How to Choose a Healthy Pet Bird
It is very important to choose a healthy bird to bring home. Depending on the bird you want to buy, it could stay in your family for decades to come and you want one that is going to be healthy and happy throughout its entire life.
Store Cleanliness
The store you buy your birds from is vital for your bird’s health. Pet stores like PetSmart and PetCo are possibly the worst places you could choose to buy your birds from. The birds they sell are bred in cruel mills that don’t care about their birds’ health. Once the poor birds are adults, they put them in super cramped cages with no toys and no space to fly around in. More than half of the birds die during shipment and the ones that do survive are sick and will not last long in your home. These pet stores need to stop supporting the cruel bird mill and you can do your part by buying your pets elsewhere.
Once you think you’ve found a pretty good business that sells pet birds, do a quick check to tally up their birds’ health and safety. Check inside the birds’ cages. If you see a lot of poop in the cage and spilled food that has not been cleaned up in a while, the birds are living in an unclean environment and should not be brought home.
Once you think you’ve found a pretty good business that sells pet birds, do a quick check to tally up their birds’ health and safety. Check inside the birds’ cages. If you see a lot of poop in the cage and spilled food that has not been cleaned up in a while, the birds are living in an unclean environment and should not be brought home.
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Make sure they have fresh food and clean, clear water. Another important thing to look for is the amount of toys in the birds’ habitat. Too many toys can be very overwhelming to a bird, while not enough can drive a poor bird crazy.
Even though birds are social creatures, they do need a healthy amount of space in their habitat. A cage with too many birds or a bunch of different species crowded in on each other means these birds are living an unfortunate life. They are probably sick due to the close contact they experience with all of the other birds around them.
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Bird Health
Next you need to look our for signs of disease. If the business you found has any birds that huddle together with drooping plumage or feather loss, and discharge near their eyes, beak, or tail, you should leave the store. Otherwise, if the birds seem healthy and active, you have probably found a safe and kind place to buy your new bird from.