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How To Teach Your Parrot To Spin – For Beginners
Not only is spin a super cute trick but, it also serves as a way to get your bird to turn its back to you incase you need to look at their back or tail feathers. For example, if your bird is bleeding and you need to figure out why the bird is bleeding and stop the bleeding it is much easier to make your bird think it is doing a trick than having you try to turn the bird and not stress it out in an already stressful situation. Where To Start Once your bird is target trained this is a very simple thing to teach. I encourage you…
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Best Toys To Put In Your Parrots Cage
Good features in parrot toys Toys that are easy to destroy (for small birds give them egg cartons – I rip the carton into the little cup put it on string and budgies LOVE it! – also you likely already have them in your home just make sure the egg carton is clean) Toys that make it more difficult to eat and find food The following are screenshots from PetSmart’s website (Canada) I would purchase. Best online places to purchase bird toys Who wants to go out and shop for bird toys when you can shop from home and spend more time with your feathered friend! Planet Pleasures – this…
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Do Parrots Smell Bad?
Do parrots smell? A healthy parrot with good hygiene should have no smell. That being said if you are noticing there is an unpleasant smell it generally is the bird’s droppings and not the actual bird. It can be the actual bird but most times it is not. Some reasons your parrot may smell; Poor overall hygiene – just like us parrots can give off an unpleasant odor if they are not getting frequent baths and are not in a clean environment. Birds are messy, but it is very important to get into a routine and keep on top of it. It is not good for you or your parrot…
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How To Set Up The PERFECT Parrot Cage?
Perches – Offering at least 5 natural wood perches with a variety of widths and textures to keep their feet happy and healthy. Seeing as parrots feet are designed to hold onto all different sizes and textures of wood (no tree branch is perfectly smooth, knot free and the same size) you want to try your best to mimic this in your parrots cage. You can include more than just wood perches but I avoid plastic perches as parrots seem to slip on them. Toys – at least 2 foraging toys and at least 4 shreddable toys – these toys provide mental stimulation and keep them busy while you are…
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Should You Get A Hand-Raised Baby Parrot?
Considering your first baby bird! That is so exciting! You probably have seen all the ads online for hand-raised baby birds. Should you get a hand-raised bird? This post contains a balanced pros and cons list that way you can make the best decision for you and your family that suits your beliefs best! This is a completely personal choice so it is up to you to determine whether a human-raised/hand-raised or parrot-raised baby bird is best for you! Hand-Raised Pros Cons Already is familiar people More adjusted to humans and the human environment Require Human interaction Prefer humans to their species Birds can view humans as their “mate” During…
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3 Tips For Cleaning Up After A Parrot
Get into a routine; if you get used to once you put them to bed picking up, they’re outside their cage toys and putting them away and quickly sweeping up their area it makes cleaning much less daunting and a much easier and smaller task Let any toys/perches that can soak, soak it makes it much easier to just wipe off the poop rather than scrub hard. Toothbrushes are amazing for scrubbing tiny spaces; Bonus tip If you have access to an outdoor space with a hose, put the hose on the jet setting and blast the cage, toys, cage grate. It gets the worst of it off then you…
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How To Teach a Parrot To Talk?
I am going to get this out of the way right here, first line. Do not get a parrot for the sole purpose of wanting a pet that talks, not all parrots do, it is not something you can make them do. Even if you get a parrot that talks the novelty of that will wear off when you realize how much work parrots are (yes I mean budgies too!!!!). Now if you are reading this because you have a bird or want a bird for other reasons but are curious if there are ways you can encourage your parrot to speak then my answer to you is yes. Birds…
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5 Good Store-Bought Parrot Treats
Millet Seed/nut blend Nutri – berries Avi – cakes Dried fruit blends Millet – is a great option for smaller parrots, it is honestly the closest thing I have found to drugs for birds. millet is fantastic because it tends to be a very high-value treat for quite a few small birds. Which makes it a fantastic training treat for those jackpot rewards or flight training. When you buy millet at the store you can save some of the seeds and plant them which means you will always have it on hand for those amazing training sessions. You want to wait until the spray millet turns yellow on the plant…
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Toxic Parrot Food Dishes – BioFilm
Dishes are something that seems simple enough you go to the store and with all the colourful and cute options you simply pick the one you like. Over time plastic dishes can create something called biofilm which is not good for the health of your bird. To be safe your best option is to use stainless steel dishes since you will be cleaning the dishes every day it’s best to be safe. In general bird, the owners tend to have three dishes, one for water, one for pellets, and one for the chop. I avoid water bottles just because they tend to be more difficult to clean and some birds…
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HELP! – My Parrot Has White Spikes On Its Head?
This is completely normal, so do not fret. These white spikes are new feathers coming in, they are often referred to as pin feathers. What are they? Pin feathers are new feathers coming in. you may notice your bird sheds (molts) old feathers this is normal but birds must get new feathers in if they are losing old feathers otherwise you will have a bald bird. Pin feathers are a new feather in keratin sheathing. What do they look like? Honestly, they look like little white spikes all over the bird’s head usually (as they can’t reach their head). What do I do? With little birds especially you want to…