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Why Do Depressed Parrots Pluck Their Feathers?
Depressed parrots pluck feathers out of boredom, anxiety, or environmental change — it is a self-harming compulsion that starts at the chest and can leave them bare. Never abandon a plucking parrot; improve its environment and give it company instead.
What to Do When a Parrot Bites Its Feathers
Fix feather-biting by finding the cause. It is usually boredom or anxiety in cage life, but also shyness, attention-seeking habits, mating hormones, a new environment, or parasites. Occasional biting is minor; frequent biting with skin damage needs attention.
What to Do When Your Parrot Shows Breeding Behavior
Breeding behavior in parrots is natural but can turn noisy and aggressive. You can calm it by avoiding sensitive-area petting, trimming rich foods, removing nest materials, and giving daily out-of-cage time and baths.
Do Parrots Need Deworming? How to Tell If Yours Does
Parrots can host feather mites and internal parasites even when they look clean, and some breeds—such as monk parakeets—are especially prone to worms. Regular deworming protects both your bird's health and your own, since handling a pet can pass parasites to people. This guide explains when parrots need deworming and the signs that indicate it's time.
Double-eyed Fig Parrot
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is a tiny, charming parrot from Indonesia, New Guinea, and Papua New Guinea. Scarce in captivity and difficult to breed, it needs careful husbandry and is sensitive to cold, stress, and vitamin K deficiency.
Orange-winged Parrot
The Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica) has 2 subspecies and lives in forests, swamps, and open areas across northern South America. Common and affordable, it is a good choice for beginners, though wild birds and captive birds differ noticeably in appearance and temperament.
How to Tell If a Parrot Likes You
Parrots show affection subtly - calling when they see you, letting you touch them, lowering their head, flying to you, or gently mouthing your hand all signal trust. Bonding grows from meeting their needs, providing security, regular interaction, and toys.
What is the parrot’s temperament like?
Parrots are emotional, irritable, and unpredictable; most are individualistic and resist approach when moody, sometimes screaming or biting. But they are very clingy flock birds; long neglect brings depression and feather-plucking.
Palm Cockatoo
The Palm Cockatoo is a typical perching bird, mainly inhabiting tropical rainforest regions, usually active in pairs and gregarious during breeding. It is mainly distributed in New Guinea and surrounding islands and the northern Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Nanday Parakeet
If someone asks you the representative bird species of the Pantanal, answering Nanday Parakeet will meet no objection. Although some choose them as pets, not everyone likes them — local farmers are at odds with them, mainly because the Nanday Parakeet eats crops and directly reduces yields.