Basic Parrot Care Survey

I wanted to find out more about parrot owners and the public's knowledge about basic parrot care to justify the questions I wanted to include in my infographic. I also wanted to see what is the difference between the understanding of parrot care in those who own parrots and those who do not. Before crafting the survey questions, I did my research on basic parrot care to understand what questions I could ask as well as what the options for the questions could be.

To obtain responses from parrot owners, the survey was sent to people around me who own parrots and shared in 2 Facebook groups - 'Birdies and Family SG' and 'Wings of Parrots (Singapore)' - for bird owners in Singapore to share their knowledge on bird care. I also shared my survey in GL circle (a channel for past and present Guided Learning students) on MS Teams.

I initially set a target to obtain at least 30 responses within a week but received 155 responses instead. Here is a big thank you to everyone who helped me fill up the survey!

Survey questions

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Survey response

Interesting findings:

50.9% of parrot owners and 85.1% of non-parrot owners chose “mostly seeds”

63.3% of non-parrot owners and 35.8% of parrot owners are not sure whether parrots require supplements

9.4% of parrot owners agreed that a big cage is not needed for small parrots while no non-parrot owners agreed with the statement

Nearly half of both non-parrot and parrot owners believe that there is no difference between a wider and taller cage.

Toxic fumes that are not as known are:
- Incense
- Candle fume
- Teflon/non stick cookware

61.8% of parrot owners think that beak trimming can be done at home, while a much lesser percentage of only 14.3% non-parrot owners chose the same option.