As with all other pets you might have, a parrot’s training is based on the reward/ignore/punish method. However, you’ll have to apply some specific training strategies that only work for our colorful friends, strategies that have proven to be extremely effective in numerous training programs. We’ve set up a list of short tips and tricks that could help you train and shape your parrot the way you want him. It should be noted that most of these tips work best if the parrot is still at a young age and hasn’t yet had the chance to “grow habits”, but with a little hard work, they can be adapted to adult parrots as well.

The perfect parrot diet is being disputed for a good amount of years now, without any clear answer in foresight, as to what it could contain. The dispute revolves around the use of either natural food similar to that a parrot would eat in the wild or “formulated diets” or pellets containing all the nutritional ingredients a parrot might need on a daily basis. Despite the fact that we’re not 100% sure on what would be the perfect diet for our parrots, there are a couple of things that should be avoided at all costs.

1. Overly sweet or salty food

Once you buy him, your parrot will become an important family member for a long, long time so if you truly come to care for him, you should make sure he has the most adequate living conditions you could get.

Seeing how his bird cage will be his home for the most part of his life (unfortunately, leaving even the best trained parrots fly freely through the house poses a real danger to them, or is a potential risk for them to run away), you need to make sure it’s the right one for him.

When hearing the word “pet”, most people instantly think of a dog or a cat, since they’re the most popular choices for house animals. Parrots are more exotic and less demanding than a cat or a dog and they will probably be less involved in their owner’s life. Nevertheless, parrots make excellent pets for a number of reasons: they give your home an exotic touch, just like having an exotic fish tank for example; they are fun to watch and play with; they don’t require the same amount of attention and training as other pets; they’re not as expensive to maintain and their ability to reproduce sounds can be extremely entertaining, given the right training.