What is basically involved?
A. Besides the basics of a variety of foods and a change of water at least once per day, and a cleaning of the cage, they need out of cage time – on playgym with toys and also on you, in-your-face-time. If their needs aren’t attended to, they can be painful to live with. See the glow of outstanding health coming from the Goffin’s picture to the right? It’s not just a fantastic diet of a variety of fresh foods, and a warm water spritz that keeps him in perfect feather. He also gets daily attention. He is petted, talked to, played with. He can flap his wings, he can tear up some cardboard, he can fling his cooked pasta around, he can scream, he can take out his mini-might on his toys. It seems all about him, right? It is to an extent, but he is managed and he does have limits. Parrots have been compared to young children. It’s true, they are much like that at times. Just keep in mind that you are living with a parrot, not making them adapt to your lifestyle.
