Parrotlet Care Tips and Advice

[James Matthew]

Has anyone here experienced challenges with keeping parrotlets? I am new to having one and finding it difficult to understand their behavior and care needs. Any advice on diet, social interaction, and cage setup would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Pickle's Mom]

Has anyone here experienced challenges with keeping parrotlets? I am new to having one and finding it difficult to understand their behavior and care needs. Any advice on diet, social interaction, and cage setup would be greatly appreciated!

Initially, prior to Piccolo, I had waited for a male parrotlet for over 6 months, probably closer to a year...the timing was just right though when our bird, eclectus, kind of chose us though. The woman who raises the parrotlets was so impressive to me. She explained a lot about them to me. I will try to find her information for you. She could absolutely be a good resource for you on information about them.

 

[Pickle's Mom]

I tried to find her website, but I am not finding it....This was 6 years ago, prior covid. I will ask around though and see if I can find her for you. She answered my 1000 questions about them, and solely has parrotlets, very knowledgeable. She is in Wa state.

 

[Pickle's Mom]

I tried to find her website, but I am not finding it....This was 6 years ago, prior covid. I will ask around though and see if I can find her for you. She answered my 1000 questions about them, and solely has parrotlets, very knowledgeable. She is in Wa state.

So I am pretty sure that this is the lady I was speaking to about the parrotlets, but her website appears to be down. It is http://www.nonispreciousparrotlets.com/ and her phone number off of Yelp is listed as (206) 501-8610. Hope this helps.... she was very knowledgeable.

 

[wrench13]

Parrotlets can be thought of as mini Amazons, they have much of the same personality ranges. BUT - they are 100% fearless and do not know how tiny they are. And add a healthy dose of stubbornness. Their body language is more subtle too - its there but you need to really know it. I recommend reading the stickies at the top of our Amazon sub forum, really well.

Cage - well as big as you can afford, with appropriate bar spacing- not too big or his head will get stuck. Toys - you'll have to see. They are so small that a lot of Amazon size toys are too big, and budgie sized ones are too flimsy. See what type he likes and try to scale accordingly. Food - any parrot should be aimed for mostly veggie supplemented by pellets and a small amount of fruit and seeds/nuts. How close you get to that depends on the bird and your patience and wallet! My 'zon gets pellets all day as a snack, 1-1/2 walnuts with a Nutraberry for breakfast, a few berries or small amount of fruit for lunch, and a big chop dinner. Took me almost a year to get him to transition to all that though. Lots of cash thrown away until he did.