Raising Your Parrot Pet in Humane Manner Parrot as a pet has to be out of the cage once in a while. Now this is quite a big deal raising parrots to abide silent rules of knowing when it must be inside or outside a cage. The reality of having parrots as pet is all about the freedom it can get to interact with its owners. Just like any other parrot, Edmonton parrots pets are known to thrive in attention. Giving the bird a decent and loving home will keep it healthy and closer to its owner. 2. Good healthy diet. It is quite important to feed your pet parrot the best diet that you can. Try to change its diet and make it as interesting as possible. Basically, there are two subspecies of African Greys: the Congo which are about 12 inches to 30cm long, with light grey feathers, deep red tails and black beaks and the Timneh race which are smaller, have a darker charcoal gray color, a darker maroon tail, with a horn colored beak. Today, there is also known a third and fourth sub specie the Ghana African Grey that is similar to the Congo African grey but darker and smaller and the Cameroon African Grey or the big silvers. Here are the descriptions of selected parrots perfect for sale: 1. LOVEBIRDS - very adorable little small breed from Africa, lovebirds can be tamed like common parrots except for the aggressiveness towards opposite sex, the male rubs the perch as a distinct sexual behavior, which is quite disturbing to some owners. And sometimes, they won t even be content with furniture. They can also chew computer and electric cords, books, papers and virtually everything that they can get their claws on. Wallpapers, clothes can also be clawed on. So, be very careful. 3. Parrots can bite They may seem docile creatures but they are actually not. - Bridging stimulus set an example, when a hand is raised to command the bird to perch in one corner of the cage, the demonstrative actions serve a bridge for the parrot to choose in abeyance following the hand cuing, because a toy is ready at reach. 2. Do not punish pets for any negative attitude or actions done previously.