Mardi Gras Avicultural Conference

Yesterday was exciting for "bird people" in New Orleans. We attended Dr. Greg Rich's Mardi Gras Avicultural Conference. The speakers included Julie Murad, the founder of the Gabriel Foundation, a premier parrot rescue and rehabilitation center in Colorado. If your area doesn't have an organization to focus on unwanted birds you should contact Julie for a blueprint. The Louisiana Aviculture Society has sponsored parrot rescue and rehabilitation through Project Angel Wings for more than a decade and our new program, Project Safe Parrot, should evolve to be even better.

Dr. Michael Taylor, an expert on PDD from Canada, gave in inciteful and lively talk on Proventricular Dilation Disease. This is a "virus" that affects the nerves that control the digestive system in parrots. The disease results in enlarged stomachs and may cause death.

The conference was an intimate setting which gave us time to socialize with the speakers during breaks and lunch. Debra and I were delighted to be able to have conversations with all of the speakers. More on the conference in the next blog.

- posted by J-Birds @ 5:40 AM |