The Role That Parrot Breeders Have With a Pet Parrot
Parrot breeders play an important part in the first stages of a parrot's life.
Breeders have a very dominant role in the weaning of a parrot onto food.
Care and patience is need during this time and if it is not done correctly the long term health of the parrot can be affected due to bad eating habits.
During the first few months a parrot very quickly learns how to behave and if not corrected he will learn naughtly tricks that you will not want your parrot doing.
Do you realize that some parrots live until they are 60 or even 100 years of age? Well they do, so you can understand why it is critical that in those first few months, and even years, the correct habits are taught.
Parrot breeders.
When looking to purchase a pet parrot make some enquiries about parrot breeders and find one that has a good history and one that demonstrates good behavior towards parrot breeding.
If buying the parrot from a pet shop see if you can get some information about the breeder and watch to see how the parrot behaves in the shop before you purchase it.
The behavior you see will give you some idea as to how the parrot is going to act at home.
Getting a weaned bird.
How and what a young parrot is fed in the early stages of its life is very important so you want to know that the parrot breeder has taken care over the diet of the parrot you intend to buy and that they have started feeding it the diet that it should have.
A young parrot should be eating warm soft food, fresh food, pellets and/or seeds before you get it home.
Caring for a pet parrot starts at the beginning and a parrot breeder needs to make sure that right at the beginning the parrot diet is correct.
Some parrots are a bit fussy but with perseverance a varied diet can be achieved.
There are many foods that a parrot can be fed and this is definitely a plus over and above some other pets.
They like fresh fruit and vegetables, grains, rice, pasta and also included in their diet should be at least 40% of pellets.
Clipping the wings of a parrot.
Some breeders will clip the wings on a parrot very early in its life, but preferably the bird should not have its wings clipped, and has been allowed to learn to fly and to learn to land safely on its feet then it is much more likely to be a happier bird.
Even in your home the bird will flutter around from one thing to another so it needs to be able to land safely and securely without tumbling over.
Let's face it, a bird is a bird, no matter whether it has had its wings clipped or not, so from an emotional point of view the bird needs to have learnt why it has wings before they are clipped.
Commitment of parrot breeders.
Before purchasing your parrot ask the breeder if you can have a look at the aviary.
You may come across a breeder who is hesitant about allowing you to do this, but if they are genuine there should be any problems.
If the breeder will not let you look at the aviary, walk away from the purchase because there could be serious problems within the aviary.
Because of the length of time that a parrot lives, it is quite important that you are able to build a good rapport with the parrot breeder.
During the parrot's lifetime there may be problems that you come up against and it is really handy to be able to approach an experienced person to help you care for the parrot.
There are of course, times when people buy a really exotic parrot and cannot meet the parrot breeders, but in most cases it is possible and I would definitely go down this path when purchasing a pet that I intend to have because you do keep them for such a long time.
Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan
Breeders have a very dominant role in the weaning of a parrot onto food.
Care and patience is need during this time and if it is not done correctly the long term health of the parrot can be affected due to bad eating habits.
During the first few months a parrot very quickly learns how to behave and if not corrected he will learn naughtly tricks that you will not want your parrot doing.
Do you realize that some parrots live until they are 60 or even 100 years of age? Well they do, so you can understand why it is critical that in those first few months, and even years, the correct habits are taught.
Parrot breeders.
When looking to purchase a pet parrot make some enquiries about parrot breeders and find one that has a good history and one that demonstrates good behavior towards parrot breeding.
If buying the parrot from a pet shop see if you can get some information about the breeder and watch to see how the parrot behaves in the shop before you purchase it.
The behavior you see will give you some idea as to how the parrot is going to act at home.
Getting a weaned bird.
How and what a young parrot is fed in the early stages of its life is very important so you want to know that the parrot breeder has taken care over the diet of the parrot you intend to buy and that they have started feeding it the diet that it should have.
A young parrot should be eating warm soft food, fresh food, pellets and/or seeds before you get it home.
Caring for a pet parrot starts at the beginning and a parrot breeder needs to make sure that right at the beginning the parrot diet is correct.
Some parrots are a bit fussy but with perseverance a varied diet can be achieved.
There are many foods that a parrot can be fed and this is definitely a plus over and above some other pets.
They like fresh fruit and vegetables, grains, rice, pasta and also included in their diet should be at least 40% of pellets.
Clipping the wings of a parrot.
Some breeders will clip the wings on a parrot very early in its life, but preferably the bird should not have its wings clipped, and has been allowed to learn to fly and to learn to land safely on its feet then it is much more likely to be a happier bird.
Even in your home the bird will flutter around from one thing to another so it needs to be able to land safely and securely without tumbling over.
Let's face it, a bird is a bird, no matter whether it has had its wings clipped or not, so from an emotional point of view the bird needs to have learnt why it has wings before they are clipped.
Commitment of parrot breeders.
Before purchasing your parrot ask the breeder if you can have a look at the aviary.
You may come across a breeder who is hesitant about allowing you to do this, but if they are genuine there should be any problems.
If the breeder will not let you look at the aviary, walk away from the purchase because there could be serious problems within the aviary.
Because of the length of time that a parrot lives, it is quite important that you are able to build a good rapport with the parrot breeder.
During the parrot's lifetime there may be problems that you come up against and it is really handy to be able to approach an experienced person to help you care for the parrot.
There are of course, times when people buy a really exotic parrot and cannot meet the parrot breeders, but in most cases it is possible and I would definitely go down this path when purchasing a pet that I intend to have because you do keep them for such a long time.
Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan
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