If your bird drops seed it may try to eat it off the cage floor and can ingest feces.
How to stop parrot climbing down cage to floor.
As the bird perfects its climbing skills you can then elevate the perches.
Hq ae use a clip system that can come loose allowing a panel to come crashing down on the bird once the bird is on the floor if birds are on the outside of the bird cage to begin with they will poop on the seed guards and walk through the poop while getting down.
A no no for almost any parrot especially a young african grey is being on a person s shoulder.
Anytime you notice your bird developing a drastic change in its eating habits look into it further.
Place the perches slightly lower in the cage in case the bird falls off at least while the grey is very young.
This is for two reasons.
Buy or construct a cage skirt which is material that has an elastic band to put on the outside bottom of the cage think very large inverted shower cap.
This is a good choice not only to stop your bird from digging but to also make sure they are not eating from the cage floor.
This way if the mice rats climb the chain they still can t access the cage.
First of all although i am sure some people will disagree with me you need to clip your cockatiel s wings.
Hello my cag lives in open top cage and i am going to be getting her a new play top cage soon.
If you wish to avoid this altogether opt for a cage with a grated bottom.
A bird that loves its veggies or fruit treat might suddenly stop eating those entirely and begin consuming only pellets.
She can negotiate past seed guards plus i may not want to use the seed guards on the new cage.
Or the opposite occurs and the bird stops eating seeds or pellets choosing to eat only fresh foods daily instead.
This stops the seeds from falling out of the cage when your bird eats.
The rodents are attracted to the seeds.
If your bird s cage is stuck in the 80s or 90s this is even more reason to update take a close look at the cage and you ll notice some features you might have taken for granted.