How to care for parrots?

One of the most popular pets is parrots. Their maintenance does not require large cash and time costs. They are placed in a spacious cage, the best walk for parrots is flying around the room. However, there are several care rules that you need to know in order for your bird to stay healthy for a long time and make you happy.

Before buying a feathered friend, you should definitely familiarize yourself with how to care for him.

1. Buy a spacious cage and set it at the level of your eyes. Equip it with several perches, a drinking bowl, two feeding troughs. You can put river sand or eggshells, which helps the digestion of birds.
2. Remember that the bird house must be protected from drafts. The optimum temperature of the content ranges from +18 to +25 C; do not place the cage near heating appliances. Humidity is suitable 45-70%. There should be sufficient illumination with natural or artificial light.
3. Routine cage cleaning is done daily. In this case, droppings, husks from grains are removed, water in the drinking bowl is changed. General cleaning can be done once a month. Wipe all bars of the cage, perch with a rag dipped in infusion of chamomile. Approximately every 3 months, treat the cell with soda infusion (100 g per 1 liter of water).
4. Parrots do not like loud soundsTherefore, you should not listen to music or TV at full volume. Also reduce the overall noise level, do not assemble large companies at home. A feathered friend will get used to you and your home environment for a long time. Do not pick up a bird for the first time.
5. Parrots love to fly. Give them that opportunity after a period of adaptation.To do this, close all the windows in the room and curtain them, as the birds crash into the glazed openings. Leave your pet as soon as he walks up and wants to eat, he will return to his cage.
6. If your feathered friend is bored, hang a mirror next to his roost. Then he will think that the female is next to him and will begin to coo with his reflection.

The basic necessities that will allow you to properly maintain your pet include a cage, a roost, a grain feed, a feeding trough, a drinker. All this should be with you before buying a pet. Pay attention to the choice of feed. It should consist of quality components, the use of expired or mold-infected grains is unacceptable.

It is also important to monitor the quality of the water, it is unacceptable that it be chlorinated. Do not use tap water. Better if it is bottled. To care for the beak you will need a mineral stone. To bathe your pet, get a special bath for him. For the joy of a parrot, purchase toys and items for the cage:

• ladders;
• rings;
• bell;
• swing.

There are also whole game complexes for birds, which are located in the room. You can either purchase them or make them yourself from improvised materials. To keep the cell clean, you need paper. Buy a package of the cheapest paper, lay it on the bottom of the cage. After contamination, change to a new sheet.

On the recommendation of the owners, paper towels can also be used for these purposes. But you should not take newspapers because of printing ink. If she gets inside, then your feathered friend will take pleasure.

Parrots are guided by the sun. If it has risen, then their day begins.

We have already found out that for feathered pets in the pet store you will find special grain feed. Once again, we remind you to pay attention to the integrity of the package and the expiration date. Since good food is the key to your pet’s health. Parrots are contraindicated in fried, spicy, salty foods, so it is undesirable to treat them from your table. There are several ways to diversify your friend’s menu.

1. Fruits. There is an opinion that parrots do not like them. However, before asserting this, it is nevertheless worth offering a healthy treat to your friend. Fruits should be exceptionally fresh, pre-washed, peeled and cut into small pieces. Please note that parrots cannot be the fruits of persimmon, mango, avocado and papaya. The remaining fruits can be provided with good tolerance.
2. Vegetables. It is not recommended to give parrots onions, celery, radishes and radishes. Carrots, cucumbers, different types of cabbage, peppers, corn, peas, tomatoes are perfect. Vegetables should be fresh, clean, chopped into small pieces.
3. Greens. Parrots do not tolerate fragrant herbs, so limit cilantro, celery and dill in your diet. Give some greens daily. Use beet tops, various lettuce leaves, clover, plantain, spinach, burdock, meadow forbs. Natural foliage will enrich your pet’s diet and nourish it with vitamin C.
4. Feathered all gnaw. To satisfy these reflexes, it is recommended to give them various branches. Linden and maple branches, as well as willows, cherries, alders, mountain ash, currants, pears - all this will suit your pet. There are also some home plants that the parrot will like: bamboo, Kalanchoe, palm, hibiscus, citrus trees. It is forbidden to give acacia, lilac, oak, bird cherry, poplar and elderberry.

Remember that some foods can harm your pet:

• salt;
• milk;
• chocolate;
• bread.

The problem of bathing is acute for the parrot owner, if the feathered one does not like to wash. It would seem that this is not required. But not so simple. Since the bird flies in all rooms, once dirty, it will spread dirt throughout the house. Let's look at the instructions for a successful swim.

1. If the pet does not like to be touched, it is best to wrap it with a towel.
2. Then lock your head. To do this, holding the body, take the bird under the cheeks.
3. Lighting in the bathroom should not be too bright. Use dim lights.
4. If heavily soiled, use soapy water. It should be applied with light massaging movements in the direction of feather growth. Strictly make sure that the soap does not get into the eyes and beak.
5. Use natural methods for drying. Do not use hair dryers or heaters.

For lovers of water procedures, swimming is much easier. Put in a suitable container of water at room temperature, and your pet will do everything himself.

When keeping parrots at home, they need to be fed with vitamins and minerals. Vitamins are needed in spring and autumn, as well as in diseases and during molting. In veterinary pharmacies you can find ready-made mixes for parrots.

If you want to use natural substances, you can add lemon juice or honey in small concentrations in the drinker. About 3-4 drops per 100 ml of water. Minerals are essential for strong bones, feathers and beaks.

Most often, parrot owners wonder if their pet can talk. Speech can be taught to any parrot.

1. The learning process should be carried out by the person whom the feathered one is not afraid of.
2. Start with simple phrases such as your pet’s name.
3. Your intonation should be soft, and your mood should be benevolent. Be patient, you will need from 2 months to six months for the pet to speak.
4. Remember that you can teach speech only if your parrot lives alone. When he learns to talk, feel free to buy him a friend.

Parrots willingly breed in captivity. For this, birds should like each other. If the male begins to show his attention to the female, be prepared for the appearance of chicks. Be sure to buy a house for hatching eggs. In clutch there can be from 8 to 10 eggs. The female takes them down every other day for 1-2, after which they start to hatch.

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