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Undoubtedly parrots benefit from the use of talking toys because it makes them feel so much closer to their owners when their owners are not around. The use of a talking toy helps the parrot feel that there is someone in the house all the time and when they hear your recorded voice they also feel much more at ease. This has such great benefits for a pet parrot.

Your own personal recordings on a talking toy will have absolutely huge benefits for the health and welfare of your pet parrot.

Parrots seem to love most types of toys, but talking toys are undoubtedly one of the best types that you could buy for your parrot, not just for its entertainment but because it also plays a vital role in its physical, emotional and behavioral adaptation into its captive surroundings.

It is a shame, but many parrot owners do not realize this and just consider it as a beautiful plumage that would make an interesting exhibit when visitors come to their home.

Just as we humans do, parrots experience a lot of emotional and physical emotions and are quite capable of feeling frustrated, lonely and bored. Boredom is a real problem for a pet parrot when the owners leave to go to work. A talking parrot toy can give the bird company inside its cage and can entertain it throughout the day.

Parrots do not like to be left alone and can always demand attention. Obviously, you will not be available every time it needs you, so a talking parrot toy can substitute for your company to a certain extent anyway.

Here are a few reasons why your parrot would enjoy a talking toy:

• Talking parrot toy – Frustration

A lonely parrot can easily become bored and this causes frustration which in the end shows as plucked feathers and a bad tempered parrot. Although, a cage for the parrot is its territory to sleep and eat in, it can also become a prison for it if it needs to spend most of the time inside it. A talking parrot toy can relieve it a lot by giving it companionship just like another real parrot.

• Talking parrot toy – Teaching A Parrot

If you own a parrot you might not always find time to spend with it teaching it to talk. This is where a talking parrot toy can come to your rescue and teach your pet how to talk. The biggest advantage of such a toy is that you can record in them whatever you need to teach your parrot and just play it on repeatedly until your parrot learns it.

• Talking parrot toy – Reducing Boredom

As said earlier parrots are attention seekers and the presence of another bird inside its cage gives it quite an inquisitiveness to explore it. A talking toy to a parrot can be a wonder, if it has not seen any other parrot. This can keep it entertained for a long time and bring its boredom to the curb.

A talking parrot toy has many very positive attributes that will help your parrot in its development, in its social skills, is temperament, physical exercise and other behaviors that occur from its emotional feelings. When a parrot can interact with toys they are using their cognitive skills as well as their intellectual ability and therefore will benefit in so many different ways. There is no mystery about the fact that “A happy parrot is a happy pet!”

For information on how to care for your parrot and how to best rare a pet parrot from parrot expert Kaye Dennan visit Pet Parrot Secrets
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okie, PG advised… this brought lots of laughter in the office

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Question by kalamazoophoto: Where do I find that toy talking parrot? I live in Kalamazoo, MI?

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Answer by englishamerican
search for talking parrot on ebay. I’ve also seen some at drug stores and toys r us.

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About The Parrots Of The World

Parrots have always been very popular birds because of their interesting behavior and bright appearance. Nowadays parrots of the world include a lot of types. Each type is unique either for its color, or size, or ability to be trained and taught to speak. The parrots native land is mainly tropical woods of South America, Australia, New Zealand and South-West Asia.
Why Parrots Are Interesting?
Parrots appearance is most interesting due to color. In fact, parrots are considered to be the most colorful type of birds. Plumage of a parrot may have various colors – red, yellow, dark blue, black, white, but the most popular color is green. Usually parrots of the world have all shades of green color, and just a few types have not.
Other remarkable features of parrots are massive beaks and paws. The beak has such important functions as crushing nutshells and supporting the bird during climbing up the trees. The paws of a parrot seem short and clumsy, but actually these are very flexible parts of body. Paws help parrots to hold on branches and to eat. You see, parrots fingers are so amazingly plastic, that a parrot can successfully keep in paws a walnut as well as an oat.
Usually the most famous parrots of the world may be seen in zoos. We can frequently find cockatoos and there a type of parrots that were first brought from Australia or the islands of the Indian Ocean. These are large white, pink or black birds with a crest on the head. Other outstanding parrots of the world are macaws that came from South America and are popular for their length equal to meter or more. African Grey parrot is the best chatterer among parrots of the world. One African Grey parrot is known for managing to learn 800 English words! Budgerigars, Australian parrots with a long tail, are considered to be the best bird pets because they are rather easy to maintain they are not large, not too noisy and may be trained successfully.
The Reasons Why Rare Types of Parrots Disappear
Unfortunately, parrots allure has provoked to extermination of many rare kinds of these birds. People extirpate a huge amount of parrots, especially large ones, for their tail feathers, which are sold to the tourists afterwards. Also, parrot collectors, who are ready to pay any sum of money to get a rare kind, make the most beautiful and rare parrots of the world disappear.
Another reason is black markets where parrots are sold illegally. Many parrots perish during transportation, and if even they manage to reach their final owner they usually suffer very much from inappropriate climatic conditions and lack of proper care.
But, perhaps, the main reason of parrots disappearance is severe felling of tropical woods. Irresponsible organizers of that regard tropics as means of getting profit, and they do not realize that thus they harm to flora and fauna. Parrots inhabitancy gets destroyed, birds feel lack of forage and are constantly under stress because of necessity to change a place of habitat.

compilation of keely clips… sorry, when i saved the movie, the writing at teh end would not come out right.

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Question by Sebastien: Black cichlid parrot fish, 1” long, WHEN or WILL IT TURN RED?
I purchased 2 blood parrot fish, 1” long each and was told they would become red eventually. Although, I have no idea when this will occur, at about how long will blood parrot fish become red/orange? OR WILL THESE BLACK PARROT STAY THAT COLOUR FOREVER?

Thank you!

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Answer by Blondie
my parrot fish turned orangish/peach within a couple of months, but turn different shades of orange every couple of seasons.. some of them even develop strange black patches that grow, then fade back into it’s original color or pale, pale orange… the fish store associate said it also depends on what you feed your parrots… i feed a strict diet of blood worms and brine shrimp (frozen).. here’s a pic from my tank off of flickr.

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edit- your black parrot fish might not stay black forever.. I purchased an albino and a black a couple years ago, but both turned bright orange over time.

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New Parrot Tricks To Keep Him Happy

Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan

One of the sheer delights of owning a parrot is seeing results for all the parrot training that you do with your friend. Parrots love to be trained and they are very interactive when you give them your time. Parrot tricks are many and varied, but one of the first tricks most owners teach is to get the parrot to ’step up’ onto their hand.

Parrot tricks are great for your pet parrot because if the owner is not around they can become quite lonely and bored which is not good for their health. They are flock birds and if they do not have a companion in the cage with them then they need to be taught tricks so that they do not become upset and unwell. A happy parrot is an amazingly good companion.

Here is something that can be taught to a pet parrot.

Because owners like to carry their parrot around, ’stepping up’ is one of the first tricks often taught. This is simply getting the parrot to step onto your finger (or arm if it is a larger bird). Extend your finger in front of the parrot’s feet and ask it to “step up”. Repeat this command several times in a calm, soothing voice so as not to frighten the bird. If necessary, hold some food in front of the bird, out of reach so that it will move forward. When the bird does what it is supposed to do give it a small treat.

“Turning around” is another trick that birds will learn quite quickly. The idea is to get the parrot to do a full turn on the perch. To start this trick, hold a piece of food to the side of the parrot so that it has to turn its head. Ask it to “turn around” and as it reaches for the food move it behind the bird so that it turns completely around on the perch. Once it has turned around, give it a treat.

Over time your parrot will gain more confidence and he will do all sorts of tricks of his own. The tricks that they get up to will depend on the type of toys that you give them. They have really inquisitive minds and like small children, they will find things to do with new toys.

Teaching a parrot to talk.

One of the very important steps when teaching a parrot to talk is to talk loudly clearly. Each syllable needs clear pronunciation so that the parrot can hear and be able to mimic the sounds.

It is best to teach the parrot only a few words at a time otherwise they will get confused, and also it is best if there is only one teacher. This way the parrot gets used to the vocal sounds and is not confused by the different accents and voice tone.

Regardless whether you are teaching your parrot tricks or to talk, the parrot will absolutely love the interaction and all the attention. You can bet that all the praise you heap on him will not be lost and that his ego will get a huge boost.

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Question by lyricalismine: What and How to teach a parrot tricks?
what kinda of trick is a good one to start with for the first time with a parrot and how would i teach it to him

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it is tricky trust me i know

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Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot – male
Loriculus galgulus

Pet Parrot Care

Parrots are a lot different from dogs and cats as pets. Unlike dogs and cats, parrots do not need blow drys or spa treatments. Grooming a parrot should maintain clipped nails and wings and a beak in perfect shape. But this is not something easy to do. A pet parrot owner should be trained by a professional avian veterinarian to make sure that they know what they are doing. If not, never attempt on grooming your parrot because it might cause serious injuries.

BEAK

Be cautious certain types of conditions like an upper or lower beak growing off to the side is one. This can be defect acquired during birth or an injury from an accident. Cleaning and caring the beak might prove to be difficult in such a condition. Some illnesses might also cause problems in growing your parrot’s beak such as mite or fungal infections.

NAILS

The first thing to know in cutting your parrot’s toenails is to identify the desired length that the nails should be cut. For this procedure, you will need an effective bird holder or a method of safe restraint, a cutting device and a styptic powder. Never attempt to cut the nails if you are unsure and not properly trained to do it. In case you are, you will only get used to the right length as time progresses. The cutting device should be appropriate to the size of your parrot. For smaller ones, human nail trimmers will do but for larger ones, a pet nail trimmers or the guillotine-style nail trimmer is most appropriate. If in any case you cause your parrot’s toenail to bleed, be ready with the styptic powder but be cautious because this is very painful when applied to an open wound so you have to restrict your parrot from moving wildly effectively.

Nails are important to be cut because this can cause injury to your parrot. Long toenails might get caught in rugs, carpets, toys and cages and can be the cause of a broken toe.

WINGS

A properly clipped parrot’s wings can prevent a serious injury to your pet parrot. In an attempt to fly during play sessions, parrots can avoid falling to the ground hard with correct clipped wings. Not only that they will also not be prone to serious wing, leg and head injury because of crashing into doors, mirrors, windows and ceiling fans.

True, full-winged parrots are very nice to look at and add to the beauty of the parrot but keep in mind that your parrot is a pet and not left out in the wild where they can boast off their wings while looking for food, flying to safety, protecting their young and shelter or finding companionship. You would not want your parrot to wander and fly off just like that would you! So be sure to trim the wings of your parrot and trim it correctly. Never attempt to trim the wings for the purpose of style and wild appearance because this might cause your parrot to fall hard on the ground and go circles in the air. Aim for wings that will help your bird flutter harmlessly to the ground.

Feeding your parrot

Like in grooming, perhaps the one important thing you have to keep in mind is that your parrot is a pet and you do not compare or imitate the lifestyle of the parrot in the wild because the environment is totally different.

In feeding the parrot, you have to make a total conversion of the parrot’s diet. Do not be carried away by books or pet shop owners who are saying that seeds are the best diet your parrot could ever have.

Parrots like humans need to have a well-balanced diet. Seeds are great for wild parrots because they are high in fat and protein. But wild parrots activities are not similar to pet parrots. Wild parrots get much exercise out there, flying here and there to look for food and find a shelter. They need all the weight, energy and fats they can get to do these activities. Pet parrots just stay home and only get exercise during very limited time of play sessions.

The acceptable diet to home-bound parrot pets is 70-80 percent “pelleted” diet and with the remaining 20-30 percent composition of fruits and veggies diet. It will also help if you go and ask your avian vet to make you a list of foods to avoid by your parrot. Some examples are raw onions, guacamole, chocolate or any milk products, avocado and rhubarb.

Cages and accessories

Parrots need a big cage so that they can have enough space to swing their wings fully and cling and hang as much as they want to. The best cages are those that are made of stainless steel, no paint chip off or rust that your bird might feed on. Plus they are great for cleaning considerations. They can be easily cleaned by a bleach solution and rinsed.

Feeding bowls that are stainless steel are ideal too. The perch should be thicker in size so that your bird can avoid toenail injuries and do not feed on it.

Parrot safety

Having a parrot at home means you have to make your home much safer for your bird companion. Toxic fumes released by appliances with non-stick surfaces are deadly for your pet parrot. So use them with caution or do not use them at all. Other dangerous household items that can cause serious damage to your parrots are scented candles, incense, cigarette smoke, cooking smoke, sprays, aerosol fumes and carpet powders, metals made of lead and zinc, toxic plants, electrical cords, hot and boiling foods and other pets.

Make sure that you have all the necessary information from your avian veterinarian before having a pet parrot. Ask him for a list of things you need to remember and avoid while having a bird companion. It may not be easy but you will get the hang of it later on.

this is my female hanging parrot. the male named poly but this one is lily. i got her at 13.7.2009. its a little longer to make it tame.. well it is tamed now!!! tanks 4 all ur tips!!
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Question by Willowellapuppies: How much does it cost for a hanging parrot?
My sister is looking for one and wants to know how much it costs.

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Answer by norman7774
Oh.. you know one can not say with precision. I have seen them priced at (from) to 0.. depends on what they are made of and how big and the general workmanship on them.

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