Caring, in this instance is your number 1 priority to keep your bird alive. When you take your new parrot home, you'll want to make a few preparations. First set the cage up, the bird won't do any good flapping around like a headless chicken. Second put in all of the decorations and put it in a big room with the most people you can get. Get your people or family or just you (depends on your supply on people) to do some chores or just normal household things so that your bird get's use to it while it's in the cage. The bird will look like it's going to have a heart attack, but as long as you just leave it along physically it'll be fine. Your parrot will be backed up in a corner probably at the bottom of the cage, talk to your bird sweetly and calmly to encourage it that you are not a scary monster that will hurt it.
After a few days depending on how confident it feels, take it around the house with you, in the cage of course, get it used to everything! After a few weeks it should be fine, just keep feeding it and changing the water on a daily basis so that it doesn't have to drink its poop or feathers. On a weekly basis, change the bottom of the cage (Use cat litter, paper or wood shavings). If you can't be sure whether the seeds have been all eaten or not, tip them into the bottom of the cage, then the parrot can use some instincts!
If you have started off with more than one bird just do the same except it might be easier and the birds can gain confidence faster so you might be able to walk around with them earlier.
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