Lisa Bono to answer parrot care questions in live webinar

When a bird starts screaming at sunrise, refusing new food or turning every cuddle into a bite, the real questions pile up fast. Lafeber put those day-to-day problems front and center on Friday, June 20, when parrot expert Lisa Bono stepped in for Dr. Tom Tully for a special live Ask Lisa Anything webinar.

The session invited bird owners to bring questions about behavior, housing, diet, enrichment and more, which made it feel less like a lecture and more like a troubleshooting hour for the home flock. For owners trying to decode a cockatiel that won’t settle, a conure that shreds every toy except the one just bought, or an African grey that seems to change moods with the weather, the format pointed straight at the issues that shape daily care. It was built for the questions that matter most when the goal is a calmer cage, a better routine and a bird that actually uses the enrichment already hanging in the aviary.

Bono’s background fit that assignment. Lafeber and her own bio identify her as a Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant, and her experience in aviculture spans more than four decades. Her bio says she founded a local bird club in New Jersey in the early 1990s and helped organize Bird Clubs of NJ, while her writing has appeared in BIRDTALK, BirdsUSA 2011, MyLifeBook, Birdchannel.com, In Your Flock and Lafeber’s sites. Her affiliations include the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, the Association of Avian Veterinarians, the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators and the American Federation of Aviculture.

The June 20 webinar also sat inside a wider stretch of Lafeber programming. The company listed the session as part of its Free Weekly Webinars series, alongside an Ask the Vet with Dr. Tom Tully on June 19 and other June topics that included avian neoplasia and an enrichment-focused webinar. That steady cadence matched the company’s long-running identity as both a nutrition brand and an education hub.

Lafeber’s own history reinforces that role. The company says Dr. T.J. Lafeber developed the first commercial bird food pellet in the early 1970s, and its current guidance comes from Dr. Ted Lafeber, III, along with veterinarians and nutritionists. For the bird with the loud morning alarm, the picky appetite or the uneasy perch, the point of the webinar was simple: get expert help that turns a hard-to-read behavior into the next right step.