Pet Parrots and You

Pet Parrots are the most lovely birds to have as a pet. Parrots are generally gracious pets that will provide you with companionship for many, many years to come.

Our site will teach you all about Pet Parrots and how to care for your large parrot. Generally people buy pet parrots that are large talking parrots or birds but did you know that a small budgie is still part of the parrot family?

Yes it’s true! Male Budgies can also learn to talk just like their larger pet parrot relations. Their cages and toys are obviously much smaller and handling a small pet parrot is easier than handling a large parrot but intrinsically they are very similar.

Pet parrots have been around for many centuries. Often when we think of pet parrots we think of Long John Silver with his pet parrot sitting on his shoulder. Talking Parrots are such fun to have around and there is definitely never a dull moment when you decide to buy a parrot as a pet.

My favorite pet parrots are the African Gray Parrots. I used to own a lovely one named “Groucho” but unfortunately I had to give him up due to personal problems. My African Gray Parrot became a part of my life and I miss him greatly. We will be talking more about african gray parrots later in other blog posts.

My sister used to breed pet parrots at home and so I have been around them for many years. Sadly my sister passed away and there was no way I could house the pet parrots in my small apartment so we had to put them up for adoption. They did end up going to very nice people but I felt a great loss after losing my sister and then having to part with the lovely birds.

I hope that you enjoy your time on my pet parrots site as we will talk about many things pertaining to pet parrots and especially talking parrots and birds.

Keep coming back and feel free to send your comments. I love to write about our pet parrots and by writing about them it helps to keep them, and my sisters and my love for them, with me in spirit.

Sharron

Pet Parrot Training

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Pet Parrots: Choosing the Right Parrot Cages Part II

In our last blog post we were discussing the importance of buying the proper parrot cages for our pet parrots. We looked at a few things that we need to take into consideration before purchasing our parrot cages.

To summarize we said:

  1. Make Sure that the Parrot Cages are Big Enough
  2. Dont Let Your Parrot on top of the Cage to Play
  3. Don’t buy Round or Cylindrical Cages for your Pet Parrots

Today we want to talk about perches for your parrot cages as well as whether we should have the grid at the bottom of the cage.

First, let’s talk about perches for the parrot cage. These perches come in a variety of styles and sizes and it is generally best to consider buying at least two different types of perches. One of course would be the regular wooden perch which should fit the width of your parrot cage. When choosing wooden perches make sure that they are thick enough for your pet parrots to stand on easily. You don’t want a thin perch if you have a large parrot. The thinner perches are fine for small parrots such as lovebirds or budgies, but you will need a larger perch for African Gray Parrots or Macaws etc.

Be sure to place the main perch along the width of the cage and make sure that they are not directly above the food dishes. There is nothing more unsanitary than having your pet parrots drop their excrement into their food or water dishes. Also, make sure that the perch is placed far enough away from the edge so that your bird will not be rubbing it’s feathers against the bars of the cage when sitting relaxed on the perch.

Besides the plain wooden perches it would be a good idea to get a branch like perches also. These are comfortable for your pet parrots because the width of the perch varies giving your bird a bit of relief from their feet always being in the same position all the time.

I do not recommend that you buy the concrete perches. These are sandy like perches and can be very irritating on the feet of your pet parrots. Stay away from them. Even though the pet store owners may tell you that it is good for keeping your pet parrots nails trimmed, it is not worth the problem of having sore feet. You can always get the avian vet to clip your pet parrots nails once in awhile if you are worried about doing it yourself.

Just a word of caution about nail trimming. Do NOT try and trim the nails yourself if you are not sure what you are doing. If you trim them wrongly, you may end up having your bird bleed to death. Get  your avian vet to show you how to do it correctly if you plan on doing this yourself.

I also want to talk about the grid that comes with some parrot cages. There is a bit of a debate over whether we should use them or not. I personally find them to be a pain in the butt because when the bird defecates it ends up getting stuck on the grids. I tend to take these out when I purchase a cage and just line the bottom of the cage. Then when the bird defecates I can just remove the liner on the bottom and presto! Clean cage bottom :)

Lastly, I want to talk about parrot toys. Just be sure not to buy a mirror when purchasing your parrot toys. WHY? Because your pet parrots may fall in love and bond with the bird in the mirror not realizing that it is actually him in there. The bird in the mirror is a perfect companion as far as he/she is concerned. He/she does everthing that your pet parrots do. Ahhhhhhh, wouldn’t life be lovely if our companions did exactly what we wanted them to do…….oh, I’m dreaming now…lol

So, I hope these tips will help you when you finally decide to purchase a pet parrot and your parrot cages.




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