Angel Wings Parrotlets

Hi! Welcome to my website! My name is Lisa and I'm located in Iowa.

 I am a small breeder of Pacific Parrotlets specializing in color mutations. I also have Green rumps. I lovingly hand feed my babies at age 10 days old. I do not sell unweaned babies. I do ship as weather permits.

 Please read on for housing and care for your pets. Also, I will be adding hand made toys in my web store soon. This site is currently under construction so please come back again for updated pages!   

  Pacific Parrotlets (Forpus Coelestis) are approximately 5 1/2  inches in length and average 28 grams. They originate from Peru and Ecuador. As with all parrotlets, they are sexually demorphic. Males have the dark cobalt wings, backs, rumps and a streak behind the eye. Females are various shades of green with no blue and an emerald-green eye streak. There is one sub species (F.C. Lucida) whose females have blue rumps, eye streaks and sometimes wings. Although the blue is not as dark as on the males. Males of this subspecies have silver-gray backs, wings and an eye streak that completely encircles the back of the head. This subspecies is found in Columbia. There are currently a number of different color mutations: blue, colbalt blue, yellow, fallow, lutino, albino, white, pieds and turqoise.                                                                                            

Pacifics have a well deserved reputation for being fiesty and bold. They are the most fearless of the parrotlets and can be very stubborn and strong-willed at times. As with all parrots, they need to be taught limits and who is in control. On the contrary, they have quite engaging personalities and can be very affectionate. A parrotlet life span is believed to be around 20 or 30 years, but no one is quite for sure.

A single bird makes the best pet. Housing 2 birds together bonds them together. Keep that in mind if you are considering housing more than 1 bird. Some parrotlets are capable of talking and they use their own voices. They sound like little mechanical robots. Not all parrotlets talk. Males do tend to talk more than the females.

Male or Female? Both are equally sweet. It depends on the time and quality you spend with your bird. Parrotlets have to be socialized every day to be pet quality.

Being active birds, parrotlets require a lot of food for their size. They eat more than budgies and cockatiels so be generous with their food. And offer multiple bowls of food. Parrotlets should have a seed mix or a pelleted (not for mutations) diet for small hookbills or cockatiels.

Parrotlets still require fresh fruits, vegetables and greens every day in addition to their seed diet. They also relish whole grain breads, potatoes, rice and pasta. Fresh water, cuttle bone and spray millet should be available at all times. If not on a pelleted diet, vitamins can be sprinkled on top of the fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables can be given cooked or raw. Just remember to wash them well. Other foods that are safe and nutritious: Cheerios, spaghetti, rose hips, cooked chicken, non-white bread, rice krispies, noodles and nuts.