Seasonal parrot care: temperature, humidity, and airflow
What to check during seasonal changes and when using heating or air conditioning.
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The moimoi Content Team operates the bird-care recording service. These guides explain how to record food, water, and daily changes and hand care over to family members. Examples are illustrative, not real user records.
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Health and observation
Record changes and know when to contact a clinic
Signs to check when a parrot seems different
Birds hide illness. Here is what to check in the same place every day, and the situations where calling a clinic should not wait.
Read guideWeighing a parrot: same conditions, read the trend
How to weigh under the same conditions, choose a scale, and read records as a trend rather than a single number.
Read guideMolting vs feather plucking: telling the difference
How to tell normal molt from worrying plucking, what to record, and when to contact a clinic.
Read guideHormonal season and egg laying: signs and records
Behaviors of hormonal season, what to adjust at home, what to record around egg laying, and when to contact a clinic.
Read guideParrot sleep: checking a bird that startles at night
A practical way to review sleep timing, light, sound, and night-fright records.
Read guideBathing a parrot: water, frequency, and drying
How to offer bathing without force and what to check afterward.
Read guideParrot droppings: record the usual pattern, not color alone
How to separate feces, urates, and urine and prepare useful records for a clinic.
Read guideCleaning a parrot cage: a safe daily and weekly routine
A practical order for bowls, liners, perches, toys, rinsing, and drying.
Read guideFumes and smoke around parrots: a home air-safety check
How to reduce exposure to overheated cookware, smoke, candles, diffusers, and sprays.
Read guidePBFD in parrots: what it is and how to keep it out
PBFD is a viral disease of parrots. It spreads in feather dust and has no cure, so keeping it out is the whole job. Here is how it travels and what you can control at home.
Read guideParrot first aid: what to do and avoid before the clinic
What you can do at home until your injured or suddenly weak parrot reaches a clinic, what not to do, and the signs that mean leave now.
Read guideParrot eye injury: first aid for a scratched eyelid
What you can do at home when a parrot scratches its eye or eyelid, why ointments and human eye drops are off limits, and the signs that need a clinic soon.
Read guideParrot bleeding: stopping a blood feather, nail or beak bleed
How to stop bleeding at home when a parrot breaks a blood feather or bleeds from a nail or beak, why not to pull a blood feather yourself, and which bleeds need a clinic now.
Read guideParrot bumblefoot: when the foot is swollen or scabbed
Causes and stages of bumblefoot, the perch changes you can make at home, and why a swollen foot should never be squeezed at home.
Read guideParrot burns: first aid for hot water, oil and cable injuries
How to cool a burn at home when a parrot is hurt by hot water, oil or a cable, why not to apply butter or ointment, and why even small burns need a clinic.
Read guideKeeping a sick parrot warm: setting up a temporary hospital cage
How to set up a warm, quiet temporary hospital cage for a sick parrot until it reaches the clinic, the temperature to aim for, and the signs it is too hot.
Read guideFood and nutrition
Connect food choices and transitions with intake and weight
Parrot food: tracking meals, treats, and water
How to evaluate food, record each bird's preferences, and keep track of what you are currently feeding.
Read guideFoods parrots should never eat: what to avoid and check
Foods widely known to be dangerous for birds, kitchen precautions, and what to do after accidental eating.
Read guideMoving a parrot from seeds to pellets without guessing
How to confirm actual intake, change gradually, and track weight during a diet transition.
Read guideCare by species
Use species traits as context and your bird's baseline as the guide
Budgerigar care: the first month at home
What to leave unchanged after bringing a budgie home, and the food, water, and weight checks to keep during the first month.
Read guideCockatiel care: reading the crest and the calls
How to read a cockatiel's crest and calls, why weight records matter, and the ventilation this dusty species needs.
Read guideCaring for a lovebird: personality and daily records
How to settle a lovebird in, read biting as a signal, and keep daily food and weight records.
Read guideConure care: records for calls, food, and weight
A first-owner guide to loud calls, chewing outlets, food, and individual weight baselines.
Read guideClinics and travel
Prepare clinic verification and safe travel before it is urgent
Carrier training before a parrot needs the clinic
A gradual path from an open carrier to short, safe travel.
Read guideParrot first aid kit: supplies to prepare and products to skip
What to put in a bird first aid kit before clinics close for the holidays, where to buy it, and which products are better left on the shelf.
Read guideDaily care and behavior
Understand sleep, environment, and behavior through observation
Caring for a parrot: a simple daily record
A practical checklist for tracking food, water, and everyday changes without missing the essentials.
Read guideCaring for multiple parrots: separate every record
A simple way to separate food, water, preferences, and daily care for each bird in your household.
Read guideGetting ready for a parrot: essentials before arrival
A practical order for preparing the cage, living space, food, and first week at home.
Read guideTaming a parrot: closing the distance with a nervous bird
The order of getting closer to a parrot, from distance to hand, and how to read biting and stress signals.
Read guideWhen a parrot bites: read the signals before contact
Record the person, place, and action before a bite so forced contact can be reduced.
Read guideWhen a parrot keeps screaming: map the time and trigger
Separate normal contact calls from repeated demand patterns and sudden unusual cries.
Read guideConsistent records make care clearer
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