This video presents part 2 in the importance of weighing your companion parrot. In the video we discuss scales and weighing techniques used to weigh your bird safely and comfortably – topics include:

• Weighing can help with the diet evaluation and nutritional assessment
• Assimilation at HARI is easily assessed, as there are no enrichment foods such as sugary fruits as only the Tropican extruded diets are offered for ongoing research purposes
• Weighing is best done in the morning after being removed from the night cage, before giving any enrichment foods
• When to best feed enrichment foods
• Teaching your bird to be weighed (birds can be encouraged to step up & step down) on a scale perch ideally throughout the early parrot education
• Types of scales that can be used by companion parrot owners
• Secure proper sized perch for the species being weighed
• How to place your bird safely onto a scale
• Options other than scale perch for birds that are unaccustomed to stepping on a scale such as anti-slippery mats directly on the scale platform or using a carrier
• Desensitizing to towel restraint before placing on a scale if your bird does not tolerate being handled