Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot Care

Double Yellow Headed Amazon. That name is a beak full. Also known as “The Double Yellow Head” or “Yellow Headed Amazon”, this is a friendly parrot. It gets along quite well with other birds and with humans.

Your Double Yellow Headed Amazon is also a very social parrot. In its natural habitat, it lives in large flocks, sometimes as many as 100 in a flock. This environment produces a very extroverted parrot who likes to talk – a lot! It is not unusual for them to greet the dawn with loud screeches. Most Amazon parrots have a reputation for being loud, but the Double Yellow Headed Amazon really earns that reputation.

Double Yellow Headed Amazon Cage

Your Double Yellow Headed Amazon requires a large cage. Your parrot will want room to fly and climb about, so a good cage will have inside dimensions of 30″ x 30″ with a height of 48-50″.

Cages should be sturdy as these parrots have strong beaks. Steel or powder coat are recommended.

Double Yellow Headed Amazon Toys

Since your Double Yellow Headed Amazon is an intelligent bird, it needs to be entertained. You will be responsible for part of its entertainment, but it will also need plenty of toys. Toys help eliminate screaming, feather plucking and biting. Toys help your parrot use pent-up energy. Put several toys in your parrot’s cage at a time. Rotate its toys often so your parrot always has a new adventure. Possibilities include:

* barbell foot toys
* musical toys
* chewable wood toys
* babble balls that talk to your parrot
* parrot pinata to fill with treats

Double Yellow Headed Amazon Diet

Like most parrots, your Double Yellow Headed Amazon will need a varied diet. Feed it fresh fruits and vegetables as well as standard parrot food. You may want to add seeds and nuts to its diet also, but make sure you do not give it just seeds.

Avoid these foods. They are toxic to parrots.

* Avocado, which can be deadly
* Chocolate
* Rhubarb
* Caffeine
* Dairy Products in excessive amounts
* Onions in excessive amounts
* Mushrooms can be toxic
* Salt in excessive amounts
* Sugar in excessive amounts

Double Yellow Headed Amazon Training

Double Yellow Headed Amazons have not only earned a reputation for volume, but also for talking ability. Although not guaranteed, it is very likely that your parrot will be a talker. You will have to be firm in training it, however, as it is a strong-willed bird.

Double Yellow Headed Amazon Companion

If you have a single bird, it will require much of your time and attention. A observed at the outset of this article, this bird is normally part of a large flock. It needs companions. If you must leave it alone for long periods of the day, you may want to consider adding a companion so your parrot will stay healthy.