Parrot rescues are always in need of a helping hand. Sometimes, a gesture as small as cleaning a few cages or spending time with a new bird can make a huge difference to a rescue in need of support. Let's take a look at some ways you can help support your local parrot rescue!
Having a parrot around the house comes with a great deal of responsibility. Large safe housing, nutritious diet, toys, exercise, socialization, and training. Just as important as these things is something a little more surprising: scritching.
So often, people struggle to bond with their birds or their bird shows little interest in spending time with them. As a result, I have seen and heard the same question be asked over and over again. Let’s take a closer look at what people mean when they ask “How can I get my bird to like me?” and some possible solutions to some of the issues they are facing.
Of course, the items must be bird safe: made of natural untreated chemical-free elements and dyes, stainless steel fasteners, bells and ropes that can’t be dismantled and chewed up, and so on.
Before parrots took over my life, I recognized four species: big colorful ones like macaws, little bitty ones like parakeets, shrieking ones like conures, and all those non-descript green ones. That seemed perfectly obvious and logical to me.
Parrots and corvids are considered among the most intelligent animals on the planet. So intelligent in fact that they are used in studies to help us learn about the capacity of animal cognition. If you have parrots in your home, you probably aren’t surprised by any of this. Anyone that has taken the time to watch how their parrot interacts with the world and one another has likely seen that they’re really, really smart. Corvids are also extremely intelligent animals. Their use of tools and ability to solve complex problems continues to impress scientists and everyday observers.
In May of 2019, I got a call from my local parrot rescue. The founder wanted to know if I was willing to foster a little 13 year old Green-cheeked conure named Noel. After some consideration, and a bit of persistence from the rescue, I decided I would help out. What I didn't know is that the years following would challenge me in new ways that would teach me about life, love, and perseverance.
Being the highly intelligent creatures they are, our parrots can become easily bored, especially if we have to leave the house for unimportant reasons (to the parrot), like work. To ease the risk of boredom it’s important that parrots have toys to chew up, swing on, and fight to the death (of the toy).
