Links - Health and Safety
M.D. Vaden

Mr Vaden is a landscape gardener that has written an excellent reference on safe & toxic wood for birds. He also has detailed instructions (with lots of pictures) on how to make your own bird perches.
http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_page.shtml
Parrot Chronicles

A great source of health, behaviour and care advice for companion parrots.
http://www.parrotchronicles.com
Birdsafe

A site dedicated to providing information about making life safe, long-lasting and fun for birds. They focus on collecting and posting all the information in one place. It is well written, easy to navigate and full of very useful information!
http://www.birdsafe.com
The Parrot Pages

They’ve searched the web so you don't have to. You will find links to sites all over the world on this site. An excellent place to begin your information gathering crusade.
http://www.parrotpages.com
Birds n Ways & Winged Wisdom

Birds n Ways offers a complete guide to pet birds through their fantastic online magazine Winged Wisdom.
http://www.birdsnways.com
Parrot Passions UK

A friendly, non-commercial parrot advice and information website. It has a wide range of articles about diet, toys, behaviour and health as well as individual species information, stories, book reviews, audio and video files and photos!
http://www.parrotpassionsuk.com
Pet Directory

The Pet Directory is the Who’s Who of the Pet Industry in Australia.
http://www.petdirectory.com.au
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
http://www.cites.org/index.html
Zinc Testing on Parrot Toys, Play Gyms, and Cages
http://www.synnovation.com/zinctesting.html