The most popular domestic birds are the canaries, parrots, parakeets, cockatiels, cockatoos, amazons, etc. All of them have a tropical origin, but where able to adapt to colder climates.
Intelligent birds
Exotic birds are special for their colours and big mental capacity. Some of these species are capable of repeating whole phrases and with some training they can respond to concrete orders and understand different games.
Ideal habitat
When you decide to buy an exotic bird for your home, you have to know all the particular qualities of each one of them. The amazons, parrots and conures are species of middle size with a lot of feathers, so that they are adapted to live outside almost the whole year. On the other hand, this type of birds needs a large cage so that they can move around as they need a lot of space.
This kind of birds are used to live in groups, so it is better to have several birds, of different sexes or different species, as they live together without problems.
On the other hand, if you want to learn your exotic bird some special abilities, a part from singing and give you company, it is better for him to be alone and be a male bird.
Training and caringos
During the training process it is very important to have patience, as your exotic bird might take over a year to pronounce it’s first word. It is essential that the bird has absolute confidence in it’s trainer, establishing a constant interaction and dedicating lots of time and patience. It’s convenient to let him fly around in your home once in a while, caress him and talk a lot.
The food is a delicate theme with this type of birds. An easy and simple way to assure a good nutrition is to use specific bird food.
Resuming, an exotic bird fills your home with colour and joy. They are very affectionate and intelligent animals who are thankful for being taken care of and they know how to correspond in a very special way to their master.
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