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Q & A: “What is the cause of parrot plucking?” PART II
Read also the first part of this article: Q & A: “What is the cause of parrot plucking?” PART I . 3) Though parrots have been kept as pets since before the advent of Christianity, we really know...
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Q & A: “How to choose the best incubator for parrot rearing?”
Each breeding season, aviculturists across the globe will be faced with issues common in nesting parrots: the birds will prove anything but reliable parents. Unless the breeder takes the initiative,...
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Q & A: “Do African Grey Parrots need dark cages to breed?”
During the heyday of the bird trade (mid-1970s to mid-1990s), the African Greys Psittacus erithacus was a common trade species; it still continues to be exported to Asia, but Europe, the USA and South...
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Q & A: “Can parrots be bred successfully indoors?”
Many years ago, before moving to South Florida, I kept my birds indoors. They had no exposure to sunlight, but they bred and I reared large numbers of a multitude of species, ranging from cockatoos...
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Q & A: “Should the parrot nest be examined and if so how often?”
In 1978 I bred the Slender-billed Conure Enicognathus leptorhynchus, a species that had recently appeared in US aviculture and which had not yet been bred by anyone else in the country. In my...
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Q & A: “Which is the best way to set up a new pair of parrots? Do they have...
Almost every breeder retains part of their production each year. These young, on maturity, will form the next generation of breeders. When and how these birds should be treated and then paired is an...
View ArticleQ & A: “What are the most important aspects of Brotogeris parrots breeding?”
This past week, I had a visit from Carlos Ramirez, a part time aviculturist from Puerto Rico and part time collector. Each breeding season, he supplements his livelihood harvesting Canary-winged...
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Q & A: “Which is the best way to set up a new pair of parrots?”
Almost every breeder retains part of their production each year. These young, on maturity, will form the next generation of breeders. When and how these birds should be treated and then paired is an...
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Q & A: “Which parrots are better to keep in a group than in pairs?”
Parrots can be split into two categories according to their breeding method: sociable species, which can breed either as a colony or as lose groups over a broad area, and solitary species, which come...
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Q & A: “What is optimal diet and aviary design for Amazona parrots breeding?”
Amazon parrots are strictly neo-tropical in origin, being found from Mexico and across the Caribbean to northern Argentina. Many species come from drier areas and undergo post breeding movements to...
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Q & A: “How many clutches should a pair be allowed to produce per year?”
Parrots can be divided into categories depending on a number of characteristics. There are bonded and non-bonded species, species that undergo physical changes during breeding and those that display no...
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Q & A: “How to prevent obesity in amazon parrots?”
Amazon parrots are gluttons. They will sit in front of their food bowl and eat until the food is done. This gluttony predisposes them to obesity, especially when they are fed a diet of fatty seeds...
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Q & A: “When should parrot chicks be taken for hand-rearing?”
I was recently asked what is the best age to take chicks for hand-rearing. As in all matters concerning aviculture, there is no simple answer. Rather that decision needs to be based on a multitude of...
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Q & A: “What is better hand-rearing or using foster parents?”
Hand-rearing is a time consuming task, especially when the chicks are small. On hatching all species require feedings every two hours from 0600-2300 hours. Most species can forego a night feeding at...
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Q & A: “When should we medicate our birds?”
As I travel the world, I see dramatic differences in husbandry protocols. In Europe there is a great adversity to using medications on parrots. In contrast, in Asia some believe that medication should...
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Basic principals of parrot handfeeding
Hand-rearing is a time consuming task, especially when the chicks are small. On hatching all species require feedings every two hours from 0600-2300 hours. Most species can forego a night feeding at...
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Q & A: “Can parrots be bred successfully indoors?”
Many years ago, before moving to South Florida, I kept my birds indoors. They had no exposure to sunlight, but they bred and I reared large numbers of a multitude of species, ranging from cockatoos...
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Q & A: “Do African Grey Parrots need dark cages to breed?”
During the heyday of the bird trade (mid-1970s to mid-1990s), the African Greys Psittacus erithacus was a common trade species; it still continues to be exported to Asia, but Europe, the USA and South...
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Q & A: “How to choose the best incubator for parrot rearing?”
Each breeding season, aviculturists across the globe will be faced with issues common in nesting parrots: the birds will prove anything but reliable parents. Unless the breeder takes the initiative,...
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Q & A: “What is optimal diet and aviary design for Amazona parrots breeding?”
Amazon parrots are strictly neo-tropical in origin, being found from Mexico and across the Caribbean to northern Argentina. Many species come from drier areas and undergo post breeding movements to...
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