How to care for a parrot at home

Have you decided to make a feathered friend? It should be carefully prepared for his arrival. Buy in the pet store or in the bird market the necessary equipment, equipped cage and food. Now you can safely go for a parrot. After the baby moves into a new home, make sure that the pet is kept in quarantine for 10 days. If you are already a happy owner of feathered creatures, add a new comrade to them. Do not forget to come up with a parrot sonorous name to which he will get used in two weeks.

General recommendations for parrot content

1. The house of the animal must be equipped with roosts, watering, bathing and feeding trough. Not superfluous is the presence of river sand, small wood and eggshells, they are needed for proper digestion.
2. Position the cage so that you have eye contact with the animal.Avoid places with drafts, feathered relatives often get sick. However, do not put the house next to a heater or radiator. The optimum content temperature ranges from 18 to 22 ° C. Parrot cell should be well lit, but not in a natural, but artificial way.
3. Do your daily cleaning by removing debris from the seeds and bird droppings, wash the water bottle and change litter.
4. Once a month do a general house cleaning. Moisten a regular rag in a solution of chamomile flowers or St. John's wort, then carefully wipe all contaminated places.
5. It is important to carry out sanitation every season. Wet the kitchen sponge in a solution of water and soda (ratio - 1 liter per 100 grams), then thoroughly process the cage.
6. You should not turn on the music at maximum volume in the room where the cage with a pet. At first, try to talk to the parrot quietly, so as not to frighten him. You do not need to climb your hands in the house, let your pet get comfortable and get used to the new owners.
7. Allow your pet to fly by closing all windows. Limit the outing of a parrot outside the same room, it will be easier to keep control.Shutter windows, birds tend to bump into glazed objects.

Feeding parrots

Most birds eat grain food, which is sold absolutely in every pet store. The remaining products that your pet will eat are considered a delicacy. Treat parrot food in clear packaging. So you will find out in advance possible mold and save your pet from possible poisoning.

Supplement to the daily diet
Read the “Composition” box on the food package, then pamper the parrot with what is not in its daily diet. It is allowed to feed the bird with sunflower seeds and sprouted grains. The latter contain a lot of vitamin E, which has a beneficial effect on the feathers, claws and beak of the pet.

Parrots love spinach, clover, lettuce, dandelions and ordinary fresh grass. If you plan to lure the bird "street" food, collect plants away from the road and construction sites.

An excellent option for a delicacy is a herbal dry blend consisting of oven-dried plants.

With regards to vegetables and fruits, birds do not really like them.

If you want to pamper your pet, boil one egg and chop it finely, add a little grated carrot and crushed white crackers.

Drink
Birds preferably pour natural water from the bottle. In such a drink there are no harmful impurities, which has a positive effect on the parrot's digestion.

The drinker needs to be changed daily, each time pouring fresh water. You may well add a few drops of lemon juice, it is very useful.

Parrot disease

Feathered friends have a number of common diseases that need to be considered in more detail.

Diarrhea
Symptoms of the disease are considered to be the following: a change in the consistency and color of the litter, the constant presence of the pet on the floor of the cage.

If you do not have the opportunity to visit the vet, then rinse the baby anus, then water the infusion of chamomile flowers.

Poisoning
In 98% of cases this disease is accompanied by a fatal outcome. Do not smoke in the room where the parrot lives, exclude the use of air fresheners, deodorants, hair sprays and other similar types of equipment in this room. If repairs are brewing, take the house to another place,where will not be applied paint, whitewashing and so on.
There are often cases when parrots were poisoned by poor-quality food.

Parrot disease
The most dangerous disease of all, which is transferred to children with a weakened immune system. Symptoms: inflammation of the eyes and tearing, runny nose, diarrhea, excessively slow and difficult breathing.

It is impossible to cure on your own, hurry to the veterinarian and limit the communication of children with the pet.

Cold
Frequent illness in birds, parrots are no exception. Symptoms include short and shortness of breath, redness of the eyes, regular sneezing and a runny nose.

As a treatment, use an infrared lamp, which can be purchased at a pet store (price about 300 rubles) or in the construction market (price 60 rubles). Direct the heat so that it covers the entire cage.

Many poultry farmers use an ordinary incandescent lamp instead of infrared.

If you become a caring parent, he will not get sick at all. Take care of your pet, watch your diet and avoid dangerous situations.

How to teach a parrot to the tray

Surprisingly, parrots are also taught to use the toilet.To this end, you need to agree with the family that from now on you will act together. Choose a specific team and pronounce it with one intonation. Give preference to a voiced phrase or a word that cannot be confused with another exclamation. Of course, you can say “Fly to the toilet!”, But it is better to choose a more up-to-date method.

Mentor for the pet should be one family member who will explain to the parrot what, where and how. When the baby decides to defecate, his behavior will become atypical, you need to remember these movements. Perhaps the bird will retreat back or squat, watch and draw a conclusion.

At the first sign of emptying, take a parrot and hold it over the intended toilet, often pronouncing the crew. Now the main task is to create the necessary associations between the tray and the pet's desire. Consider the fact that if you made a newspaper or a toilet with a toilet, the parrot will crap at all such items in the house.

You kept the parrot in the right place, and he safely made his case? Praise, give a treat. Next time, take the pet in your hands again, hold it until it is empty, stroke it again and touch it.Repeat such simple manipulations as often as possible, then everything will work out! Do not be discouraged and do not scold the parrot, if the situation gets out of control. Remember, he is still small and really does not understand what the owner wants.

Parrot training

Parrots are relatively easy to train if their master has perseverance and patience.

Do not make sudden movements when approaching the pet's dwelling, always call him by name, not “My good!” Or “Hey, you!”.

Hand feeding
After two weeks of living in a new house, the bird will get used to you and you can teach him to eat food from his hand. Take your favorite delicacy and stick it in the cage through the bars, repeat the maneuver until the parrot starts to take food from you.

After that, go to the second stage: put your hand in the cage, showing the baby that it is time to switch to your side. He must take courage and sit on the brush. As practice shows, the training of foods from the hand and the transition to it are quite easy. When the bird transplants to you, slowly carry it out of the house.Over time, a pet can be trained to fly on a call by name and land on a limb extended upwards.

Memorizing phrases
Feathered friends have excellent hearing, memorize the timbre of the voice and try to repeat it. Parrots easily utter phrases in a lovely chirping voice, imitate other animals and sing musical compositions. Parrots are better positioned to a female mentor than a male.

Training should be practiced at an early age (2-3 months). For this period, place the pet in the hotel room, and be for him one and only mentor. Every day, 30-50 times speak the same phrase, which the baby must repeat. With a successful result, do not skimp on delicacies and praise.

You should always start by learning the elementary short words that contain the letters O, A, I, P, P, K, T. After the pet has mastered them, move on to other vowels and consonants. Gradually increase the number of letters in a word, lengthen phrases or phrases. If a bird has learned a lesson, communicate with it regularly so that everything will be remembered.

Keeping a parrot at home is not difficult if the health of the animal is approached wisely.Follow the power of your pet, timely change the water in the water bowl, spend seasonal and monthly sanitation. Learn interesting and funny phrases that you will listen to later with emotion. Parrots are one of the most touching creatures on the planet, but they are also defenseless against chemical agents and open windows. Love and protect your pet! Perhaps he will even say “Thank you!”.

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