What Taboos Should New Parrot Owners Avoid?
📝 Summary
Parrots are popular but easy for beginners to hurt. Avoid drowning (close toilet/bathroom), ceiling fans, open windows, exposed wires and glue traps, and temperatures outside 20–30°C. Feed a varied diet, keep the cage clean and quiet, and wash produce to remove pesticide. Trim flight feathers if needed for safety.
1 Parrot Care: Taboos and Tips for Beginners
1. Prevent drowning. Parrots love water; keep the bathroom door shut and the toilet lid down, and keep them away from any water.
2. Avoid ceiling fans. A fan can badly injure or kill a flying parrot; cage it when fans run.
3. Close doors and windows. A parrot out of the cage is hard to recapture; close up before free flight, or trim flight feathers for short flights only.
4. Hide wires and glue traps. Parrots explore by chewing and love exposed wires (electrocution risk); keep wires hidden and avoid glue traps nearby.
5. Avoid extreme temperatures. Keep 20–30°C; no balcony sun in summer (heatstroke over 30°C); warm in winter.
6. No single food. Vary the diet with egg, rice, millet, vegetables/fruit, and bone meal. They love seeds (sunflower) but these are high-calorie and cause obesity; more oily seeds in winter help warmth.
Also: clean droppings (bacteria grow in warmth/moisture), keep the environment quiet (timid birds stress easily), and wash pesticide off produce before feeding.
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