Pellet diet specifically formulated for your Amazon Parrot is recommended in order to meet their recommended dietary nutrition. This also prevents the Amazon Parrot from becoming too picky. Enriched seed mixtures designed for your Amazon Parrot are also great as long as your Amazon Parrot isn't only eating his favorite seeds and discarding the rest. To supply calcium, your Amazon Parrot should have a Cuttlebone in it's cage at all times.

Although pellets can provide your Amazon Parrot with the ideal nutrition you should also be sure to include variety in your Amazon Parrot's diet. Giving your Amazon Parrot a variety of foods will inspire them to eat. Amazon Parrot love fruits, nuts, beans, legumes, grains and vegetables(no avocado). You will enjoy seeing them flurry excitedly to their dish at each feeding time.

Your Amazon Parrot should have water readily available at all times.

Amazon Parrot droppings should be removed daily and the bottom of the Cage disinfected at least weekly.

Use Gravel Paper already cut to size and made especially for bird cages. This is the cleanest and easiest low maintenance way to go. It will absorb spilled water and droppings.

Once a month you'll want to disinfect the walls of the cage to protect your Amazon Parrot's health. The Water Dispenser and Feeder Bowl should be rinsed out daily and disinfected weekly. This helps protect against harmful bacteria. Cage Cleaners disinfect and dissolve hard dried-up droppings.

Trim your Amazon Parrot's nails and beak. Wing clipping is also recommended if you want to limit or eliminate the bird's flying abilities. If you do not feel comfortable trimming or clipping, an avian veterinarian or breeder will do it for a small fee.

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Amazons are extremely intelligent and playful birds that love being the center of attention. In general, amazons are considered good talkers. They need lots of affection and time with their owners, and they are curious athletic, and seem to enjoy entertaining their owners with clownish antics. However, they are also considered somewhat moody and can become fairly aggressive if not trained and handled properly from a younger age.

The minimum cage size is 24"x36"x48" with bar spacing of 3/4 to 1 inch. As always larger is better. Being very playful, Amazons need lots of sturdy toys. Amazons particularly seem to enjoy toys they can manipulate with their feet.

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Amazon parrot is the common name for a parrot of the genus Amazona. These are medium-size parrots native to the New World ranging from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean.

Most Amazon parrots are predominantly green, with accenting colors that depend on the species and can be quite vivid. They feed primarily on nuts and fruits, supplemented by leafy matter.

Many amazon parrots have a remarkable ability to mimic human speech and other sounds. Partly because of this they are popular as pets or companion parrots.

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