Explore the 'bird supermarket' on Vinh Street

(Baonghean.vn) – To meet the needs of bird enthusiasts, in Vinh City, many stores selling equipment, tools, medicine, food, etc. for birds have been established.

The addresses of businesses selling products for pet birds are concentrated on Le Viet Thuat, Nguyen Thai Hoc, Phan Dinh Phung streets... Pet bird enthusiasts often jokingly call them "bird supermarkets", because all the necessary items for their "pet" birds are easily purchased here.

A shop serving the hobby of keeping ornamental birds on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street (Vinh City)

At a “bird supermarket” on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Mr. Thinh – the shop owner said that he started selling this special product in 1989, and is considered one of the first people to provide services for bird lovers in Vinh City.

At first, Mr. Thinh only imported and sold a few simple items such as bird cages, coongs, bridge sets... because at that time, the number of bird players was still small, and the economic conditions to invest in the hobby were not high. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the bird raising movement began to flourish, the strongest period was 2006 - 2013. Grasping the market, a series of stores providing tools, food... for birds sprung up like mushrooms, increasing competition in the profession.

Two brothers went to buy bird cages at a store on Phan Dinh Phung street.

Along with that, the items serving the hobby are increasingly rich and diverse. At Thien Loan bird shop (Phan Dinh Phung street), hundreds of bird cages of all sizes, designs... along with sets of different colored coongs, with many convenient prices for customers to choose from.

Bird cages are divided into many types such as bathing cages, cages for holding, ornamental cages... with prices ranging from about 100,000 VND - over or under 1,000,000 VND. Similarly, plastic cages cost from 5 - 10,000 VND/set, glass cages cost about 20,000 VND/set.

Fruit pins for birds.

“Lost” in the “bird supermarket”, there are many items that at first glance, people who do not keep pet birds will find it difficult to understand what they are used for, such as fruit pin sets for birds, bird cage backpacks, bird glue…

A player equipped with a bird cage backpack for convenient travel.

The most sophisticated is the food for pet birds. To have a beautiful, diligently singing, and "fiery" bird, the owner spares no expense in investing in fresh and dry foods for his "beloved" bird. Each type of bird, such as red-whiskered bulbuls, white-ringed bulbuls, thrushes, etc., needs a different diet. Currently, fresh food for pet birds is mainly worms, crickets, grasshoppers, etc.; while dry food is pre-packaged bran from various brands.

Professional bird lovers share that in the past, when the market for bird services was not diverse and the quality was still... unstable, they often made their own bird food. In the past few years, when many types of pre-packaged bird food appeared, almost no one made their own bird food anymore. Along with bird food, during the day, birds can be supplemented with grasshoppers, or fruits such as apples, bananas...

Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong (Vinh Tan Ward, Vinh City) mixes "shower gel" into the cage to bathe his "pet" bird. This is a type of bird bath medicine with many uses.

“Bath gel” for pet birds is actually a medicine, mixed in water, which has the effect of preventing skin and feather diseases, promoting the moulting process and helping birds have healthy, shiny feathers. Even in these “supermarkets”, people can also find health and beauty care products for birds such as medicine, bath gel... “Most of the diseases in birds are similar to those in humans: cough, asthma, respiratory diseases, swollen heads, flu... Therefore, professional breeders know the symptoms of birds to buy medicine to treat the disease”. - Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong (Vinh Tan ward, Vinh city) - a professional pet bird player said.

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