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If you are setting up from scratch, buy in this order

• Enclosure first, sized to the species and with correct bar spacing - it is the item you cannot cheaply correct later.
• Perches of at least three different natural-wood diameters, plus one conditioning perch at mid-height.
• A formulated pellet appropriate to the species, plus stainless steel bowls.
• Destructible chew items and at least two foraging feeders of different difficulty.
• A digital gram scale accurate to one gram - the single most useful health tool a bird keeper owns.
• A first-aid kit including styptic powder, and a travel carrier kept accessible.

Materials and safety

Two material failures account for a large share of avoidable poisonings and injuries. The first is zinc: galvanised wire, zinc-plated chain, clips and quick links are all chewed by parrots and cause zinc toxicosis. Use 304 or 316 stainless steel hardware, or heavy powder-coated iron with intact coating. The second is fraying rope: cotton and sisal fibres wrap around toes and cause constriction injuries, and swallowed strands cause crop and gut impaction. Inspect rope items weekly and trim or discard at the first sign of unravelling.

The most dangerous item in the house is not sold here at all. Overheated PTFE-coated cookware releases fumes that kill birds within minutes, and self-cleaning oven cycles do the same. Keep birds out of the kitchen and ventilate well.

What supplies cannot fix

No product substitutes for time, space and social contact. A parrot with the best cage on the market and no daily interaction will still develop the screaming, plucking and stereotyped behaviour that under-stimulation produces. Foraging feeders and destructible toys make a real difference precisely because they restore a behaviour the bird would otherwise have no outlet for - they are a supplement to your attention, not a replacement for it.