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About The Parrots Of The World

Parrots have always been very popular birds because of their interesting behavior and bright appearance. Nowadays parrots of the world include a lot of types. Each type is unique either for its color, or size, or ability to be trained and taught to speak. The parrots native land is mainly tropical woods of South America, Australia, New Zealand and South-West Asia.
Why Parrots Are Interesting?
Parrots appearance is most interesting due to color. In fact, parrots are considered to be the most colorful type of birds. Plumage of a parrot may have various colors – red, yellow, dark blue, black, white, but the most popular color is green. Usually parrots of the world have all shades of green color, and just a few types have not.
Other remarkable features of parrots are massive beaks and paws. The beak has such important functions as crushing nutshells and supporting the bird during climbing up the trees. The paws of a parrot seem short and clumsy, but actually these are very flexible parts of body. Paws help parrots to hold on branches and to eat. You see, parrots fingers are so amazingly plastic, that a parrot can successfully keep in paws a walnut as well as an oat.
Usually the most famous parrots of the world may be seen in zoos. We can frequently find cockatoos and there a type of parrots that were first brought from Australia or the islands of the Indian Ocean. These are large white, pink or black birds with a crest on the head. Other outstanding parrots of the world are macaws that came from South America and are popular for their length equal to meter or more. African Grey parrot is the best chatterer among parrots of the world. One African Grey parrot is known for managing to learn 800 English words! Budgerigars, Australian parrots with a long tail, are considered to be the best bird pets because they are rather easy to maintain they are not large, not too noisy and may be trained successfully.
The Reasons Why Rare Types of Parrots Disappear
Unfortunately, parrots allure has provoked to extermination of many rare kinds of these birds. People extirpate a huge amount of parrots, especially large ones, for their tail feathers, which are sold to the tourists afterwards. Also, parrot collectors, who are ready to pay any sum of money to get a rare kind, make the most beautiful and rare parrots of the world disappear.
Another reason is black markets where parrots are sold illegally. Many parrots perish during transportation, and if even they manage to reach their final owner they usually suffer very much from inappropriate climatic conditions and lack of proper care.
But, perhaps, the main reason of parrots disappearance is severe felling of tropical woods. Irresponsible organizers of that regard tropics as means of getting profit, and they do not realize that thus they harm to flora and fauna. Parrots inhabitancy gets destroyed, birds feel lack of forage and are constantly under stress because of necessity to change a place of habitat.

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Question by Sebastien: Black cichlid parrot fish, 1” long, WHEN or WILL IT TURN RED?
I purchased 2 blood parrot fish, 1” long each and was told they would become red eventually. Although, I have no idea when this will occur, at about how long will blood parrot fish become red/orange? OR WILL THESE BLACK PARROT STAY THAT COLOUR FOREVER?

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Answer by Blondie
my parrot fish turned orangish/peach within a couple of months, but turn different shades of orange every couple of seasons.. some of them even develop strange black patches that grow, then fade back into it’s original color or pale, pale orange… the fish store associate said it also depends on what you feed your parrots… i feed a strict diet of blood worms and brine shrimp (frozen).. here’s a pic from my tank off of flickr.

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edit- your black parrot fish might not stay black forever.. I purchased an albino and a black a couple years ago, but both turned bright orange over time.

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Food For Parrots

If you intend to keep parrots as pets, this may be your first question. Before you check out the pet stores for parrot supplies, here are some useful tips on providing a well-balanced parrot food.

Parrots need healthy, nutritious diet to help them live long and healthy lives. A healthy diet also impacts your parrots’ behavior and their response to training. The good news is that preparing the right diet for your pet parrots is not that difficult.

Do not just feed your parrots bird seeds, thinking that they are hardy birds and can live on just that. Yes, parrots such as the Macaw and Cockatoo are hardy birds, but bird seeds do not contain enough vitamin A and calcium which they need. In fact, bird seeds have a high content of fat, which as we know it is not healthy. In any case, bird seeds should just form only 10 percent of your parrots’ diet. If you own other species of parrots that are big seed eaters such as budgies and cockatiels, than the bird seeds should form 25 percent of their overall diet.

Another popular choice among parrot owners is pellet food as they have a good source of nutrients. Pellets contain vegetables, grains, fruits, vitamins and minerals, and is a convenient all-in-one parrot food. However, feeding just pellet food everyday may bore your parrots. Pellet food should just make up about 50 to 60 percent of your parrots’ daily intake.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are important food elements for your parrots. Depending on the size of your parrots, cut the fruits and vegetables to chewable size for easy consumption. Hanging the fruits on the side of the bird cage is also a good idea as it is easier for the birds to eat them from there than from a plate or bowl. Examples of ideal fruits for parrots are papaya, kiwi, pineapple, mangoes and pomegranates. These are tropical fruits found in their natural habitat, and naturally suit their diet best. Ideal vegetables are carrots, green beans, corn, cauliflower, cucumber and eggplant. To add variety, you may want to include softer fruits such as oranges, bananas, peaches and apples to the diet. Avoid giving them avocado, guacamole, and mushrooms as these are toxic and may harm the birds.

Keep the diet with nature’s food and avoid giving your parrots processed foods that we humans eat, such as chocolate, candy and caffeine. Make sure that when children are around the parrots, they do not feed the birds with kid’s food such as marshmallows and jellybeans.

The state of your parrots’ health has a lot to do with the diet and nutrition they are getting. It is the parrot owner’s responsibility to provide a balanced diet to the birds. However, feeding your parrots and watching them enjoy delicious food is fun and satisfying and is one of the reasons why people keep parrots as pets.

Parrot food should be limited to a solid-colored pellet, and should definitely not be focused on seeds. Discover how seeds are fine as a treat for parrots with help from the president of a bird club in this free video on parrot food. Expert: Ces Erdman Contact: www.wilmingtonncbirdclub.com Bio: Ces Erdman is the president of the Wilmington NC Bird Club, a group dedicated to the education of its members and the community on the care of companion birds. Filmmaker: Rendered Communications

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How To Care For Cockatoos

Cockatoos are fascinating birds and will, with the right care, make delightful companions. They are of the order Psittaciformes family Ka-katoeinae. Their range is confined to Australasia, as far East as the Solomon Is., North to the Philippines, and West to the Celebes and Lombok.

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Most Cockatoos are white, although some are gray, brown or black. All but a few have a crest. They represent an advance in the evolution of Parrots, and are seemingly more intelligent. Some species make good talkers when tame and taught young; although in this respect they don’t equal the Hill Mynah, African Grey and large Amazon Parrots. They learn tricks more readily than these other birds. The all white and rosy white species of Cockatoos are about 15 in number.
Cockatoos have feathers which other birds don’t have. These are fine, waxy filaments on the body and under the wings, which break into a fine waxy powder when this bird preens itself. This is what aids it to retain the snow-white plumage which is so much admired, as this powder is thus distributed throughout its feathers. It appears also that this waxy powder makes their feathers water repellent. If out in the rain, it is usually the feathers of the tail and wing tips only that get wet.
Cockatoos, especially the larger ones such as the Greater Sulphur Crested, live to a more venerable age than even the proverbially long-lived Parrot. They may reach 100 years, which makes it the longest lived of birds. Naturally this depends on the good general care it receives. These are mostly large birds suitable for large enclosures in bird collections. The smaller ones make nice house pets and are very exotic-looking.
Cockatoos do better on stands or large cages than when confined in a small cage. An outdoor aviary with shelter and flight is better yet. If kept in a cage in the house, their cage should be 4 feet long, and 3 feet wide, by 3 feet high. A stand with the ends of the perch metal-covered would take up less room.
Incidentally, these birds may be acclimatized outdoors the year round, being thickly feathered. If kept on a stand, or in a cage or aviary, supply them with a block of wood or a branch of a non-poisonous tree to keep them occupied and to exercise their strong bills on. This will also help prevent the bad habit of feather plucking.
BREEDING
These beautiful birds are well worth breeding. The dimensions of their enclosure should be 30 feet long, by 8 feet high, by 8 feet wide. Perches should be large, and placed only at either end of the enclosure to compel flight, as these birds are as lazy as Parrots in that respect. Both sexes usually share in incubation. A suitable nest easy to obtain would be a large barrel.
Cut a hole in the top of it just large enough for them to enter, and inside the barrel from the hole to the bottom, place a strip of 1 inch wire mesh netting. The barrel bottom should be concave in the center, to prevent the eggs rolling to the sides. To accomplish this, put in a layer of twigs, or wood chips or a section of turf upside-down making a hollow. A large branch should be attached to or near the nest box.
Two to three eggs form the clutch, and the incubation period lasts about a month depending on size of bird and species. The young remain in the nest about two months. When breeding, the parents should have solitude, and be disturbed as little as possible.

It would be a proud day for you to have succeeded in breeding a Cockatoo.

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Question by Katya: parrot fever? plz help?
I got a budgie sometime in the middle of last month. in the beginning of may, there have been some weird things happening to us. my little brother’s cheeks turned bright pink, and he has a rash all over his body. my sister got a rash yesterday. my mom got it today. i dont have a rash, but i had slightly more-than-usually-pink cheeks sometime last week, and a fever, chills, and now my body is aching like crazy (no, its not just that i’m lazy). Could this be the parrot fever (pisttacosis)?

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Answer by MamaSmurf
No, but you could have an allergy to the bird. I think you all need to talk to the doctor.
Parrot fever is a problem in the digestive tract of a bird. It can be passed to humans, but this is rare. Usually the human symptoms are flu or cold like and can be treated with antibiotics. Please read my profile

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