Wow, you got Green Rumped! I've read that they are rare, that in USA, at least, 99.7% of parrotlets are Pacific.
I also read that sandpaper perches might be dangerous and hurt bird's feet. I think cement ones are OK.
Somehow for 26+ years we have Pacific parrotlets we never needed to clip birds' nails. We had to clip our previous parrotlet's beek per times, my wife did it herself, I would be scared to death to do it. That necessity was unfortunate due to problems with bird's liver. That parrotlet still lived with us for 14 years. Our current parrotlet Chizhik is 9 year old and we never needed to clip neither nails nor beek.
It is important to have natural wood perches of various diameters (grape or manzanita wood etc.). It is going to have some (semi)flat perches as well, like this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D4C91LQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share.
It is important to have chewing material available to bird.
I also read that sandpaper perches might be dangerous and hurt bird's feet. I think cement ones are OK.
Somehow for 26+ years we have Pacific parrotlets we never needed to clip birds' nails. We had to clip our previous parrotlet's beek per times, my wife did it herself, I would be scared to death to do it. That necessity was unfortunate due to problems with bird's liver. That parrotlet still lived with us for 14 years. Our current parrotlet Chizhik is 9 year old and we never needed to clip neither nails nor beek.
It is important to have natural wood perches of various diameters (grape or manzanita wood etc.). It is going to have some (semi)flat perches as well, like this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D4C91LQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share.
It is important to have chewing material available to bird.
