The Parrotlet Place

03/09/2026

In Japanese folklore, a night heron seen in the dark marshes could be the Aosagibi — a glowing spirit bird said to wander between worlds.

Standing silent beneath the moon, the black-crowned night heron lives exactly where myths are born:
between water and shadow. 🌙🪶

01/29/2026

This little guy is too cute. Not one of ours but a great example of the Parrotlet wiggle!

FYI: In case you didn’t know, this is a method for Parrotlets to regurgitate and feed their mates and their babies, so it’s recommended not to encourage this behavior.

05/29/2022

Reposted from a group I’m in and passing it on for all your information:

Recently I've seen a few posts in different groups regarding letting birds chew on toothbrushes. Please be sure that the brush you're giving your bird doesn't have metal clips holding the bristles in place. You can easily check by pulling one small segment with a needle nosed plier out look for the tiny metal clip.

11/05/2020

Good morning ☀️

What’s in your latest chop mix? We did corn, tricolor quinoa, eggshell, sweet potato, broccoli, Spanish yellow rice. Topped with bit of seeds sprinkled on top to encourage foraging. The babies were brave and getting extra messy this round!

Happy Thursday from our flock to yours 😊🐥❤️🐥😘

10/29/2020

Was in Emergency Department yesterday (I’m ok) Just thinking about stress management during this Pandemic Year of 2020.. pets certainly help us with focusing our minds on something else. (My two boys are reserved pending pickup btw)
I like this Infographic from the AHA, tips to manage stress.

Happy Thursday from our flock to yours ❤️🐥🐣🐥❤️

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/tips-to-lower-stress-infographic

Learn more about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by heart disease and stroke. Also learn about cardiovascular conditions, ECC and CPR, donating, heart disease information for healthcare professionals, caregivers, and educators and healthy living

10/22/2020

Forgot to update that this middle boy is still available, although someone may already be interested in bringing him home 🏡🐥

Look what we made for these little beak buddies. 😍

Quinoa berry breakfast!

This clutch is picking at it, not sure if it’s a favorite yet.

Happy Thursday 😀

10/12/2020

Anyone need a cure for a case of the Monday’s?

Cuteness overload! 😍🐣🥰

The oldest boy is reserved and the youngest in this clutch is a female so we get to keep her for our breeding! Yayyyyyy - thought they might have been all boys to foil our plans (the best laid plans of mice and men... ) 🤣🤣🤣

The middle boy may already be spoken for, will update with his status either way.

10/01/2020

Three little sprouts are on handfeeding now. The proud parents are relieved we took over 😂 They were so happy to be relieved of feeding duty. We thought one or two of the eggs looked a bit undersized, they started laying just at the beginning of us starting this round. Babies look healthy and well behaved! Socializing begins. Time to teach them what it means to be a companion parrot! 🙂

If anyone following is interested please send a text message to reserve a baby. I’m looking to keep at least one female from this clutch. The availability of one or two parrotlets will depend on visual sexing as they feather out.

We will be setting up pairs to try again in another week or two.

09/02/2020

We have four eggs laid so far in a box, by a pair consisting of an experienced female and a new male partner. Keeping our fingers crossed that these eggs are fertile and hatch healthy babies, will be the first since setting back up in our renovated house. 🤞

(Pic from a previous hatching, for attention.)

Stay tuned!

07/29/2020

Ssssssprouts! So easy and such good nutrition for your parrotlets! Our fids were very excited to get these sprinkled on top of their fresh food over the past two days.

Sprouting releases the maximum amount of nutrients in seeds. It’s well worth the effort. Here’s the sprouting mix we are currently using. You can benefit from sprouts too, add them to sandwiches, soups, salads, smoothies... enjoy!

Broccoli and Friends Sprouting Seed Mix, One Pound https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001W2W62/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LuDiFbW3FEPJ4

07/24/2020

A quick update for those of you who’ve been waiting on us to have babies! We’re bringing the flock into breeding condition now, and anticipate setting up a few pairs with boxes soon as we’ve already observed breeding behaviors. Here’s a shot of our scrambled egg mix, which is a great hit with the flock. Stay tuned!

05/23/2020

Finally back in the house after renovation! It’s filled with boxes but today’s priority is getting the flock set up in the Breeder room. Here’s a teaser!