Owning and taking care of a parrot might be as simple as it looks. But the reality is the exact opposite of what you see. Parrots are so hard to take care of. That is because parrots can get sick easily. And what’s worse is that it won’t even show any symptom. On humans, it is easy to see whether a person is not feeling well. On parrots however, they look like they’re alright and healthy when in fact, they are sick. It is hard to identify whether a parrot is sick or not. If you want to make sure that your parrot is not sick, then you must record every detail that you can get from your parrot. Here are some things that you must observe and record to parrots:

• Its droppings – you should record how many times your parrot discharges and what color it is. You should recover it on a daily basis.
• The amount of fluids consumed – You need to check how much water does your parrot drink a day.
• The sound of its voice – You can try to memorize the loudness and the sound of your parrot’s voice.
• Its weight – You should record the weight of your parrot daily

These things are the important things that you should know about your parrot. Once you find out that your parrot is healthy, the data that you can gather from it is the average number. If any changes occur, it might mean something. For example, if your parrot’s weight decreases, even for just a bit, it might indicate that you parrot is ill.

If you find out that your parrot is sick, then what would you do? Will you bring it to the veterinarian at once? That would be a good idea, if your parrot is at a critical state. But if the records indicate just a slight change, you can try taking care of the parrot yourself. There are many steps that you can do on your own to provide medication to your parrot. But before that, you should understand that these steps are just for immediate care and if you observed that nothing changed, or if the parrot got worse, you may now take it to the veterinarian. Here are the following steps:

• Temperature – When a parrot is sick, one good thing that you can do is to control and maintain a certain temperature on its surrounding. The ideal temperature that you can give is about 85 degrees or 90 degrees. As your parrot begins to recover, you can decrease the temperature for a maximum of 5 degrees a day until you can bring back the normal temperature.
• Humidity – Another thing that you can do for the parrot is to make it easier for the parrot to breathe. If your parrot finds it hard to breathe, using a humidifier or a vaporizer would help ease up breathing. You can  tell if your parrot is not breathing properly when you see these symptoms: wheezy, raspy, bubbly or clicking noises in the breathing,  beak held open but not panting and breathing heavily
• Fluids – Birds can easily neglect drinking especially when they are sick. If your bird is not drinking the usual amount of water that it does based on your records, you should try forcing it to drink. You can use your finger, a spoon or a syringe to make it drink. You can give your parrot apple or grape juice and bottled water with sugar or honey.
• Food – You should also give a proper amount of food for your parrot. If it is not eating, you can force feed it. Foods with carbohydrates and is easy to digest are ideal for sick parrots
• Injury – If your parrot is injured, you should take away any toys and anything it can climb on or play on so that it doesn’t make the injury worse for itself.