Dear Parrots magazine,
Go natural!
An elderly relative who had recently died had a White-fronted Amazon and as I was the most animal orientated relative, this parrot, complete with cage, ended up with me, as I already had a Green-cheeked Conure.
But the cage it came in, in my opinion, was not ideal and had dowel perches. I soon dumped the cage, bought a much larger one and added some natural apple perches, trimmed from one of my trees. The difference in the bird was striking, it appeared much happier and active, and I can only suggest to get rid of those dowel perches and replace with natural ones, it makes a lot of difference.
Anthony Marsland, by email