Countdown to 2010!

In a few short days, the ball will once again receed in Times Square, signaling the end of the first decade of the New Millenium. With a decade chalk full of memorable events such as the "Y2K" scare, the tragedy of 9/11, hurricane Katrina, the swine flu epidemic, the economic recession and the historic presidential election behind us, we move forward into 2010 with hopes of enjoying what the new decade has to offer.

To kick off the New Year celebrations, we're taking a stroll down Reflection Road to show you the twelve hottest products of 2009! Plus, use the attached coupon codes (in link) to save money on any bedazzling buys, valid through into the new year.

BONUS: All orders totaling $50.00+ will include a FREE Lafeber's Make-Your-Own Treats Kit! Hurry! This offer's only good while supplies last! See attached coupon for details. (in link)

Countdown the 12 Most Popular Items of '09, Plus Get the Coupon!

Tis the Season for Savings!

We've got gifts for everybirdie at ParrotWorld.net! Come check out our huge selection of discount Christmas Toys, as well as Stocking Stuffers, Parrot-Phernilia and more! If you can't decide what to get them this year, give them the gift of choice with one of our Gift Certificates!

This Holiday Season, we sponsored the first annual Save-A-Bird Secret Santa gift exchange and it went swimmingly. We're right on deadline, everyone has sent out their gifts to their recipient; so they should all arrive in perfect time for the Holidays! Plus, we've already got next year's donation recipient lined up, check out the foster program at Parrot Adoption & Education Program (PAEP) when you're looking to adopt or foster your next bird!

Plus, stock up on all this season's most sought-after merchandise to keep those feathery bundles of joy all warm and cozy on these cold winter nights! Check out the ever popular Thermo Heated Perches, Sherpa lined Avian Haven Huts and nuritious and warm Cook & Serve foods!

And check out Sparx, cozying up on Saturday night:

Ginger Birdiebread Recipe - This delicious, festive recipe will warm your cold bird to the core! Delicious ginger will explode in his little beak, making it easy to slip in nutritional supplements and extra healthy snacks! Plus, you might even get to try a taste!

Thanksgiving Cook-Off!

This year, we're going to spice things up! Show off your favorite recipe that you cook for your bird, and you could win FREE PRIZES! We're accepting any type of recipe, from BirdieBread/Muffins to mashes, mixes or popsicles! So be creative, and get cookin'!

PRIZES:
The three top winners will be given a free Lafeber's Nutri-Forage Make Your Own Treats kit, and the first place's winning recipe will be featured on our website, in our Holiday Edition Newsletter, on our brochures/catalogs and right here on our blog!

TO JOIN THE COOK-OFF:
Submit your favorite, original bird recipe(s) on of this form: http://www.parrotworld.net/Submit-Your-Bird-Friendly-Recipes-s/5807.htm
(Please fill out a new form PER recipe entry. You can submit as many recipes as you'd like!)

Submit your entry on or before December 7th, 2009 in order to be elligable to win prizes.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

When carving your Jack-O-Lantern this Halloween, save your Pumpkin's seeds and make delicious bird treats out of them, instead!

Full of flavor, these little seeds pack a great big punch that our birds [and we] cannot resist! Collect all your pumpkin's seeds into a bowl and submerge with water. Soaking the seeds is a neccesarry step in roasting the seeds, since the water they absorb while soaking will steam-cook them instead of drying them out. You want your seeds to be not-too-squishy, not-too-crunchy after roasting.

To keep your seeds underwater, you can set a concave strainer or collander on top of them, in the bowl to circumvent your seeds from floating at the top of the water. You can cut up a green or red pepper and place in the water to give your seeds more flavor. Our parrots have relatively few taste buds compared to us, so spicy foods that seem potent to us barely taste at all to our birds. Or, you can dust them with Chili Powder before cooking to give them an extra kick!

Let them soak for a full 24 hours, and then drain the water. Place the seeds on a greased or lined cookie sheet and bake at 250 degrees until crisp and golden on the outside. Let cool and serve to your bird in foraging toys such as the Carousel Foraging Toy or Learn & Turn Logs.

Image compliments of Hardcore Herbivore

Spooktacular Collection

The festivities of Halloween decorating are in full-swing, and Sparx our resident Quaker Parrot is surely enjoying her own brand of decoration - Cage Decorating! Yes, with our exclusive Spooktacular Collection, parronts and their feathered counterparts can now enjoy decorating their bird's cage for this spooky season with our full line of Halloween bird toys!

With great new toys like "Boo! Balls," "Craze Cage," "Birdie Brew," and "Trick-Or-Tweet" for them to forage with and destroy, you can keep your bird's mind occupied while you're busy enjoying all that this fun Holiday has to offer. And to accommodate the shorter days and longer nights, let them wind down in a "Haunted Hut" or on a "Bewitched Branch."

Sparx has been busily tearing the black and orange crinkle paper out of her Halloween toys, and loving every minute of it. It's times like these she's grateful to be the Head of our Product Development team!

Be sure to check out the great new toys, today!