African Grey Parrot Keeping - What Every Owner Should Know and Doesn't

It is absolutely essential that your African Grey parrot gets a healthy, nutrious diet in order to stay a healthy bird.

Some of the following issues regarding African Grey Parrots health are linked to not getting the correct food: Poor Health, Hyperactivity, Persistent Screeching, Bad Temper, Non replacement of feathers after the moult, Biting, Continuous Moult Feather Plucking, General Bad Behaviour

Pelletted foodstuffs should form the foundation of the diet, but should be supplemented with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with grains and proteins to keep your African Grey Parrot healthy and happy.

Be sure to provide fresh and pure water regularly, keep your parrots food tray clean and always provide a cuttlefish bone as a dietary supplement of calcium for your parrot

Parrot cages come in a variety of different shapes, from rectangle to square and round. However it is important that you do not choose a round cage for you African Grey parrot as this has been known to cause psychological and orientation problems..

Another consideration when buying a cage for your African Grey parrot is the width between the bars. They should not be so wide that the African Grey parrot can get his head stuck between the bars and get trapped. As far as the size of the cage you decide to purchase, the larger the better.

The key to a great stimulating environment boils down to rotating your African Grey's toys at least ever 2 weeks.This means they need their toys constantly rotated in and out of their cages.

They need their toys hung from different parts of their cage. If you see a toy is not being touched or destroyed first see if changing up it's placement in the cage works, often that's enough to get the bird to start playing with it

African Grey Parrots are extremely intelligent and need to be placed in stimulating environments to remain happy.