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Playing games
with your
parrot, providing a variety of stimulating, interactive toys as well as
exercise
equipment and
playgyms will all help encourage your bird to engage in healthy
play and exercise.
The best
ways to provide outlets for exercise are:
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Provide toys that
stimulate movement (swings,
ladders,
vines, rings and
bungees).
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Provide
destructible,
manipulative and
preening toys to engage your bird in activity and encourage movement.
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Provide out of the cage
play areas that encourage movement and play (playgyms,
cargo nets).
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Place
foraging stations
high and low around your bird’s cage to encourage movement (foraging toys).
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Provide a cage large enough for your bird
to fully flap his wings.
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Purchase an indoor or outdoor flight
cage.
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With your bird securely
perched on your hand, get a firm grip on your
birds toes and encourage flapping by gently moving your arm up and down or
swinging it in an arc while your bird hangs upside down. Your bird
will flap its wings to maintain balance.
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Send your bird to "Basic Training" and
work on step up's with your bird.
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Play games with your bird
such as hide and seek, ball toss and chase me.
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Dance with your bird (it's good for you
too!)
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Flight training (Flight
suits & Aviator harnesses)
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Showers encourage wing
flapping and preening activities (shower perches).
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Work on Training Your
Bird to Perform Tricks such as
roller skating or playing
basketball.
How much exercise is enough ?
We recommend a minimum of two 5 to 10 minute sessions a day that combines the
above activities and games. If your bird starts breathing
heavily during wing flapping sessions
make sure to stop and let him catch his breath before continuing.
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