Parrot Care Is The Key To Your Parrot’s Health And A Long Life Not To Mention A Good Relationship And Years Of Great Fun.

Proper parrot care is not all it is cracked up to be. As well as being fun it takes a lot of time, energy, money and patience. For great rewards you also need to look after and care for your parrot.

Parrots can live as long as a human. With the right effort and care buying a baby parrot can be well worth it. Think hard about it though it is a big responsibility, weigh up the positives and negatives. If it is still yes then go to a parrot breeder to buy your baby parrot.

Choose your parrot breeder well. Ask around, interview several and go to their aviaries to check out their parrots. The ones who really care will have happy, healthy parrots and you will see the level of relationship they have with their baby and adult parrots. It will be obvious and they will guide you in everything you need to know. This will help you avoid dodgy breeders.

The first thing you should verify about the parrot you buy is it’s proper age. Make sure you see the hatching year on the baby parrot’s leg band before making your purchase. Another thing to ask parrot breeders is if the parrot has been hand-fed or not. This can be determined if the bird readily takes food from you by perching on your hand or walking up your arm.

A hand fed parrot will be very different to one that isn’t. It will be much more friendly, social, well adjusted and naturally feed from your hand. A hand fed parrot will fetch higher prices because of the extra care and attention taken in raising them. An unscrupulous breeder might try to make a claim a parrot was hand fed when it wasn’t to make more money.

Good breeders are poles apart from those who are not. They will answer your questions and show you how they raise and hand feed their parrots. They will usually show you their aviaries too. The affection they have for their baby parrots will be self evident.

Owning a parrot can be an absolute joy, as these intelligent birds always add a touch of the exotic to any home and they are a great focal point for any room. However when you have a parrot it is a good idea to know all about parrot care, or you could end up with a problem parrot on your hands.

You need to know what you are doing when you first bring your parrot home otherwise you may find it harder than it needs to be to train your parrot or bring them in as a new member to your family.

It might be tempting to get your parrot home from the parrot breeder and put it straight into its cage and believe that your work is done… it isn’t. If you want to get the most out of your parrot and enjoy many happy years together you have to put some work in first. You need to know how to handle your parrot correctly. You need to know how to spot signs of boredom or irritability and do all you can to minimize stress and upset for your parrot. Otherwise you might end up with a parrot behaving very badly indeed.

With proper care, diet and exercise you can expect your bird to live 20 to 30 years or more. The best way to safe guard their health is to get to know your parrot’s habits when it is healthy. Any deviation from these patterns should be cause for concern. Symptoms such as lethargy, loss of appetite, discharge from nose or eyes, or diarrhea are serious symptoms and your bird needs immediate professional attention from an avian veterinarian.

Help your parrot live a long time. The more immediate your detection of anything being wrong and getting it treated, the better.