Pet Bird Care Guide: Diet, Cage Setup, Air Safety & Weight Tracker

Birds hide illness, and some everyday household things, like overheated nonstick pans and avocado, can kill them quickly. This 12-page guide for budgies, cockatiels and other parrots covers setup, a balanced diet, air safety, enrichment and the weekly weigh-in that catches problems early.

What's inside

• Cage and home setup checklist: size, bar spacing, perches, placement
• A balanced bird diet and how to switch a seed-eater to pellets safely
• Toxic foods, fumes and household hazards, including PTFE (nonstick) fumes
• Sleep, enrichment and training with reward-based methods
• Daily, weekly and yearly care
• Health checks and emergency signs
• Finding an avian vet, first-visit questions and a visit record
• Gram-scale weight and droppings log and a two-week care checklist
• Sources page

Good to know

• Instant digital download: PDF in US Letter, plus A4 and low-ink versions (12 pages). Nothing is shipped.
• Print as many copies of the trackers and checklists as you need. The vet contact page has fillable fields.
• General education for owners, based on published guidance from the Association of Avian Veterinarians, Merck Veterinary Manual, VCA, the ASPCA and the CDC (sources page included). We're independent: not affiliated with or endorsed by these organizations. It is not veterinary advice and not a substitute for a veterinarian experienced with birds.
• All text and art are original. Personal, household use; please don't resell or share the file.