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.