Science and evidence based resources
Expert Care Guides
We provide comprehensive resources to help address any questions you may have regarding companion parrot care. These range from diet to help with hormonal behaviors to training. We hope that these are useful for anyone who adopts from us as well as potentially providing help for anyone with a companion parrot in their home who is struggling with behavioral issues.Â
Guides & Resources
Comprehensive educational tools and expert tips for parrot rehabilitation and lifelong ownership.
These are the basic husbandry guidelines we expect for the birds that come into our care. This includes topics like diet, enrichment, training, etc. These guidelines do vary a little depending on the individual, but this is a good base to start from.Â
This is information intended to help you anticipate anything in your home that could potentially be dangerous to your bird. Parrots are very different physiologically from many of the other pets in our homes, so there are many dangers people that people may not anticipate.Â
This fantastic webinar by Barbara Heidenreich provides information about training rescued parrots. It is important that everyone who has a parrot does a little bit of training with them on a daily basis (5-10 minutes of training on a regular basis makes a world of difference), and while some of the training is for basic behaviors like 'step up' it can also be for things that are fun like doing tricks, or for things that can really improve their quality of life long term like going back to their cage on cue or voluntarily taking medicine from a syringe. Training is very enriching for your bird and can be really fun for you as well, and it ensures you have a solid relationship with your bird built on positivity, trust, and guidance. (Follow the instructions in the video description to access it for free)Â
This blog by parrot behavior consultant Pamela Clark discusses hormonal behaviors and their triggers in companion parrots. Most of the behavioral issues we see stem at least in part from an increase in reproductive hormones, so it is critical to reduce the triggers for hormone production for the companion parrots living in our homes.