About MyParrot

Why this exists

MyParrot started from a simple observation: the way most people keep budgies, lovebirds, and cockatiels is fundamentally at odds with what these birds are.

These are wild animals. Not domesticated, not adapted to captivity — wild. Their biology, their instincts, their needs are shaped by millions of years of evolution in open grasslands, forests, and savannas. Yet we put them in metal cages, feed them processed food, deprive them of sunlight and companionship, and wonder why they get sick, go quiet, or pull out their own feathers.

The pet industry has normalised this. Walk into any pet shop and you'll find tiny cages marketed as "starter homes," seed mixes labelled as "complete nutrition," and plastic toys sold as "enrichment." None of it is designed for the bird. It's designed to make keeping a bird seem easy and cheap — because that sells more birds.

MyParrot exists to challenge that. We're not selling anything. We're not affiliated with any brand, shop, or breeder. This is a free resource, built to provide honest, research-informed guidance about what these birds actually need.

Our goal is simple: help every bird keeper — whether you've had birds for years or you're thinking about getting one — understand that these creatures deserve a life as close to nature as possible. Not perfection, but intention. Not a cage, but a life.

What we believe

●Every parrot deserves flight, companionship, natural light, and a diet that reflects their biology.
●A cage is not a home. It is a limitation we impose for our convenience, not their wellbeing.
●The bird trade — from breeding mills to roadside selling — prioritises profit over life. Buyers deserve to know this.
●Education changes behaviour. Most people harm their birds out of ignorance, not cruelty. We're here to close that gap.
●Small changes matter. You don't have to be perfect — you just have to care enough to try.

What's coming

We're building an AI advisor — a model trained specifically on parrot care — that will be available on this site for free. It won't be a generic chatbot giving recycled internet answers. It will be a specialist, trained on curated knowledge about budgies, lovebirds, and cockatiels, ready to help you make better decisions for your birds.

Until then, explore the site. Read about what these birds truly are, what we get wrong, and how to start giving them the life they were born for.

MyParrot is a free, non-commercial project. No ads. No sponsors. No products. Just guidance.