PARROTLET INFO

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General Info
Ten Things

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Cage Placement
The Bird Cage
Perches
Dishes
Feeding

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Foods
Plants

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Hazards
Bathing
Ownership

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BIRD TOY PARTS
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BIRD PERCHES
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MINERALS
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BIRD TREATS
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SPECIES
SPECIFIC
Parrotlets
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FOODS

A seed mix for parrotlets is a must. Not only does it provide them with nutrition but also they enjoy nibbling and breaking seeds apart. Pellets contain the complete amounts of nutrients for a parrotlet but alone they are boring as they require no work. A mixture of seeds and pellets work best. Millet is another great food for parrotlets. They enjoy picking it off the spray and munching on the little seeds.

Offer your parrotlets fresh fruits and vegetables. Learn which ones they can have and give them some daily. Make sure they only receive unsprayed plants. Remember to take any fresh foods away when they are not so fresh. They can make the parrotlet sick. It may take your parrotlet a few times before it will eat any new fruits or vegetables. Give them a chance to learn what they like too. A parrotlet eating only seed will end up unhealthy or overweight.

Offer some of the following vegetables daily: asparagus, broccoli, brussel sprouts, carrots, celery, corn on the cob, green beans, kale, peppers, romaine lettuce or spinach leaves(in moderation). Iceberg lettuce has little nutritional value. Make sure everything is thoroughly washed. When eating greens parrotlets may get diarrhea. Make sure they have a mixture of seed and pellets available so they do not over do it with the vegetables as too many can act as a laxative.

Fresh fruits you should also offer are apple, apricots, banana, cantaloupe, cherries, grapes, honeydew melon, kiwi, mango, papaya, peaches, pears, pineapple, plums and watermelon. The seeds from apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears and plums are toxic, do not offer them to the bird. Make sure everything is thoroughly washed. Parrotlets also benefit from well-cooked scrambled eggs, especially during breeding season.

Never give parrotlets the following: avocado, chocolate, coffee, lima bean sprouts, milk, soda, sugar or tea. They all may be toxic to your bird. Offer your parrotlet a cuttlebone. It provides calcium, which helps the parrotlet develop strong bones.

PLANTS

When keeping parrotlets or any bird it is important to check everything it could possibly get into, especially plants. Parrotlets love to nibble and plants are perfect for them to shred.

Non-Toxic Plants
African daisy	African palm	African violet	Airplane plant
Aloe plant	Arcadia	Asparagus fern	Aster
Baby's tears	Bachelor Buttons	Bamboo	Birds Nest Fern
Blood Leaf plant	Boston fern	Bougainvillea	California Poppy
Camelia	Chickweed	Christmas Cactus	Corn plant
Cotoneaster	Crab apple	Creeping Charlie	Creeping Jennie
Croton	Dahlia Daisies	Dandelion	Dogwood
Donkey Tail	Dracaena	Easter Lily	Echeveria
Eugenia	Ficus	Fuchsia	Gardenia
Geranium	Gloxinia	Grape Ivy	Hawthorn
Honeysuckle	Hoya	Impatiens	Jade plant
Kalanchoe	Lipstick plant	Magnolia	Marigold
Monkey plant	Orchid	Palms	Peperomia
Petunia	Piggy-back plant	Prayer plant	Purple Passion
Pyracantha	Rose	Rubber plant	Salal
Sanseverieria	Schefflera	Sensitive plant	Spider plant
Swedish Ivy	Tulip	Umbrella Tree	Violet
Wandering Jew	Wax plant	Yucca plant	Zebra plant

Toxic Plants
Amaryllis	Anemone	Angel's Trumpet	Arrowhead
Avocado	Azaleas	Bird of Paradise	Cactus
Caladium	Calla Lily	Castor Bean	Chinese Evergreen
Crocus	Daffodil	Daphne	Delphinium
Devil's Ivy	Dieffenbachia	Elderberry	Elephant's Ear
Eucalyptus	Foxglove	Heliotrope	Holly
Hyacinth	Hydrangea	Iris	Ivy
Jack-in-the-pulpit	Jerusalem Cherry	Jasmine	Jimson Weed
Lantana	Larkspur	Laurel	Lily-of-the-valley
Lobelia	Lupine	Marijuana	Mayapple
Mistletoe	Moonseed	Morning Glory	Narcissus
Nightshade	Oleander	Peace Lily	Periwinkle
Philodendron	Poinsettia	Poison Hemlock	Poison Ivy
Poison Oak	Poppy	Pokeweed	Privet
Red Maple	Rhododendron	Rosary Pea	Tobacco
Tomato(except fruit)	Water Hemlock	Waxberry	Wisteria
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