{"topic_id":"exotic_enrichment_bird","category":"exotic-enrichment","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_enrichment_bird\ncategory: exotic-enrichment\ntitle: \"Pet Bird — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"First-hand owner-practical care page saved to source_file; C1 byte-substring verified. Pulled 2026-08-01.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_merck_bird.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-01\ntokens_estimated: 520\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 8\n  passed: 8\n  date: 2026-08-01\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-enrichment/exotic_enrichment_bird/01_exotic_enrichment_bird.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA pet care advice / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version (merckvetmanual.com)\"\n  title: \"Pet Bird — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/bird-owners/choosing-and-taking-care-of-a-pet-bird\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-01\"\n  ref: \"Pet Bird owner-practical care (first-hand, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/bird-owners/choosing-and-taking-care-of-a-pet-bird)\"\n  doc_type: \"animal-welfare-org / veterinary-manual consumer version\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Pet Bird — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)\n\nSource: first-hand owner-practical care page, saved to `source_file`; every claim below is a C1 byte-substring of it.\n\n## Claims\n\n- `If they're not stimulated enough, they can develop behavior problems like biting, screaming, or pulling out their feathers.`\n- `You can also hide small pieces of food around the cage for them to find.`\n- `Just like people, birds need exercise to stay healthy.`\n- `Make sure your bird can move around in its cage, and provide perches and toys to keep it active.`\n- `Avoid mirror toys that might confuse birds and stress them out.`\n- `To keep your bird entertained, you can play music or leave a TV on nearby.`\n- `Do Pet Birds Need Exercise? Just like people, birds need exercise to stay healthy.`\n- `Birds should be let out of their cages to exercise, but make sure they're safe and supervised during this time.`\n\n---\n\n**Source:** `pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_merck_bird.txt` · https://www.merckvetmanual.com/bird-owners/choosing-and-taking-care-of-a-pet-bird\n","sources":["exotic-enrichment — Pet Bird — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom) (retrieved 2026-08-01)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-enrichment","title":"Pet Bird — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/bird-owners/choosing-and-taking-care-of-a-pet-bird","retrieved":"2026-08-01","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"RSPCA pet care advice / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version","verification_file":"pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_merck_bird.txt"},"source_document":"RSPCA pet care advice / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version","source_file":"pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_merck_bird.txt","tokens_estimated":362,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}