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By Pet Connection Staff
June 25, 2010
Just how long does it take to get through the endless aisles of Global Pet Expo? Dr. Becker and Mikkel Becker Shannon can tell you, because they’re coming to the end of their ABC News NOW series on their favorite products from the world’s largest pet industry trade show.
In the second-to-last “The Pet Doctor with Marty Becker” episode filmed at the Expo in Orlando, they give some love to two less-common pets, birds and turtles. The issue for both species? Enrichment, or making their lives more interesting and a lot more fun.
Dr. Becker tells his viewers that today’s suburban pet bird is often living a life as sterile as a zoo of 30 years ago. If that’s true of your pet bird, he says, go out and find some of these innovative products that can safely expand your pet’s horizons, and deepen the bond between you.
As for turtles, they take a look at our Ericka Basile’s top pick GPE product, the Turtle Pier.
View the video over on the ABC News site, or by clicking below!
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Quaker parakeets (the bird in the screen shot) are illegal in CA, isn’t that weird? They’re invisible pets here, like ferrets. But I’m sure that, like ferrets, there are plenty of them around.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — June 25, 2010 @ 10:16 am
Why illegal?
Comment by Original Lori — June 25, 2010 @ 10:25 am
They’re exceptionally adaptive to new environments and have established themselves in feral colonies in many states. So, there’s concern about their impact on agriculture and native species here.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — June 25, 2010 @ 10:56 am
Feathered Kudzu? :O)
Comment by Original Lori — June 25, 2010 @ 11:35 am
Feathered Kudzu? :O)
Comment by Original Lori — June 25, 2010
Egg-zactly
Comment by Gina Spadafori — June 25, 2010 @ 11:46 am
I did love that Turtle Pier. I’ll review it for you all soon. Jane, my 6 year old red-eared slider, is gaga over it.
Comment by Ericka Basile — June 25, 2010 @ 8:11 pm