Ava's Care and Safety Guide

Disclaimer: The following guide focuses on Sun Conure care, but can be adapted to suit your specific bird. Please perform your own research before applying these care instructions to a different species of bird, because they might not be applicable. However, the SAFETY information is universal to all birds.

Click here to download Ava's Care and Safety Guide

This document contains some basic guidelines on how to care for Sun Conures and similar medium-sized parrots. These are the guidelines we followed to care for Ava when we first brought her home!

See pages 2 to 4 for important safety information applicable to all birds.

Be sure to print out this Guide and take note of your closest Avian veterinarian's name, address, and phone number in case of emergency.

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Please contact us if you have any further questions!

Love,

Ava

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