Sounds like your door handle and lock need lubricating. When they fit these things they very rarely clean away burrs and such crap and this stuff just gets into the workings. Strip it down and spray come lubricant on all the sliding/turning surfaces, this should release the crap that is causing the problem.Nuthernut.ou could try wd40 spray oil in the lock, its the hot weather sunshine, makeing the metal in the lock expand, you could try hanging something over the lock from the handel, to keep the mid day sun off it,
Sandee Molenda explains: My experience has taught me that fresh, whole foods, not processed, are the best diet to feed my parrotlets. The diet I feed is about 70-percent fresh foods including fruit, vegetables, greens, sprouted seed, cooked grains, legumes, whole-grain bread, nuts (limited) and egg food. The remainder of the diet is seed, specifically Volkmanâs Parrotlet Super, which is based on the mix I have fed my parrotlets for more than 20 years. Supplements I feed several times a week are vitamins, calcium (to breeder birds) and bee pollen (pinch), which are sprinkled on the fresh food.
The Best Foods to Feed Your Parrot. These birds need foods from the bread/cereal, vegetable and protein (meat) groups - just as humans do. Dairy products aren't necessary, although some owners do feed them to their birds in small amounts. Fruit is mostly sugar and supplies few essential nutrients to birds.