Blue Fronted Amazon:

Make Your Blue Fronted Amazon
Thrilled to Spend Time With You!

Imagine walking through the jungle and looking up into the trees overhead and seeing a rainbow of birds chattering amongst themselves. Among that colorful flock of Amazon parrots you might see the well loved and respected Blue Fronted Parrot.

Take special note, they live a very long time! If you’re interested in obtaining an Amazon you should know in advance that they can live 40 years or more in captivity.  They require much more commitment than buying a little hamster!  At Birdtricks we suggest trick training from an early age to gain their trust and love.

So how do you distinguish a Blue Fronted from its 26 other Amazon brothers and sisters?  It has a bright blue forehead and blue and white feathers on the crown of its head. 

The remainder of the Blue Fronted’s feathers resemble your typical Amazon coloring. They’re primarily green with touches of bright yellow on their ears, cheeks, and crown with red on their wings. They’re large birds that grow to around 15 inches long from tip to tail and are amazingly graceful despite their size.

The Blue Fronted Amazon is not without their um…shall we say issues. The males tend to be aggressive, particularly as they reach sexual maturity. Those darn hormones!

Aggression often rears its ugly head in the form of biting and screaming. This tendency can be curbed, and often eliminated, by providing them an ideal environment and with proper training. Training is by far and away your best tool against aggression. Done correctly, it teaches your Amazon who is the boss of the house, it teaches them the rules – like biting isn’t acceptable behavior, and it establishes a strong bond of trust between you and your Blue Front. Baring any aggression issues, the Blue Fronted Amazon is actually a wonderful pet. They’re extremely intelligent and actually quite loving.

Their intelligence means that they’re not only easy to train but they can also learn to mimic sounds and are considered one of the best talkers among the Amazon species.

Be careful what you say around your Blue Fronted! They can learn a large vocabulary and because they tend to learn words that are said with strong emotion, they often pick up words you’d rather not hear them say.  If you're looking for help training your blue front to say what you want on cue we can help you with that with our talking program!
 

In addition to being quick to learn new tricks and words, Blue Fronted Amazons love to climb and chew. That means that along with making sure their cage provides them plenty of space and opportunity to climb and chew, you will want to makes sure when they’re out of the cage they have 100% supervision.

Leave them alone and face the consequences! They’re not shy, they’re extremely curious, and too intelligent for their own good and all of this, much like a precocious two year old child, leads to trouble when left to their own devices.

Playful and social by nature, they crave stimulation. To be a good owner of a Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot, you will want to make sure you have plenty of time each day to spend with them outside of their cage. This time can be spent playing, training, and just hanging out. They also love the water so a good shower a few times a week is a good way to bond.

While in their cage, make sure they have plenty of toys to chew on, investigate, and climb around. They’re smart birds so puzzle toys are great to keep their curious minds busy. It’s also important that they have an abundance of space to move around. The larger the cage, the better.

What do Blue Fronted Amazons eat? They love seeds and nuts but feeding an Amazon a diet based in seeds and nuts will literally kill them. They have too much fat and will cause liver problems and even cancer. It’s like a diet based in cake and cookies for us. Save the seeds and nuts for training treats.

Instead an organic pellet based diet with plenty of fresh fruits and veggies each day will help keep them healthy and happy. While the Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot is known by many names, they are wonderful and unique and make amazing companions.  For further information on how to teach your blue fronted amazon to be that loving companion check out our training report.