Parrot Breeders Have An Important Role In The Early Years Of A Parrot
Parrot Breeders Have An Important Role In The Early Years Of A Parrot
Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan
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 learns to behave either the right way or the wrong way according to how it is being treated. Have you ever considered how long a parrot lives for, because some of them live to 60 years old and others even up until 100 years? Well they do, so you can see why those first few months, and even years, are important to instill good behavioral habits.
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. Something that is great about having a pet parrot is that it does like a wide variety of food. 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. Some may be hesitant of this, but if they are genuine they should not have a problem. 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 you own the parrot and be caring for him, it is really helpful if you can build a strong 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.
The role of a parrot breeder is very important but once you have bought your parrot, enjoy him. Have lots of fun with your parrot as you teach him new parrot tricks but at Pet Parrot Secrets you will also learn how to take great care of him so he is around for many years to come.
rspb/defra video which was broadcasted on watchdog. this video proves rspb/defra have tried to frame bird breeders
Yahoo Answers:
Question by Tolga K: where can I find parrot breeders in Florida?
I would like to buy African Grey Timneh female baby parrot and I would like to buy her from a breeder in FLorida. Any help is appreciated.
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Answer by Sapphyre
Hi
Since i live in Florida for over 10 years I have meet a lot of breeders, the best place I have found is a wholesale breeder in Miami, here is their link, I think I have a few more for ya.
http://www.birdwholesalers.com/
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you can also look at the ads in the back of birdtalk magazine
check your paper for breeders or yahoo yellow pages.
Kim’s Aviary specializes in the African Congo Grey.
She sells young hand fed babies.
She usually has special needs birds available for adoption, as well as a classified ad section if you are interested in giving a needy bird a home.