This may seem a bit odd, but if you ask the correct questions, you can learn volumes about your new potential buddy. A good breeder will help you out along the way. A good breeder’s sole motivation is not to make money. A good breeder very much wants his baby parrots to go to good homes. So if in the process you forget a few of these questions, he’ll probably jump in and answer them anyway. These simple questions can help increase the chances that the baby parrot you bring home with you is healthy.

You will need to know when these birds hatched. If a parrot is too young to take home a good breeder will let you know that. You can always reserve the parrot and come back later if it is too young.

Do you keep a closed aviary? Optimally, your breeder tends a closed aviary. A bird raised in this environment has a lower chance of developing a disease. Many avian diseases travel through the air. That means they spread quickly.

Make sure you ask whether the bird has been tested for any diseases. If your young parrot has already been sexed then you will probably find that it was sexed at the same time. If the bird has indeed been tested for diseases then make sure that you ask for a copy of the results from the laboratory.

Whether a parrot is male or female does not make any difference to their qualities as pets, and you should certainly not be too concerned about that aspect of parrot keeping. Unless of course you are bringing your new bird home to live with other parrots in a shared aviary – in those circumstances it is very important to know whether they are male or female.

Make sure that you ask what your parrot has been eating and continue this diet once you bring it home. It is very important that you don’t cause a baby parrot undue stress by bringing it home and making sudden changes in its diet.

Can I view the baby’s parents? You’ll probably discover that, indeed, the baby’s parents are on the premises and you can view them. But the odds are very unlikely you’ll be able to hold them. Many breeding parrots are not raised as pets and the parents of this bird may not be tame. In the parents, if they look generally healthy, then they probably are. And healthy parents most often produce health babies.[youtube:O_Fpad20Zbk;[link:Clever Parrots];http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Fpad20Zbk&feature=related]

Finally, you should ask whether the baby has been hand fed or parent raised. Even if the bird has not been hand fed, don’t worry as long as it has been socialized.

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