Another question recently asked on Quora was “what do parrots do for fun”?
We know parrots prefer “working” for food versus simply eating from overflowing bowls of bird food blends.
We know correlation does not necessarily imply causation but can we correctly infer that work & play are one and the same for a parrot?
This has become a helluva slippery slope.
0 to 10 budgies in 25 months.
They are in this big beautiful Prevue F050 aviary.
They’ve created their own micro-culture.
Is this a proper budgie cage set up?
First of all you do not indicate the bird’s lifestyle.
Will this be a solitary bird who spends a lot of time in the cage or will the bird be out of the cage a lot and basically used for sleeping?
What are the most difficult parrots to keep as pets for most bird owners?
First a little housekeeping.
When we talk about species of birds, it’s important to be specific.
To say that “cockatoos are needy” would be inaccurate.
The quality of light has little use for a pet bird. It’s the light cycle that means everything.
Is lighting necessary to house parrots properly?
Are there any specific requirements for the lighting?
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I can’t count the number of times people inquire about the best way to migrate a bird from an older cage to a new birdcage.
A bird who has had the same bird cage, toys and accessories for 10 or 20 years is a phobic bird that you created.
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In about 24 months our household has gone from 0 to 9 birds.
Six budgies (2 males/4 females), a female Senegal (surgically sexed) and a male African ringneck (males have the ring).
I fondly call the budgies my little hooligans who have their own cage as does Peaches our 9 year old female Senegal and Keto the newest member to our family, the 17-year-old male African ringneck.
I’ve often said the universe is too complex to be arbitrary.
We brought home a Prevue F040 birdcage for our six budgies, but once built we clearly felt it was too small.
It sat in our living room for about three weeks.
During that time we received a phone call and long story short we ended up rescuing a 17-year-old male African ringneck.
The following is a thread between Mary Anne M and Catherine
Editor’s note: We will do our best to provide cage bird-keeping solutions.
The more information we have, the more precise our answers.
8/23/2018 – I have a Hawkheaded parrot named Rudy (above) that is the greatest companion!
He has been with me for the past 2 years & comes out with me daily.