ft high x 10 wide. Only Terry has been working on this project, as i cant do block work...lol, I am resposible for all the wood work and flights. When the Amazons avairy project is completed there will eventually be four large internal flights, and four large external flights.The internal flights will measure 15ft x 4ft x 15ft. Hopefully the project will be finished by the end of Nov 2012...ha ha! watch this space.

Above ive cleared up the space behind the Amazon Parrots avairy, this is ready for

the new external flight which will run along the entire length of the back of the aviary and meet up with the other external Amazon Parrots external flight seen in background to the far left.This external flight when finished will mesure 24ft long x 15ft high x 4ft wide (Completed pics soon)

view inside the door of the Amazons avairy.The view is of the left hand side internal flight of our Yellow Crowned Amazon Parrots. Here the exterior door has just been reinforced today with a 2in steel plate, for security.

Above pic Yellow Crowned Amazon Parrots external flight (unfinished) the flight will be double wired when finished, here it still has two pieces of single wiring.The flight will be completed tomorrow 24th Oct 2012

(flight now completed...pics in the spring)

Front view top & bottom of the Yellow Crowned Amazons internal flight

The dimentions of this flight is 15ft high x 15ft long x 4 ft. wide.The 1st picture shows the bottom of the internal flight, and the 2nd picture shows the top of the internal flight, with nest box top left. and the breeding pair of Yellow Crowned Amazons top right.The wire on the Amazons interior flights is 2in x 2in heavy gauge stainless steel (Amazons love to chew) but they wont bite through this stuff. lol!.There are still two more large internal flights to build in this avairy along the front and back walls.These will both be 16ft x 4ft x 15ft This will complete this avairy, and will hopefully be finished by the end of Nov.

(PROJECT FINISHED)

Above is our breeding pair of Orange Winged Amazon Parrots (Olly & lolly).This pair are in an internal flight on the right side of the Amazons avairy . I was unable to take a pic of the complete avairy due to ladders and wood etc in the way

In this pic it shows the pair, their nest box, & all exposed wood wired with 2in x 2in heavy gauge stainless steel mesh. When its all complete and all the clutter is gone i will renew these pics.

Senegal Parrots Aviary

Internal view in between the two internal flights. (Picture taken from the rear looking towards the entrance door) The concrete floor is still a little wet. It will eventually be tiled with carpet tiles for extra warmth and easy cleaning

the three views from the door end looking front to the back wall, and both side views (Both these flights are approx 10 ft long by 4 ft wide) picture taken in the evening.

(Senegal Parrots left side internal flight)

Here the project is nearly complete, with the UV full spectrum lighting & reflector (as seen top left) now fitted.The flight on the left is fully completed, just the nest box and carpet tiling to complete this aviary

(Senegal Parrots right side internal flight)

Here you can see the unfinished floor and one last nest box to put up hopefully tomorrow. The wiring on the bottom end of this flight has now een finished, (New pics asap)The blue box in the picture is my tool box. You can see the UV Full spectrum strip lighting & reflector above the flight. The dim bulb top middle of picture, is a night light.

Still to be completed on this aviary are two large external flight cages on on each side.

A large brick aviary complete with toys and UV Full spectrum set up, and external flight. (Not sure whats going in there yet) This aviary measures 10ft x 8ft x 10ft. The concrete floor will be finished tomorrow 24th Oct 2012. Then the window, door and roof. This aviary will also have UV Full spectrum lighting & reflector, & winter heating. The exterior flight is to the right, pics will be uploaded on completion

Two external flights next to the brick aviary, these have to be moved into position once the brick aviary is completed. In this pic you can see one has already been moved back (more pics soon)

A new brick wall, the entire length of the garden

fountation dug out today 23rd Aug 2012

wall now completed.

And Well Overdue!

Huge extention onto our Koi Carp pond, with new water fall, bridge, underwater lighting and plants cascading down the entire surounding pond walls .

Above pictured is our pond before the upgrade, when finished it should be 20ft long x 10ft wide and 4ft at the deep end, 3 ft in the middle and 2 ft at the shallow end. I hope to start this before the end of this month.

(The pond is now completed)

(The completed Kio Pond summer 2013)

(View of garden & avairies before lanscaping)

(Grass all taken off, garden now covered in cotswold stones)

Last project, Stepping stones around the lawns providing easier and cleaner access to the aviaries & flights. Landscaping of the whole garden. Hopefully leading to less mess dragged through the house, during winter or rainy days, and stops our kitchen looking like a farm yard after avairy feeding and the dogs in and out ...lol.

After completion of all the above projects,i then have to honour my side of the bargain, stop building aviaries & flights for 2013!..........She gets her new fitted kitchen,outside house exterier painted,and decorating done...lol.

WATCH THIS SPACE!!

Dining room finished Jan 2015, New kitchen finished Dec 2013, plus spare bedroom finished March 2015. Hopefully some pics posted asap.

JOBS FOR TRACY- SPRING/SUMMER 2015

Build a large extention on the Amazons avairy, build new flight cages for all our breeding Parrotlets, cut down one of our garden trees which is leaning badly, new roof on our spare avairy, build the monkey housing,prepare and decorate the new fish section, set up all the new tanks and stock them, build a new indoor kio pond with water feature at the shop, move and re decorate the bird/cat/dog & small animal section at the shop.

re decorate a feature wall in our bedroom, re decorate my mums toilet & kitchen.

And i think i know where to stick the broom...lol!

TA X