{"id":144343,"date":"2024-05-30T21:02:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T02:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/?p=144343"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T02:02:40","slug":"what-are-the-best-ways-to-exercise-my-pet-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=144343","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Best Ways to Exercise My Pet Bird?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Here are some ways to exercise your pet bird, keeping in mind the size of the species:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>General Exercise Tips<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>&#8220;They&#8221; say a Bigger cage is better:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Provide the largest cage possible for your bird. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This allows them room to flap their wings, climb, and perch in different locations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">This makes sense IF you and or everyone in your household works most of the day and the bird is &#8220;stuck&#8221; in its cage all day long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Conversely, our Ringneck and Quaker spend from 10:00 to 4:00 in relatively small ages about 20 X 20 each but they love to be at the center of attention as customers and shippers come and go throughout the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">By 4:00 they are ready to come upstairs to their 3-foot wide aviaries where we play kindergarten cop letting each bird out one at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"Flying Cage - The Bigger the Better!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C8PqX-5ppuA\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">See, Chili the Quaker thinks the best place in the world is Keto&#8217;s (the Ringneck)\u00a0 birdcage be it upstairs or downstairs if both cage doors are open Chili will make a beeline into Keto&#8217;s cage, perch there, and do&#8230;&#8230;.nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">This stresses Keto out to no end, and so it goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">While they are out of their cages upstairs, with no exterior doors to open, they have the run err the flight of the place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Barney has the smallest cage of them all about 18 X 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I let him out when I uncover the 4 upstairs birdcages around 7 AM and if we don&#8217;t go anywhere (out of the house) together, he&#8217;s out for 12\u00a0 to 13 hours so his cage size matters, not.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Out of cage time:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Allow your bird supervised out of cage time each day. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good rule of thumb is at least 1-2 hours per day, but this can vary depending on the species.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Wing trimming:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wing trimming may be necessary for some birds, especially large birds, to prevent them from injuring themselves during flight. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a properly wing-trimmed bird can still flap its wings for exercise.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Safe play area:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When your bird is out of the cage, make sure the room has been bird-proofed. Close windows and doors, toilets, cover electrical cords and remove any toxic plants or household items that could be harmful to your bird.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/1614\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Species Specific Exercises<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Small birds (budgies, finches, parakeets):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Provide climbing structures with ropes, ladders, and swings. Offer foraging toys that require them to manipulate objects to get to a treat. Scatter treats around the cage and play area to encourage them to fly and explore.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Medium birds (conures, caiques, lovebirds):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In addition to climbing structures and foraging toys, provide bird-safe swings, preaches of varying textures and sizes, and bird gyms with hoops and rings to fly through.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exclamation<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also teach them simple tricks to keep them mentally stimulated.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Large birds (macaws, Amazons, cockatoos):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These birds require the most space to exercise. Large parrot cages or flight cages are ideal. Provide play gyms with climbing structures, swings, preaches, and foraging toys. You can also train them to target sticks or hoops to encourage flight.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Approved by the Windy City Parrot Content Team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some ways to exercise your pet bird, keeping in mind the size of the species: General Exercise Tips &#8220;They&#8221; say a Bigger cage is better: Provide the largest cage possible for your bird. 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