Although owning a pet bird may seem like an easy and fun endeavor, there are many challenges associated with maintaining happy and healthy birds. Some pet birds are caged most of their lives and get rather lonely without the stimulating contact between people or with their instincts. Adding this sort of stimulation to your birds life can improve his or her overall happiness, and being in a cage all the time won’t seem so bad. Significant aspects of natural behavior are denied to varying degrees for birds kept as companion animals. Examples of these include flocking, social interaction with other birds, foraging on a variety of foods, and flight. Birds are social, loud and messy. When kept in captivity they deserve the owners’ tolerance to exhibit these normal behaviors.
Category: Exotic Animals
Nutrition Full Diet For Your Pet Birds
When it comes to feeding your pet bird, you want to add a variety in what they eat. Giving your bird a seed only diet is not healthy in any aspect for your birds diet. Could you imagine eating the same meal every day? Humans and birds alike need a more complex diet that consists of foods high in nutrition such as fruits, veggies, seeds, and sometimes even table food.
All Pets Loves Exotics!
Bring on the Birds!
Exotic patients are some of our favorite patients! Aside from our feline and canine patients, Dr. Rupley acts as a veterinarian for birds of all sizes, pocket pets like guinea pigs, rats and chinchillas, reptiles and the occasional special pet like a coatamundi or micro pig! Dr. Rupley is an excellent Avian certified veterinarian with a love for her feathered patients. Continue reading All Pets Loves Exotics!
