The Role That Parrot Breeders Have With A Pet Parrot

Parrots live for a very long time and so the very early months are critical to the best care of the parrot

. Parrot breeders have a very dominant role in the weaning of a parrot onto food. Eating habits and behavioral habits start at this stage and if these are not done correctly they can affect the parrot for the rest of its life.

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. 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 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. Should be contemplating purchasing a parrot from a pet shop, find out if you can get some information about the breeder and watch to see how the parrot behaves in the shop before you purchase it. How the parrot behaves will give you and idea as to how he will be have when you get him 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. At home the parrot will flutter around and will need to be able to land without falling 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.

Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan

by: Kaye Dennan

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