Higgins Premium Pet Foods is committed to providing companion birds and small animals with the highest quality foods and treats made without the use of artificial colors, preservatives and flavorings. We are strongly dedicated to building and maintaining relationships with pet parents built on trust, by making the complete health and well-being of their pets our primary goal. OUR JOURNEY: It’s hard to imagine that we started at as a pet shop over forty-five years ago. In 1972, Ignacio Perea Sr., a Cuban immigrant who came to the United States in the late fifties, opened a small pet store in Miami, Florida that specialized in companion birds. He began hand mixing ingredients and vitamins and fed the seed blend to his birds. Others started to take notice of how well his bird flocks were doing and soon he was bagging his seed blends and selling them to the public. Small bags became big bags and walk-in customers became retail deliveries. Before he knew it, the bird food sales had outgrown the pet store sales. Today, Higgins operates a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art automated production mill. The next family generation continues to own, operate and move the business forward; never forgetting where it all began. PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE: As part of its commitment to promoting responsible companion pet parenting, Higgins supports various organizations, bird hobbyist clubs and animal rescues nationwide. Some of these include the following: RARE SPECIES CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION - Higgins is a proud sponsor of the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation (“RSCF”) in their many conservation efforts including the Imperial Amazon Parrot in the Eastern Caribbean. RSCF designs sustainable recovery, reintroduction and protection programs for endangered species in the wild, and works collaboratively with governments and other conservation/research organizations to restore target species and protect critical habitats. For more information and to see how you can help, please visit rarespecies.org.
