Introducing New Birds
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Try to avoid disturbance during first few days by introducing it to one new thing at a time. If you have any pets, acquaint them very gradually. A common problem is with cats. You may not keep a cat yourself, but any local cats will soon become aware of the new bird in the neighborhood. Do not think that your bird is perfectly safe just because the cat cannot get to it; the sudden appearance of a cat can literally scare a bird to death.
If your bird has been kept in an indoor environment, such as quarantine, and you eventually plan to house it outside, keep it inside for a period and provide a shallow water bowl in the cage in which it can bathe. A dish with angled rather than straight sides is best and perhaps with a few stones at the bottom to help the bird get out. This approach will also help to acquaint the bird with rain. If you put the bird outside and there is a downpour of rain, it can become waterlogged and then extremely cold.
Always give new birds several food and water dishes around the aviary. Do not be alarmed if your bird does not immediately hunt for food; this is quite normal. After a few days, your bird will know where all the food and water dishes are and you can then slowly remove them until only one food and one water dish remain.
Although it may not eat for the first few hours or so, once it becomes familiar with its surroundings check that your bird is eating properly. Just because the food dish is being emptied, this does not necessarily mean that the bird is eating
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