Many dream to get the feathery friend, at the same time at fans of birds the parrots who are easily studying the human speech are of particular interest. One of such birds is the parrot zhako.
Rules of the choice zhako: the wild or tamed pet?
If you decided to buy a parrot zhako, for a start decide on that, the wild or tamed bird interests you. The fact is that tamed zhako are much more expensive than those that were caught in the wild nature and at once are offered for sale. Very often cunning sellers in a pursuit of a profit try to give a wild bird who did not contact to the person yet and does not feel before him fear, for tamed. If the bird was not managed to be frightened, and she willingly makes contact, then to tame her in the future quite perhaps.To define as far as the parrot got used to communication with people, rather easily. It is worth running a hand over rods of a cage in which there is a bird only. Wild and already frightened of people zhako at the same time will jump aside and for certain will begin to behave uneasily, will begin to shout, rush about and can even show aggression. It is better to refuse purchase of such bird as it will be difficult to tame her. Therefore if you have no experience of communication with wild parrots, accommodation in one apartment with it zhako can become for you the real test.
Young or adult zhako: how to decide on the choiceIf you are interested in a young bird, choose that that it is not frightened by people yet and easily makes contact. If you are interested in the adult zhako, it is worth buying only the tamed bird as at mature age the wild parrots very badly adapt to new conditions and long get used to people. How to define, adult or young zhako you are offered by the seller? It is rather simple to define age category of a bird. Pads at young birds have a pinkish shade while at adults zhako pads brown and coarsened. A plumage shade birds at early age lighter, and on the surface of a beak have no peelings, unlike adult birds. Well and, of course, young parrots are more active.
How to define the state of health of a bird
Buying a parrot, many are afraid of the fact that they will be deceived and will sell a sick bird. To buy healthy zhako, it is worth knowing several basic rules which will help not to make mistakes. When choosing zhako it is very important to pay attention to plumage of a parrot. If feathers dim and rare, then it is worth pricking up the ears, especially if at the same time the bird sits having ruffled up, and does not show interest in the events around. The healthy parrot is active, curious and has beautiful bright plumage. The beak at a healthy zhako has no cracking, and on pads there are no outgrowths.