15 PARROT OWNER LIFE HACKS
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- Here's a video on 15 parrot owner life hacks! Being a parrot owner is far from easy so hopefully, these parrot owner hacks will make things easier for you! Comment down below to share some of your hacks for owning parrots!
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Also to add! I have a GCC and he's trained to poop only on his stand or cage! He still has the odd accident but he's REALLY good about it. The way I did it was time how long between poops when he's put with me. Then the next day I started putting him on the stand, saying go poop, and waiting. When he pooped I would instantly reward him by bringing him back onto my shoulder now it's been over a year. He flies to his perch or cage to poop then flies back over! It just takes a bit of paitence and rewarding but they are really smart and get it quickly.
Wow! That’s great!
What is a GCC? I want to get some tame parrots in the future and I will be letting them out so it would be great if I could train them the same way you did.
How long do you think it took for him to understand?
@@JPJapoli green cheek conure!
@@fawneh1359 ah, ok, thank you for telling me!
This is great to know! I need to try this!
Ho9ly shii Is it possible with a budgie or a bourke do you think?
My son just got a cockatiel, and I have upcycled an old t-shirt with long sleeves: I have sewn a lot of old, shiny, colourful buttons (saved from old clothes before tossing them out) on it. Now he wears it whenever he takes out his bird, so it protects his other clothes AND the bird loves to climb around on him and nibble around on the buttons. A perfect 2-in-1 use. 😁
That's so cute 😍!
I would collect the feathers and donate them to an avian vet for imping procedures. It can save lives! I only keep maybe one or two nice feathers from each bird to remember them by. I don't feel that you need their feathers to remember them... taking photos of them is another great way to keep their memories, as well as keeping them in your heart. :)
That’s what I’m doing, keeping some for myself and maybe some extras if I want to put them in a necklace somehow (I do) and then I’ll give the rest of the primary and secondary flight feathers to a bird rescue organisation
@@swiftiebee13 I’ve seen some wonderful ways of putting the feathers into necklaces. You can get some necklace plates and UV resin (doesn’t need to be mixed) to make some really nice looking jewelry
I had no idea that feathers could be donated & actually save other bird's lives?! For real?
@@EvadoCouto yeah necklace and earrings such a good idea
You can buy clear glass ball ornaments at Christmas and put feathers in it, or decorate your wreath with feathers
I don't use disposable cage liners anymore. I just got a couple of those cheap polar fleece blankets you see on sale in the fall for couches. Polar fleece doesn't really fray so all you do is cut it to the size of the tray. And there ya go! Washable, reusable, whatever pattern you want, ect. Just shake them out over the trash (or, honestly, I just shake the solids off in my yard) and toss it in the wash or rinse in the sink and hang dry.
That sounds like an awesome idea! It works fine for you?
@@jojo1828v yup! They're also super easy to hand wash and hang dry if needed.
I also use fleece to wrap perches.
How do you wash the polar fleece without the washing machine which used detergent which isn’t safe for birds? Do you hand wash?
I've had my conure for 2 months now- she's already learned not to poop on us (for the most part lmao), but comes to either my husband and I to tell us she needs to poop, so we can just hover her over the rubbish bin in whichever room we are in at the time. She's also occasionally going to the rubbish bins by herself to poop. I think I lucked out big time xD
that's awesome!
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Number 9- get a mini crock pot so you don't have go have the stove on :) I've been using it this week to smell like baking ;)
My hack for 32 years of owing a parrot - I hung a curtain rod above and behind my birds cage and hung a sheet from it (with curtain clips) to protect my wall from flung food and watcher splashes. Once a month I hung a new sheet and tossed the old one in the wash. Much easier than trying to wash walks!
Potty Baskets - Potty training is super easy. Put bird on basket handle, reward bird for pooping in the paper lined basket below. Done. No poop anywhere but the basket. Happy birbs, Happy people. They will most likely fly to the basket to get the reward.
Great hacks! Another good hack for clean up is to get a small vaccuum. Just for vaccuming up around the bird cage and jungle gym (i built my lovebird one based off of your video!). I also use the handheld part of the mini-vacuum to make cage cleanup easier when changing liners and whatnot.
We got one off of Amazon that works great, because our CBC is a very messy eater.
@@MsJackorama same! its a lifesaver! there is almost no need to get those thousand dollar self clean vaccumes when you can get 30 dollar handheld one!
I recently discovered pressure washing and it’s the greatest thing. Of course it’s not an all the time option but every few months I can take the cages outside one at a time and pressure wash all those little corners that are hard to get with brushes and cloths. It’s just fantastic, definitely recommend.
yees! I also do this, its so much easier in the summer
I do this it’s good
I just started doing that too- BUT cant do it in the winter ( Im in Utah) - thinking about the car wash in winter...
Thanks for the tip. I have a pressure washer for my car
Or you can just layer newspaper inside the cage bottom and in the morning you can throw that and layer a new one . Personally I like this this keeps my bird cage very clean and away from hardnig poop .
I just use the newspaper that come in the mail as cage liners. We get them delivered weekly and its more than enough.
Thank you :)
I like the shower curtain idea… & the natural air freshener. People need to know that candles or air freshener are toxic for birds..
I have 29 birds, mostly rescues.
(Our house is very noisy😆)
Your babies are beautiful! We’ve got 5 gccs, & they’re just so good natured❤️
Wow, 29!! That must be tough. How you have the time in the day to take care of 29 birds is beyond me 😂. What a wonderful thing to do though, thank you for rescuing them.. thats brightened my day to hear :)
@@mimthyss yes it’s a ton of work, & can get exhausting, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world!!
Often I feel like they rescued me as much as I rescued them❤️🦜🥰
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the poop hacks are a complete lifesaverrrr
This actually will be very helpful for when I get my cockateil, thank you ! :)
yayy! cant wait for your cockatiel to come home! its going to be great!
Ooh! I just got my cockatiel! I have only had a budgie before. Mine is tamed BUT He’s terrified. I don’t want to let him out until he isn’t scared to step up. And we’ve been making progress for sure but he’s so cute it’s killing me!!
@@Namastephie congrats!!
Love your ideas. I really don't like cleaning the grate at the bottom of the cage, so I place paper on top of it. This way it's easier on the bird's feet when they walk on the bottom of the cage and I just change the paper every day.
OH my goodness.... My GCC, Sidney, is 20 years old this year. I wish I had thought to save her molted feathers through the years! I don't know how much longer she will be with me.... I'll start today!
Idk if you choose the ads but I found myself watching at least 2 of them all the way through lol and then I’ll come back to this video and I’m like “wait I’m still here?” 😂
Baby wipes, though... Really great for cleanup. You can use one baby wipe multiple times over the course of a couple of hours before having to throw it away. Technically using anything that you need to wash to re-use may not end up being more eco friendly than using toilet paper. Water is a precious resource too.
If you do use baby wipes, make sure they're non sented:)
I just collect my birds feathers because they look nice not because i have something to remember them by. And I think that putting the feathers in a picture frame is super cool, i will definitely do that when my bird loses some nicer, colorful feathers :)
I made earrings with some of the feathers I got from my babies- I have 2 love birds and an Alexandrine.
paint scrapers help SOO much with dry poop! i got mine at dollar tree and use it all the time
I cut old tshirts and make bird Capes . This keeps my shirts clean and also they don't put holes in them either.
also they go crazy with a red bell a shiny red bell. they scream and attack but then seem to love it a lot and dance for it
Yaya early! Also your such a great conure owner 💅👏 your birdos are spoiled! Also your one of my favorite bird ownersss🎀
hiii!! thank you so so much! 💕
Is it just me, or are budgies *really really* squishy?!
This was a great video and sure did help me a lot!
Budgies are very soft
S q u i s h y
Yes, they are very soft and sweet little beings.
my daughter got her first 2 budgies a couple of weeks ago, she's been researching like crazy 😁..and I'm trying to do the same. I've only met them once, when we took them home from the store and I think I fell hard for them even though I was against them from the beginning. I even got to name one: San (korean word for mountain, and one of my favorite from the kpop group Ateez). we both love kpop so she named the other one Taemin, after her fave from the group Shinee.
I’m gonna make a necklace and earrings with their moulted feathers. Maybe even a hair clip.
Thank you!! You have the best timing with these videos, was just going to do more research!
I’ve been using vinegar for such a long time! And I use it at the end of the day so they don’t smell it
Btw I use an old tooth brush to clean food and water (I wash them with hot water and a vinegar/salt mix a and soak it gets it all the corners of their cages and or their bowls or toys
Very nice life hacks! Also, funny how so many of them were about poop :D In my case, I use a wide paint scraper for dried up poop on the office mat in front of my cockatiels' cage. The scraper has a good handle and is easier to scrape with than an old card.
I wish this video was around when I was researching how to be a parrot owner before i got my cockatiel. Great ideas i'm going to start using!!
Great , thanks for the wonderful tips
Love your videos! There so helpful and your birds are so cute!
the transitions are just chefs kiss
ello i love your videos your so informative and i learnt so much and corrected all my mistakes. great video. thanks for being so great i'll keep watching
I just found you and can't stop watching your videos. Very well done, educational and easy to understand. (interesting too) Glad I found you.
I will definitely make some origami toys for my conure. I already use the muffin paper hack which I have learned from your video. He just loves to find the treat inside. Thank you! 😊
I loved the bird origami idea!!
Gearing up to get two budgies. Glad I found your channel.
Wonderful hacks! I use most of then however I love the feathers in a frame. I must do that with all the feathers that I have.
Very detailed especially for first time parrot owner like me. Please keep up the content! 👍👍
I actually love the last tip so much I just got a conure and I already love him to death his name is link (from legend of Zelda) and I would miss him so much and will so be doing that with his molted feathers 😁 everything else was also extremely helpful especially the poop cleaning tips so many shirts have been lost 😞 because of link I might as well tidy them up and use them as my bird shirt
Thanks for all your advises! Your conures are very lucky ❤️
That was helpful! Thank you!
Loved this! Thanks! Ive saved feathers from my african grey and made earrings and dreamcatchers with his lovely red feathers ❤
Awwie thx !✨🌸
thank you so much,this helped a lot. not early this time cuz its early in the morning here 😂 btw your videos are amazing as always love ya! 💕
wow that feather idea really smart, definitely saving them now
Ahh thank you so much.. As we are on budget like just how it is in the EU mostly, i loce these hacks for my 3 budgies!! And we have an Alexa and if we are home or not we mostly have music etc on, our birds love it as we too👍👍🤗🤗
As an owner of a sun conure (Cosmo) and a rescue budgie (Teddy), This really really helped! I definitely needed help when cleaning the poop since I have carpet (unfortunately) Thanks!
Another amazing video 🥰🥰
i learned so many things from your channel thank you
Great idea's!! I learned some new tips!!
Great tips thankyou...love your site..the best
Thank you very much all of these tips are very helpful ☺️
yay new video this is helpful
Thanks for the tips! :-)
Wow iam amazed at how knowledgeable you are how great youve learned to make n do for your birds. I totally love it. Iam a new conure momma and definitely have alot to learn.
Thank you for this
I got two budgie birds and its gonna be super helpful!thank you!
Brilliant
Thanks for the tips. I purchased draw liners. They come in different colours and in rolls. Cut it to size place it on the grill tray and tie it with zip ties at each end ever second or third gap. When i need to clean i take the tray out and wash in the laundry tub.
- I have a gaint placemat on my whole desk, so my desk becomes easely cleanable.
- A towle on my gamingchair prevents them from pooping on it.
- I have made a little playground with a piece of newspaper underneath it next to me, so my birds can sit there while I work.
- Also for cables I use empty toilet rolls to put around them so my birds can play with the cardboard in stead of the wire.
- I also use cloth handkerchiefs to clean there poop of my desk. You can easely wash them and it is a little bit bigger then the makeup wipes.
- My birds tend to have there favorite poop-space. If it is a good spot to make poop-safe with some newspaper, I incurage it, put some newspaper underneath it and even make it more atractive with some toys. If it is not a good spot, I make it less atractive so they can find themselves an other spot.
This is Super Helpful! Thankyou. I am getting a bcc and honestly the pooping situation has me scared. Thank you for sharing these ideas!
My Sun and Quaker are 18 years old and never thought of saving their molted feathers!
Thank you!
Thank you for your great videos 💞💞 you three are awesome. It's so funny to see that alot of "birdppl" around the world just do the same "hacks" it's so amazing. Thank you for sharing this and maybe help others to handle things more easy 💓
Btw I use microfiber towels to clean the cage stuff and wash them after using :) it s a good way for us to save paper and water and also my 4 dinosaurs try to get to the towel and "help" mommy 🤣😅
Hack 14 and 15 are f-ing genius
iam getting two budgies soon, thanks for your tips!
I actually recently began to do the ice cubes! I used to just put my huge batch in zip bags but it was sometimes an inconvenience as it wasn’t anyways easy to get a chunk off. Having a poop shirt is also something I do, and having pads or paper always available is a really good idea!
You are a godsend. Thank you so much for all your amazing advice. Does anyone know what types of live plants are okay for sun conures to have indoors ?
I’m getting a cockatiel soon and I will be using these hacks !
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I like to use a Car Ice Scraper to scrape dried poops 😂
Love your videos! Once I begin watching one I can't help but watch more. Lol...
My cutie is "Danny Boy ".
He is a sweet, shy blue quaker.
So special to me because he is named in memory of my son. My beautiful, sweet, blue eyed.....
Daniel. ,
Whom I lost 4yrs ago at the age of 23.
The saddest time of my life..
Daniel had the most incredible sea blue, turquoise eyes!!, much like Danny boy's colocolor!..
My grandfather used to play the piano and sing ," O Danny Boy " to Daniel every time we visited and the name became his ..
Danny Boy's favorite song is that!! He bobs, weaves, rocks and whistles .. lol. Adorable.. he brings so much joy to my fractured heart ❤️ 💙
Thank you again for your videos and you!! You are a wonderful person ❤️ 💕 ♥️ and I am grateful that I am following you..
If you know anyone who makes hand-tied flies for Fly-Fishing, they LOVE getting the moulted feathers.
I love these life hacks :)
Those are great ideas.
Awesome hacks 💯❤❤❤
thanks informative i have a pinapple green cheek conure just like pinapple
Soo cute
thanks so much!
I use white vinegar on everything but I didn't know that you can have it sit in poop and it will soften it up.
I tried it on my bird's grates while he was playing with dad and it made spot cleaning so much easier! It practically came off with a stiff brush!
I used to scrub it vigorously with elbow grease!
Thanks for the tips!
I love the last one!🪶so cute
Edit: im so lucky that my cockatiel never goes to the bathroom on me and i know that he doesnt want to bec sometimes whenever i put him down after holding him, scritching him he will go to the bathroom when i put him down.
Nice 👌🏻
I use the water-vinegar thing and OMG its a life changer to Wash theyre trays for collecting poo i go to the bathtub i make sure the bathtub is clean and i put the tray in spray some HOT water on and spray the water and vinegar on let it sit for 3 mins and take a old tooth brush and i clean it its easy quick and mess free
would you be able to possibly make a video on how to help start getting your bird out of their cage amd safely fly around without getting hurt? me and my grandma tried letting my budgie out to fly in her bathroom because it was the safest room for him but he was panicking and flying into windows and walls constantly and he was sitting on the bit were you hang up your shower curtains and he wouldn't get down so we would really appreciate some tips on helping him calm down and get used to it.
a paint scraper works wonders for unseen poops that have dried
Love this! Pineapple looks just like my pineapple green cheek conure Kiwi
pineapple and kiwi are twinsies!
Wait is your pineapple green cheek conure name kiwi? I named mine kiwi too it sadly died. Allah rahmet eylesin.
@@FlyingFids Yesss even kiwi attacks/bites like pineapple 😂
@@SmthAbout.Money.SmellsLikeLove yes I’m sorry for your loss
omg my green parrots named kiwi too!!
In my area they don't allow newspaper or circulars in the Compost bin. I use inexpensive wrapping tissue paper from the dollar store with a top layer of the repurposed glass-wrapping paper that you mention (it's the perfect size!).
But tooooo gooddddd I have to watch
Tip 14 immediately brought me into a gloomy mood and my brain started to simulate the situation when my bird has to go.... I'm looking for an available jar right now.... thanks for all the tips
I have a hack that makes cleaning my 8 cages fast.
I bought a 1,000 foot roll of brown paper, 24” wide, and I put that on top of the metal grate. I no longer have to scrub them. I can clean 8 cages in less than 10 minutes. Once a month, I steam clean all the sides and perches and toys.
I let poop in the parrot room dry, use a scraper to lift up the drooping, sweep up everything and then wash the floor.
I use glass or ceramic ramekins as dishes for all my birds. I have 2 sets of the dishes so I can put the dirty dishes in the sink to clean later and take out the clean ones and lay them on the cart. Then I load up the food and wheel the cart into the bird room. I have a bottled water dispenser in there. I fill each water dish and pair it up with the food dish, then do my stewardess bit by loading up each cage with the appropriate dishes.
I have 3 GCCs, 2 Moustache Parakeets, a Quaker, a Brown head and an orange winged Amazon.
I make all their toys because the only one they seem to like, sometimes, are the sola kebab pieces. I stopped buying toys when not one of my birds even looked at them. But, put measuring spoons together with the flat parts facing and they go nuts. I use cupcake liners to make pompom balls, paper cups and straws to make foraging toys and I stock up each Easter with shredded paper used in baskets and I buy all I can before it disappears. A paper cup, cut with 4 slits, stuffed with shred, with a nutriberry in it, or a nut, and then punch some holes in the top, one in the bottom and get a zip tie, a bead and go through the bottom hole and through the holes at the top (it’s easier to do this first), and zip it closed. All my birds love this. For conures up, boxes on top of the cage will keep them busy designing their new condo complex.
I have a climbing net that covers the ceiling and part of a wall in the bird room. I have a big play stand at one end of the 20’ living room and a smaller one (table top one) near where I sit in the living room. All my birds are flighted.
Hi, great video!!! I noticed that you modified their play area. You removed the string that was wrapped around all the horizontal pieces, and replaced it with what? What are those things in all the colors? I will soon adopt a Macaw nobilis, I want to make him a playground like yours.
I have budgies and there is a high perch they like to sit on. It's too high for anyone to see how much poop there was! I cleaned it the other day and there was a huge pile of poop and there's still some i can't get off. I'm definitely using that hack!
Hello! Your videos are very helpful, and informative, thanks. I just had a question, my pineapple conure isn't a dancer, will he ever be?
I have been using vinegar for such a long time , I use it after putting them in their cage to clean up
I also use old toothbrushes to clean cage bars, food bowls, toys, etc (make sure u wash them well before hand)
I just got two of my first ever parakeets and named my blue and yellow one pineapple and my albino one coconut
My parrot loves origami i sometimes make some and they love it!
My birds names are mitu and pocho
Omg ur from nyc same here😁
I have a curtain rod and cloth shower curtain on the wall behind our GCCs cage. Did this when we moved the 2nd time. First time thought about it after the wall was really bad.