Taking Care of Birds

• Make sure to introduce your parrot to its new cage slowly
  and calmly.
• Give your parrot fresh food and water every day.
• If you use newspaper for the bedding make sure it can't
  reach it; parrots can be harmed by the ink.
• Play with your parrot everyday so that it gets used to
  human contact.
• Make sure your bird has toys in its cage to keep it
  entertained while you're not there.
• Only put a cover over your birds cage at night, otherwise
  they can go insane.
• Make sure to read a detailed guide on how to clip a birds
  wings.

Habits of Birds

• Some birds can develope the ability to talk.
• Parrotsspend many hours of the day preening
  and cleaning their feathers.
• Parrots can live from 15 to 20 years if taken
  care of properly, so make sure you really want one.
• Parrots like to follow a regular routine.
• The types of food birds eat can effect their habits.
• If a bird is stressed or sick it will pluck its own
  feathers out.
• Parrots are cautious and sometimes frightened in new situations.