subject: Things You Should Never Do Around Your Macaws [print this page] Lastly, there are also some other very dangerous items in and around your home that should be bird proofed, much like you would do for a small child. Top of the list would have to be electrical cords. Please make sure that your parrot cannot get to any electrical cords or wires. Even if the appliance is turned off, there is still current flowing through the wires. Needless to say if a bird chews through an electrical wire it could mean instant death. You can buy flexible metal conduit that you can use to protect the wiring on things like your cage lighting that need to be parrot proofed.
