Bathing helps keep your birds plumage in top condition, and it is a community activity rice birds enjoy. Or, if possible, offer a cage closer to 40 inches in length, which provides more room for exercise and encourages rice birds to stay active. I provide mine with a buggie nest box. If a roosting nest encourages the birds to breed continuously, however, remove the nest, since rice birds do adjust to sleeping on a perch, especially if the roosting spot has a little plant cover to screen the sleepers from view. Rice birds are highly social birds witb very interesting behaviors.
Mates sit side by side and preen their partners.
During courtship, males can be observed displaying to their mates by bobbing on the perch and singing. Despite their wonderful qualities as pets, possession of rice birds is restricted in some states. Before acquiring rice birds, check with your state fish and game officials to be sure rice birds can be kept legally in your state.