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Quaker Parrots

“The Quaker Parrot & How to Keep Them Happy”

Native to South America the Quaker parrots have made their homes in the United States and in European countries.

The Quaker parrot’s size is about 12 inches from the head to the tail and an example of their size would be about the same size as a cockatiel.

Quaker parrots

Their weight is 90-150 with the average being about 110-120 grams.

The colors of the Quaker Parrots are green with a grey chest, neck, and forehead and also have some blue on their primaries and tail feathers.

Some breeder bred their Quaker parrots to give them a blue, white or green color.

The Quaker parrot’s lifespan is about 25-30 years.

Their breeding ability is excellent 4 to 8 eggs. Incubation time is 24-28 days.

The Quaker parrots are very noisy bird they are like an animal that is hyper in my opinion.

All day they are chirping, whistling, playing and talking.

At first, they may drive you crazy with all the excessive noise but if you love Quaker parrots then you will get used to it.

Try buying some toys and chew toys this should keep them busy for a little while.

Ask your pet store what they carry for your Quaker parrots.

From what I hear you have to change the toys frequently because they get bored with them.

The Quaker parrots can rapidly demolish stuff so for their safety make sure it will not hurt them.

Check with your pet store.

Inappropriate behavior can be avoided by keeping your Quaker parrots busy.

Quaker parrots are very intelligent and can be quickly taught to speak.

Another thing they are pretty smart about getting their cage lock open so take extra precautions about locking the cage.

It is important that you interact with your bird every day and keep a certain routine in place for your bird.

You always want to have positive training with your Quaker parrots.

So if at any time your positive training is going downhill or if you are getting frustrated it’s best to stop and try again later.

They should not be left in their cage all the time because this may lead to some problem for you with their behavior.

Quaker parrots can tolerate cold temperatures which make them hardy.

Most of the other parrots are not so lucky.

Quaker Parrots Diet

What your Quaker parrots should eat is a pellet based food that your local pet store will recommend to you or the many online Quaker parrots supplies stores.

They will probably give you a 60-40 or an 80-20% pellet food.

To keep your Quaker parrots in the best of health and to give your bird longer life it is a must you feed them right. Parrots, in general, all love to crack seeds it’s only natural.

It is best to feed them high quality, low-fat seeds with no sunflower seeds and no pumpkin seeds a great mix would be a parakeet Budgie mix. “NO SALTY “foods.

Please don’t try to feed your Quaker parrots chocolate they are not human and really we should eat it either.

They will probably die.

Clean water is vital to all birds and animals, in general, we drink clean water why not do it for your pet.

Keep the bowls clean and full of fresh water.

Be smart and stick to what the birds are supposed to eat.

This will keep your Quaker parrots happy and healthy for the years to come.