title: Psittacine wellness management and environmental enrichment.
abstract: The goal of this article is to present practical ways to provide a healthier lifestyle to the commonly kept companion psittacine pets. Necessary information for bird owners to provide for the physical and mental health of their bird is presented. This information is exquisitely important for people keeping birds as pets to know and apply. It is the exotic veterinarian's responsibility to educate clients on how to provide properly for the pet's mental and physical well-being.
authors.affiliation: All Pets Medical Center, 111 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX 77845, USA. Electronic address: agnesrupley@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Agnes E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rupley
authors.affiliation: MSPCA-Angell Animal Medical Center, 350 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130, USA.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simone-Freilicher
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D011563:Psittaciformes; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: Environmental enrichment; Foraging; Pet birds; Psittacine; Wellness care