List of Toxic Food For Pet Birds

Listed foods in the following are toxic for your pet bird and can prove fatal in some cases.

Bird Toxic Food List

Alcohol

Onions

Caffeine

Avocado

Rhubarb

Chocolate

Fruit pits

Mushrooms

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Lovebirds Breeding Seasons And Breeding Tips

Lovebird Breeding Information

Health:

For breeding lovebirds should be healthier, normal and have an age between 1 to 5 years.

Nesting:

They need a nest for breeding so that they can lay their eggs there. It should have a size of 12''x12''x12'' having an entrance hole of 3'' diameter.Proper nesting material should also be provided. 

Nutrition: 

They should also provided with proper nutrients and a varied diet.For detailed information about lovebird food please see the article. Love Birds Food

Egg Laying:

Female will lay their eggs between 5-12 days after mating.Number of eggs will be 3 to 7 and female will lay an egg daily.

Incubation Period:

Usually incubation period is about 23 days and may vary 2 days up or less.Start counting the days when female sits on the eggs because sometimes she may not start incubating until all the eggs been laid.

Care:

Some lovebirds need to be handfed or by their mother until they are 6 to 8 weeks old.
Lovebird Breeding Season:
Varies between species and regions.

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Bird's Beak Trimming Behavior Guide

Beak Trimming 

Bird's beak is a very sensitive tool and very important for the bird's survival and used for eating, grooming, nest building, climbing, feeding the young, defense and communication.Beak made of the tissues that grows continuously therefore proper trimming is essential.Abnormal size of the beak causes difficulties for the birds like in eating, grooming etc.

Wild birds may trim their beak by rubbing it with rocks or something like that but pet birds have nothing unless we provide them.So its our responsibility to furnish the cage of birds with her needs.

Following facilities must be provided to bird  for her beak trimming.

Tree branches, nuts, pieces of wood etc.

Cuttlebones and mineral blocks are best one.

However if your bird couldn't trim her beak on its own then you should give her a little help.But always remember that trimming of beak must be done by some experienced person because inaccuracy may cause bleeding.  

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Bird's Feather Preening Behavior And Tips

Feather Preening

The most delightful style to watch in birds is preening.They spend most of their time doing this. Birds can do preening on their own with the help of feet and beak.Preening helps to remove moisture from the feathers and to remove sheaths through which the feather emerge.

Sometimes due to neck and back injury or in some cases hand raised birds can't do preening and due to this their feathers get dirty. Then you should contact a pet specialist. Mutual preening is also common in the cage mates.

Feathers are important to bird because they let him fly, keep warm and protect her skin.You should help bird to encourage preening by a regular bath and keep the cage clean and wider.So that bird find enough space and his feathers didn't get damage by rubbing with the walls of the cage.

Never let the bird's skin to exposure with some oily material because due to this his feathers will get sticky and body temperature of birds will fall.

Maintain about 80-85 degree Fahrenheit temperature for birds.

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Bird Bathing Information And Bathing Guide

Bird Bathing

Appropriate bathing at least once in a week is necessary for the bird's proper grooming and feather preening.Birds living in the wild takes this opportunity from their natural habitat.But for the pet birds you should take a little care in this regard. It does not require so much effort from you, all that bird require is the opportunity and he will take that over there.Bathing helps to avoid the accumulation of dust and dander in bird's feathers specially if the bird is Grey parrot, Cockatoo or Cockatiel.

Any kind of detergent or shampoo should not be used because it will remove the oil from the skin that bird had made during preening.Birds may like to splash in shallow plate of water, some birds may like shower or small birds like to nest down on wet grass or greenery.Just make experiments on the birds that whatever they prefer.

1. Provide a source of warm water to the bird in a shallow tub where it can take bath on its own.
2. If bird is reluctant to the bath than mist him with warm water and a spray bottle.
3. Always bath birds at morning so that they should have a penalty of time in the day to dry them. 

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