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Companion bird care at home

Daily cage clean; weekly nail and beak check; bath or mist as the species prefers Exercise need: moderate.

Never do this

  • Use non-stick cookware fumes around birds
  • Offer avocado, chocolate, or caffeine

Tools

  • Species-safe perches
  • Nail file
  • Misting bottle or shallow bath

Watch for

  • Respiratory irritation from aerosols
  • Egg binding in hens
  • Zinc and lead toxicity

How we groom this coat

  • No Teflon, candles, or aerosol sprays in the same air
  • Foraging and flight time matter as much as seed mix

Not a substitute for veterinary advice. Open the grooming hub.