Parrots Birds
Psittacines, commonly known to all as parrots, are one of the most popular varieties of pet birds throughout the world. Parrots birds are attractive, intelligent and of course, highly sociable. Parrots birds evolved millions of years ago in South America and then gradually spread to all tropical parts of the world and today, parrots birds are commonly seen in the Asian region, Africa, forests of southern America and the Caribbean islands. Even though parrots are happier in their natural habitats, they make great domestic pets too. Out of the different varieties of parrots, the Budgerigar and the Rose-ringed Parakeet are the two most commonly domesticated varieties. Other common pet parrots birds include conures, lovebirds, macaws, Eclectus, Poicephalus, Amazons, African Grays, cockatiels, cockatoos and Caiques. By the year 1992, over eleven million parrots were domesticated by pet lovers in the United States of America alone. Millions of others were taken into homes of animal lovers in all parts of the world. People were both entertained and amused by the above varieties of parrots birds because of their remarkable ability to impersonate human voices and learn words effectively. Parrots were the talking pets humans had only imagined before. Today, well-trained parrots sing (country classics to rap songs, mind you), recite poems and carry out conversations with strangers.
Pet parrots are usually kept in cages or aviaries, but once the bird gets used to the master, it can be kept without confinement and trained to respond to its name. As humans discovered these relatively new pets throughout history, remarkable facts about domestic parrots have been unveiled. Among those facts are that parrots can be taught to move according to a rhythm (parrots birds dance), eat meat in addition to their fruity diets, can be moody, love attention and of course like to pay with chewable toys. Parrots, like the cuddliest puppies can be turned into the most loyal and entertaining companions. They form close bonds with their masters and need constant care. In fact, owning a parrot is like bringing up a three-year-old child.
Parrots birds are comfortable in warm environments and their cages may require heating during winter. Also, you must live in an area with less noise, because, if not, your parrot will get very frustrated and unfriendly or try to mimic every possible noise it hears. You must train the parrots when to talk and when not to talk and teach them to get by without constant attention. Good food, cleanliness and effective social interactions usually keep parrots birds healthy. The life expectancies of parrots vary markedly from species to species. A cockatoo is likely to live up to 80 years, whereas budgies and lovebirds have a life expectancy of 10 – 15 years.
