Indoors or Outdoors: What is Right for Your Parrot?

A Lafeber Pet Birds webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our guest, Stephanie Lamb, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice) will talk about taking pet birds outdoors. What are the benefits and the potential risks to pet birds? Find the answers to these important questions and more! Poll Question and answers: Does your bird spend time outdoors 0:00:20 Overview of information in webinar 0:04:14 Pros of taking birds outdoors 0:05:40 Cons to taking birds outdoors 0:11:40 Types of harnesses and training tips 0:14:05 Clipping wings: pros and cons 0:18:15 Predators and outdoor factors, exposures and threats 0:23:50 Q&A Recommends for safe cage or crate 0:36:46 Direct sun or outdoor shade 0:38:22 Shortened outdoor time limited by weather 0:39:24 UVB lights and recommendations 0:40:40 UV spectrum and nanometers: corneal burns 0:41:30 Distance from wild birds covers several questions 0:45:43 Vitamin D and Vitamin D supplements and toxicity questions 0:47:27 Min and max time recommended outdoors 0:49:27 Temperature awareness outdoors 0:50:45 Coatings on bird enclosures 0:51:27 Recommended # of hours outdoors 0:52:19 Flicker fusion frequency and UVB avoidance in bird 0:53:35 Birds caged together outdoors or individually 0:57:24