African Parrots – Care
This is just a brief guide about African Parrots, you will find they make marvelous pets, these are very intelligent parrots and very playful, and you need to interact with them to get the best out of them. Dont go buying any parrot just hoping it will talk, most parrots will with patience, but be aware that some will not talk.Parrots need a lot of attention, give them that and it will be your friend for life.
About African Parrots.
African parrots include Jardines, Senegals, Ruppells, and Meyers, they are smallish, and not expensive to buy. African parrots in general are more likely to be more sedate than most other parrots,and like their environment to be calm. Surprisingly perhaps, as Africa is the biggest continent where parrota are found,, it only has four genera..
Cages For Parrots.
Large cages for Senegals are not needed, as they like smaller cages for security it gives them, an adequte size for African parrots is 19 by 19 inches. when puting toys etc into the cage, make sure you do not restrict the room for the parrot. Regarding where to place your cage, the kitchen is a no go area, as kitchen fumes etc could kill your parrot, also keep away from draughts like doors and windows and out of direct sunlight where the parrot could over heat.
Pet Parrots.
The African parrots are very popular as pets, being intelligent, and with continual obedience training by a devoted owner, they are an easy parrot to train and teach to talk. Being more on the quiet side, they are not ideal pets for children.
African Parrots - Care.
Considerations need to be looked at before buying African Parrots, you have the cost of the parrot yes, but then you have the cage, the toys, ongoing costs like food and vet checks, and what time you will be able to spend with the parrot. Clearly, by looking at all that, it will give some idea on what best suits your means, remember African parrots are not short term, they can live 30 - 50 years in captivity.
Feeding African Parrots.
African parrots food is varied, there is still much to learn about their full feeding habits though. a varied diet would be oats, pine nuts, millet, safflower, beans, sunflower seeds, chick peas, mung, butter beans, split peas, cabbage, sprouts, pear and apple. You might want to add vitamin or mineral supplements to the diet, but if you are meeting the nutritional needs then that wont be necessary.
