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…or How to Question the Source of Your Future Lifelong Companion<\/em>:<\/p>\n

By the time an owner is ready to select the breeder or shop to purchase their companion parrot, they have hopefully done their homework.<\/p>\n

Many of the behavioral problems commonly seen in pet birds can be traced back to difficulties encountered during early development like forced weaning and poor socialization. It is essential that the prospective companion parrot owner identifies a breeder or shop that is sincerely concerned with the physical and psychological development of their chicks. How will the prospective owner know? This checklist can be used as an aid when interviewing a breeder or shop.<\/p>\n

Download the\u00a0PDF version<\/a>\u00a0of this client education handout, or modify the DOCX version<\/a> for your veterinary hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or “How to Question the Source of Your Future Lifelong Companion”: By the time an owner is ready to select the breeder or shop to purchase their companion parrot, they have hopefully done their homework. Many of the behavioral problems commonly seen in pet birds can be traced back to difficulties encountered during early development like forced weaning and poor socialization. It is essential that the prospective companion parrot owner identifies a breeder or shop that is sincerely concerned with the physical and psychological development of their chicks. How will the prospective owner know? A prospective owner can use this checklist as an aid when interviewing a breeder or shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":60650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[500],"class_list":["post-21654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chick","content_types-client-education-handout","topics-behavior","topics-pediatrics","procedures-examination-evaluation","species-avian","species-parrot","channel-resources-education","contributor-pollock"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBreeder Checklist - LafeberVet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Encourage the prospective pet bird owner to use this Breeder Checklist during their search for their future lifelong companion, a parrot chick.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/breeder-checklist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breeder Checklist - 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