Goods for parrots: the necessary minimum and additional accessories

Like any pet, parrots require care and certain costs. You will spend much more money on expensive species of these birds, since they are most often allocated a separate room, a large cage / aviary and an assortment of exotic fruits can be much wider.

Because of this, often novice owners budgerigars, inseparable or corell It is erroneously assumed that it is not necessary to spend much money on smaller species of birds. But it is not.

The presence of any living creature in your home requires regular allocation of funds from the family budget.

The most expensive part is the purchase of the bird itself and the first necessary for your future pet.

Buying all the goods a parrot needs can be not only expensive, but also unsafe. In small towns, the assortment is not high and often does not meet quality criteria. If it is not possible to buy in an online store, then it is better to try to do it yourself or find a practical replacement for one or another accessory.

We will help you to correctly distribute and save money when keeping a parrot. There are things on which it is strictly forbidden to save, but there are those whose cost is your imagination and one or more evenings for an interesting and useful activity.

Items you can’t save on:

• cell. The cage must be made of quality materials with a safe coating. It is important to consider the size and number of parrots that will live in it. How to choose a cage for a parrot you will read in this article.
• hard food. High-quality grain feed is a guarantee of bird health. Grains can be bought as already packaged by trusted manufacturers, or bought separately (but in reliable places), and later mixed by you in the right proportions. How to choose food for a parrot you will read in this article.
  

  

• Fruits, vegetables and herbs are essential elements of nutrition and their quality should not be questioned. What fruits to feed a parrot and where to get them you will read in this article.
• water. If the quality of the water is in doubt, we advise you to buy bottled baby water for the parrot or give the bird fresh filtered water to drink.
• medicines. During the illness of a parrot, in no case should it be replaced drugs cheaper counterparts. If the ornithologist has prescribed a certain drug, follow the recommendations and do not show initiative at a difficult moment in your bird’s life.
• feeders and drinkers. Such cage accessories should be practical, convenient and safe. Parrots are mischievous and often like to check the strength of the objects surrounding them with their beak.

Feeders and drinkers are subjected to all kinds of tests by the birds, it is very important that the water in them remains clean, does not spill and does not create a mess of the surrounding debris at the bottom of the cage. The feeder must also be stable and made of strong materials so that the parrot does not “bite” on it in moments of boredom. What are the feeders and drinkers for parrots you will learn in this article.

And now let’s look at parrot products that you can save on by turning on your ingenuity.

Safe Savings

• A cage can also be a cost-saving tool, but there are a few points of contention here: you may have trouble finding safe materials, and it also makes sense to try to build a cage yourself only for medium and large species of parrots. That is, if we are talking about aviaries for birds. How to build an aviary you will read in this article.
• Walking platform. A parrot play area is a must in every room where a bird lives. In addition to being a legitimate entertainment area for birds, having a playground will save your furniture and household items from the parrot’s excessive curiosity.

You can make this corner yourself using branches and bars (taking into account the type of your parrot), for fastening you need to buy ropes made from natural fibers: sesal, hemp, construction ties and other devices.

The main thing is that your fastening method is safe for the bird, so nails, screws and glue – only if the parrot is guaranteed not to get to them, does not gnaw the tree to the ground. Otherwise, there may be injuries or poisoning of the bird.

Parrots love to climb ladders, tunnels and hang upside down, so the most unimaginable labyrinths with obstacles and high perches are only welcome. Here you can show your imagination.

• Cage accessories. A wide variety of things can be toys for a parrot: from baby rattles, bottle caps, large beads, balls, balls, to home-made chewing puzzles from young twigs of permitted trees. What can be toys for a parrot you will read in this article.

All entertaining elements should be selected taking into account the type of parrot, since the beak of these birds is quite a powerful tool and what is good and safe for a budgerigar may not be the same for a gray or macaw.

• Bathroom. Sometimes it is not possible to buy a bird bath or a cage, and the size of the parrot does not fit standard industrial baths at all. For budgerigars, plates, bowls, lettuce, a spray bottle, or a real shower will come to your rescue. For larger species, choose larger and heavier dishes, the stability of an impromptu bath is very important.
• Lighting. For the health of parrots, the length of daylight hours is very important. In the absence of special Lamp an ordinary 40 W lamp can be suitable for a bird – it will especially help out in the autumn-winter period, when the rays of the sun very rarely look into the windows of apartments and it can be dark all day long.
  

  

Today, the range of online stores with pet products, pet stores and “bird” markets is very wide. But in order to make the right choice, study what parrots need, what bird care should be like, and then, using your imagination and looking at the surrounding objects, you can successfully replace part of the industrial accessories with crafts made by you with love and care. 

Without being distracted by the hassle and problems that cheap goods and bird food of dubious production can bring, you will have the opportunity to devote your time to a feathered pet.

Thanks to proper prioritization, you can now save money without putting your parrot’s health at risk.