Tips On Taking Care Of Your Pet Birds

Pet birds can be quite tough to maintain especially if you have no idea what to do! If you have the responsibility to take care of birds, make sure you are giving your best care!

Below are some tips that can be helpful in managing these beautiful and colourful pets:

Better Nutrition

Make sure you are providing a balanced diet to your birds. You can use fruits, vegetables, or special bird food. Make sure you are keeping a close eye on the health of your birds and if anything seems different, it would be a good idea to visit the avian vet! You should know what’s the most suitable diet for your bird.

• It is important that you consult your avian vet to know about the bird’s diet.
• Research about the kind of bird you have and find as much information on nutrition as possible.
• Give a healthy diet to your pet bird.
• Based on the recommendations of your avian vet, you can use the bird supplements.

Maintain Cleanliness

It is important to maintain hygiene in all aspects. In order to take care of birds, you should keep them clean. However, it is important for you to keep in mind that you are cleaning the birds with caution as they are delicate. You should avoid soaps and shampoos plus, make sure when you are cleaning the bird with water there are no sharp objects around. If there is any confusion, it is always better to ask and research! Use the right tools and be careful in every step! Plus, the area where the birds live should be extremely clean.

Letting The Birds Feel Free

Birds are not to be caged! If possible it would be best to provide the birds with a kind of environment that doesn’t feel caged. In fact, it should be safe and healthy for them. Make sure you are letting your birds fly freely as much as possible! Your bird would need to sleep 8 to 12 hours at night. You should select the right environment for your pet bird. Only get the pets when you are able to take the responsibility as birds are delicate. You should be extremely careful when taking care of the pet birds!

Social Interaction

It is important that you are giving lots of attention to your birds. You shouldn’t be sitting in another room with the whole family while the bird is caged alone. It is best to include the bird in different activities and talk to it. You have to make your bird feel special. Despite the fact that birds are different from dogs and cats, they require the same love and attention. Pet birds are likely to enjoy human interaction. Let them flap their wings as those precious wings are for flying and not for staying in one place. Make sure you are giving proper attention and care to the birds.

Keep Birds Safe

It is important that you are keeping a close eye on the safety of your birds. When you are taking the bird out of the cage, you should be attentive and extra careful. If you have a kitchen nearby, make sure your stove is not hot. There shouldn’t be any dangerous objects in the nearby area. When you decide to go for the birds as a pet, it is your responsibility to take good care. There shouldn’t be any toxic substance in the nearby area. You might be keeping the pet birds for their safety but if you have other animals in the house, be extra careful. Plus, if there are small kids, you should keep a close eye.

Keep The Birds Happy

It is your responsibility to keep your birds happy. Birds that are flying freely in the air look beautiful. However, if there is some kind of danger to them it would be a good idea to provide the birds extra care and attention. Happy birds would be healthy birds. Birds are precious and if you are taking good care of them they would be happy. Free the birds to make them happy! While they are with you, make sure you are doing your best for their care. If you find a sick bird somewhere bring it home, give it attention, love, care, better food, and consult an avian vet.

Consult The Avian Vet

When you get a pet bird, it is important that you take it to the avian vet for a health checkup. Make sure you are showing close attention to the health of your pet. If there is an issue, your vet would be able to give the best advice. Rather than relying on tons of articles available online, it would be best to take the recommendations from your avian pet. Ask about the kind of food suitable for your bird, what you can do to make its life easy, and so much more!

Plus, it is important for you to keep in mind that every avian vet is different and thus, you should take your bird to the right person for treatment.

Wrapping It Up

It is important for you to keep in mind that birds are supposed to be free! If you have the pet birds that enjoy the companionship of humans, it would be your responsibility to take extra care of them. Make sure you are providing them perfect food and keeping them safe. Pet birds that are raised with humans are likely to be a little different. You know that parrots are quite intelligent. In fact, you would be amazed to see a talking parrot! When you get the pet birds, make sure you are doing thorough research on whether it is the right thing to get a certain type of bird, find the pros and cons, find what kind of diet is important, and what kind of environment would be most suitable. In any case, don’t physically let anyone harm the birds. Be extra careful and mindful.

Source: Animal-World, Kaytee, PETA, PETMD, Hartz