Basic knowledge of how to raise parrots.

Basic knowledge of raising parrots 1. Common sense of raising parrots

D. mosquitoes bite young birds. Because they are still developing, some skin is not completely covered with feathers, or they move slowly, and sometimes they are bitten by mosquitoes. In these cases, the owner should take anti-mosquito measures for the young birds. Once bitten, as long as the bite is not in the eye and there is no inflammation, don't worry, it will disappear in 2-4 days.

You can also apply a small amount of chloramphenicol eye ointment to the bite. If you bite into your eyes, it will be more troublesome. Pay close attention to inflammation and apply chloramphenicol eye ointment to the wound. The less the quantity, the better. It would be best if the inflammation could be controlled. If you can't control it, you can only seek veterinary help.

I'd like to remind all bird friends in particular that parrots should beware of mice. Eight, young birds teach words. At the beginning of writing an article, I made a preliminary introduction to the speech problem. Let's write it in detail here.

As mentioned earlier, the necessary conditions for parrots to learn to talk are: a, teaching from young birds; Parrots, like humans, need to be educated from dolls. No matter what kind of parrot misses the learning age, the chances of successfully learning to speak in adulthood are very low. As for the teaching time, it depends on the kind of parrot, but the breasts of Alexander and Fei Da are usually 4 months old. After weaning, when young birds are found to falter or whisper inexplicably, it means that they have begun to learn to speak, and it is ok to start teaching at this time.

B, correct educational methods+persistence; Correct educational methods are very important. Many bird friends often ask me why parrots at home can't learn words clearly or always understand them. In fact, this is a problem of the owner's teaching method. Briefly talk about how to teach young birds to talk. Before teaching you to talk, try to keep your young bird focused and put it in front of you. There should be no other moving objects around to distract it. It is best to let the bird watch you from side to side, which shows that it is listening and learning attentively.

B2。 Teaching oral English should be done in the morning or evening. Parrots can be taught when they are excited, but the effect is generally not very good. Be careful not to educate around 1 2 pm, because many parrots have the habit of taking a nap. At this time, teaching is basically a waste of time. b3。 Speak loudly when teaching people to speak. The voice is preferably a child's voice, and so is a woman's voice. Because male voices are lower and heavier than women and children, and the pronunciation range is different from that of parrots (parrots all shout in high tones), male voices are relatively difficult to learn.

Speak clearly and slowly. Many people teach parrots to talk and spit out a lot of things like driving a train as usual. Of course, this is unacceptable. Parrots learn to imitate sounds, not tape recorders. They can't remember their own words because they speak too fast, so many people often blame birds for not speaking clearly. In fact, the problem lies with themselves.

Insist on teaching every day. Parrot parroting is also a matter of memory ability. If you want parrots to remember you, you should teach them every day and keep teaching them. Don't think parrots are immortals. You can learn them in 1 or 2 days. Some parrots don't have high IQ, so it's not surprising to teach a word for a month, especially when you're just beginning to learn Chinese characters. You may not speak for 2-3 months, but you should continue to teach them. Keep teaching them.

Only one word can be taught at a time. Many people pay attention to the above problems, but parrots still can't learn. After careful inquiry, they found that they were eager for success. The owner teaches parrots many sentences and even a dozen different words every day. Of course, they can't learn. Parrots should be eager to learn and should be taught sentence by sentence. They can't teach many different sentences at the same stage. Let the parrot learn one sentence and then teach the next one.

And the sentences you just started learning must be simple and catchy, such as hello, hello, hello and so on. You can't use long sentences with troublesome pronunciation, such as congratulations on getting rich and having a meal. Those sentences are too difficult for parrots who just started to learn, so they can't understand. There is no accurate scientific basis for the frequency of teaching speaking, but according to experience, if you don't teach speaking for more than 15 minutes at a time, the parrot will not be able to concentrate for that long time, and there will be no willingness to learn, so after teaching for 15 minutes, take a proper rest before teaching.

C. Educational environment When teaching to speak, the environment must be quiet, so that young birds can hear the pronunciation clearly and concentrate on their studies easily. But in normal times, it is better to have more noise at home. For example, people often talk at home, as well as TV, doorbell, alarm clock and telephone. Usually, these sounds are more, which will arouse the interest of parrots in learning sounds and help them teach to speak.

2010-1-3001:58 reply 222. 130. 195. * 1 1 The building should be specially reminded: A. Don't teach parrots to curse! Don't say a word or two, the parrot won't remember. Parrots are sometimes strange. They don't learn what they should, but learn what they shouldn't. So don't swear every day during the breeding process, and tell your family and friends not to joke with parrots casually with dirty words. Once you learn it, you are ready to listen to dirty words every day. B, pay attention to some sounds that should not be made at home! Such as quarreling or * *, don't push too hard. Once a friend asked for help. Because he didn't pay attention, the gray parrot at home learned the sound of * *, which made him very embarrassed and basically didn't dare to let friends come to the house.

Finally, I can only suggest him a word, wait, wait for the parrot to forget the sound, otherwise there is no other way. Nine. Other matters here I briefly introduce some common problems of feather cutting, ring wearing and manicure.

Feather cutting is the most direct and effective way to protect love birds, to prevent young birds from flying away and possible dangers and injuries (such as crashing into walls and windows, or starving to death after flying away and encountering animals). Every year, there are many cases of young birds dying for these reasons, which are very terrible, and everyone should take a warning. Of course, there are also many people who hold different opinions on feather cutting, thinking that feather cutting obliterates the freedom of birds. But from a scientific point of view, parrots have no concept of freedom, and whether they are free or not is beyond human definition. According to the analysis of ornithologists, birds, including parrots, fly to escape the harm of the enemy and find food. When there is no enemy harm and there is enough food, their wings will degenerate. Common examples are chickens, ducks and geese, as well as wild flightless birds.

2. Common sense of raising parrots

Parrots like to eat seeds with shells. Usually you can feed millet, millet and barnyard grass. They can feed one or a certain proportion (such as 6:3: 1) according to conditions, or they can often feed some vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage (rape) and shredded carrots. Sand and red clay blocks should also be fed frequently.

Eggs and millet should be supplemented during the brooding period, and110 perilla should be added to autumn grains. Change food, water and vegetables every other day 1 time. Blow off the chaff before changing, take out the remaining dishes, and then add new ingredients.

Clean the cage bottom, sand tank and clay tank once a week. If it is budgerigar, it doesn't like water bath, and it can be sprayed in hot weather.

In order to keep the luster of feather color, it is not suitable for direct drying in the sun. In summer, it should be kept in a cool place, and in winter, in order to breed, it needs indoor heat preservation 10 degrees Celsius.

Outdoor in winter, it is necessary to have windproof equipment, keep the nest box well to prevent it from catching cold at night, and add110 perilla into the granules.

3. Teach me some common sense of budgerigar.

The cage should be a square metal cage, the size is 40cm long, 35cm wide and 35cm high, and the bottom of the cage is provided with a drawer-type sand table (stool supporting plate) to facilitate the cleaning of feces.

The budgerigar's nest box is a horizontal nest. The size of the nest box is a small rectangular wooden box with a length of 25 cm, a width of 14 cm and a height of 14 cm. There is a partition in the middle, which is divided into an inner room and an outer room. The outer room has a round hole with a diameter of 6 cm, and the partition between the outer room and the inner room also has the same round hole with a diameter of 4 cm, which is the gateway for birds to enter and leave. Clean drinking water should be changed every day, and feces should be cleaned every week 1 time. Be careful not to sunbathe parrots under strong light in summer.

The food and feed are mainly millet and barnyard grass, and some hemp seeds or perilla are also fed, but the dosage should not exceed 10%. In order to ensure the nutrition required by poultry, green vegetables (Chinese cabbage and rape) and inorganic salts (bone meal and oyster meal) should be fed regularly.

This kind of bird is resistant to roughage and should not be fed with too much concentrated feed, so as not to cause the deposition of monthly fat and affect egg laying and reproduction. Pay attention to blowing off the chaff in the food can when feeding. Before feeding, the vegetables should be washed and disinfected (with11000 potassium permanganate solution), drained, and taken out the day after eating the rest.

Pay attention to the hygiene in the cage and clean up the sand and feces frequently. Fresh water and water tanks should be scrubbed 1-2 times a day.

Although budgerigars are not afraid of cold, low temperature will affect their reproduction, so the indoor temperature should not be lower than 0℃ in winter. Attention should be paid to keep warm in winter, and the indoor temperature should not be lower than 16℃.

The temperature is high in summer, and ventilation should be strengthened above 30℃. Budgerigars like to eat feed with shells. Usually, they should give priority to millet, barnyard grass, millet or egg millet. They should feed some vegetables, oyster powder or bone meal as regular feed every day (or peck at a whole cuttlefish bone in a cage).

Budgerigars reach sexual maturity at the age of 4 months and begin to mate, which can be used as breeding birds. Budgerigars can breed all the year round, usually laying 4-7 eggs per nest, and the eggs are white, laying 1 egg every day or every other day. When the third egg is laid, the female bird begins to hatch in the nest, and the incubation period is 10. Attention should be paid to keep warm in winter, and the indoor temperature should not be lower than 16℃.

The temperature is high in summer, and ventilation should be strengthened above 30℃. Budgerigars like to eat feed with shells. Usually, they should give priority to millet, barnyard grass, millet or egg millet. They should feed some vegetables, oyster powder or bone meal as regular feed every day (or peck at a whole cuttlefish bone in a cage).

Budgerigars reach sexual maturity at the age of 4 months and begin to mate, which can be used as breeding birds. Budgerigars can breed all the year round, usually laying 4-7 eggs per nest, and the eggs are white, laying 1 egg every day or every other day. When the third egg is laid, the female bird begins to hatch in the nest, and the incubation period is 10.

4. knowledge of feeding parrots

Food? Eat millet Try eating millet (millet with shell) to clean up the poop? At present, parrots or other bird cages (made of metal) mostly have a feces compartment under the bird cage, and soft articles such as newspapers can absorb water. Why is this? Hehe, every parrot has its own personality. How can I find a sick parrot immediately? What if he doesn't eat and other abnormal reactions? Put a nest in a cage with a door, which can accommodate at least four parrots. Usually, parrots will lay six eggs in a nest. If they come, remember not to disturb them. The female parrot does not leave the nest, but hatches the baby BB. The male parrot is responsible for eating food and passing it on to the female parrot. Remember to clean the nest when the eggs hatch. Otherwise, the female parrot will peck her baby BB's feathers because it is too dirty (because there are parasites).

5. The common sense of feeding parrots is urgently needed.

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2. How big the birdcage should be, what should be put in the birdcage, how to put the birdcage safely at home, how often to change the feed, why there is drinking water, how to change the water every day and how often to wash the cage. 3, the correct attitude of raising birds * If the main purpose of raising birds is to have a bird that can talk without making any noise, then finding a friend who can talk to you with temperament may be better than raising birds.

If you just want a beautiful singing bird, it may be better to find a safe toy chip bird. * If you just want to feed the birds fatter than others every day and ignore the nutritional balance, try raising broilers and buying growth hormone injections to get faster shots.

Only edible birds need to be overweight, and big cells are precious. * If you only see ALEX's performance and know that the grey parrot is the cleverest bird and want to raise it, please first evaluate whether your knowledge of bird raising is enough to raise a bird smarter than yourself.

* If you keep birds just to enjoy flying or don't want to deprive them of their flying ability, please rent a DVD of BBC Life of Birds or join the Wild Birds Association to watch birds. If you really want to keep them, please build a big birdhouse. Don't let the birds fly without cutting their feathers, and regret it when they fly away or get hurt. * If you just want to invest in birds, the stock may be recovered faster.

4. The bird species you want to raise has personality and individual differences, and the standard weight and size of the bird. Some birds are generous and lively, and some birds are more frightened than ordinary birds. 5. Ask the people around you if they accept it (family, lover, roommate, it is best to ask first, and neighbors don't have to ask, unless you have King Kong and Bataan, and the room is not soundproofed well, the Sun Class will ask.

6. Evaluate whether the monthly expenses are affordable. 7. Know the symptoms of birds and know that veterinarians there will treat birds and develop the habit of not using drugs indiscriminately.

8. Know some basic first aid, what first aid supplies should be put in the first aid box, first aid treatment before sending to the veterinarian, such as hemostasis and how to deal with the blood feather tube, and know how to keep warm and supplement the bird's physical strength with electrolyte water before seeing the veterinarian. 9. Evaluate whether there is a way to spend a fixed time with birds every day instead of just giving water and changing feed. If medium and large parrots can't meet their psychological needs, they will behave unsteadily.

10. How to help parrots bathe and repel insects in vivo and in vitro? 1 1. Know how to disinfect bird products and how to isolate them when buying new birds to join your old ones.

12. How to judge whether the bird you bought is a smuggled bird or a sick bird? Of course, there is a lot of knowledge about this, and you can only decide whether your ability is high or not by the degree of personal efforts. 13, understanding the nature of birds is a waste of food and destructive, birds will not be alone expensive furniture is different from bird toys.

14. I can find information, surf the Internet and have hobbies. Bird doctor, bird boss, books are all your bird teachers. 15, How to safely catch birds with towels.

Further homework (before buying a parrot, or after buying a parrot) 1, how to eat healthily, eat balanced nutrition, what is harmful to birds, what supplements are available, and what wood is used for perch. 2. How to strike a balance between people (including masters, family members, lovers and parrots), and guide them rather than beat and scold them.

And know that there is no punishment in the world of birds, parrots eat soft rice instead of hard rice, and improper beating and scolding will only cause fright. 3. How to correct the bad behaviors of parrots, such as shouting and biting, and understand that those behaviors can only be alleviated, but not eliminated.

4. Understand the behavior changes of parrots at different stages. For example, when molting, they will have a bad temper. Knowing the bird's life in its original habitat is helpful for him to know its growing environment and behavior well. There are many eco-tours abroad that can take you to see its original habitat, including blue-purple and gold clusters, as well as parrots licking clay layers.

6, give birds entertainment and toys, DIY to make bird gizzards, parrots are very spiritual animals, giving him a variety of interesting conditions. 7. If the environment permits, I am willing to learn breeding techniques, how to judge fertilized eggs and how to raise super young birds. The breeding of medium and large parrots is not because I don't know how to raise birds. If I buy a male and a female, I will give birth (this is unnecessary, like I don't want to breed. 8. Training parrot skills, basic training and advanced training in three steps. Training is a kind of communication, which is very interesting.

My bird can shake hands and turn around. Actions such as winding and taking can also talk.

There are many books, for example, a new book "How to Teach Birds to Speak" was published recently. Besides talking, the content also teaches you how to communicate with birds through "talking".

There are also experts among bird friends, so you can consult them. 9. How to teach parrots to socialize? Don't bite all birds except the owner.

10, understand the psychology of birds and find out the most suitable way to communicate with parrots. It is often seen that some senior bird friends will appease restless birds in the right way. 1 1. Learn how to raise a second-hand bird. If you can teach correct behavior smoothly, it will be a good thing, which also shows that you are a senior master and know how to deal with behavior problems.

12, know how to cut feathers and nails, understand the relationship between the domain and species of birds and feather cutting, understand the pros and cons of feather cutting, why foreign bird behavior experts agree with feather cutting, and why professional bird magazines unanimously agree with feather cutting. 13. Knowing the terminology, dosage, function and specific stages of bird disease, I don't recommend treating birds by myself, and I don't recommend treating birds with broad-spectrum antibiotics as a panacea, because there are too few doctors who can treat birds in China. Knowing some judgment methods and medical common sense is helpful for doctors to judge.

14. Study how to make snacks and recipes for birds. Some foreign websites have this kind of information before, so we can exchange it. 15, has the ability to judge what others say, whether the feeding method is correct or not, and it is just an improper way to raise birds.

6. It is urgent to raise parrot knowledge.

What kind of parrot is it? If budgerigars are raised in pairs or groups, wire cages or boxes with iron sheets are generally used.

The activity space of each pair of birds should be above 0.5 cubic meters, otherwise it is not conducive to reproduction. The bottom of the cage should be drawer-type (nail iron sheet) to facilitate pulling out, cleaning and sanding.

Food and water utensils should be deep and strong to prevent being bitten. The feed is mainly millet and barnyard grass, and some hemp seeds or perilla are also fed, but the dosage should not exceed 10%.

In order to ensure the nutrition required by poultry, green vegetables (Chinese cabbage and rape) and inorganic salts (bone meal and oyster meal) should be fed regularly. This kind of bird is resistant to roughage and should not be fed with too much concentrated feed, so as not to cause the deposition of monthly fat and affect egg laying and reproduction.

Pay attention to blowing off the chaff in the food can when feeding. Before feeding, the vegetables should be washed and disinfected (with11000 potassium permanganate solution), drained, and taken out the day after eating the rest. Pay attention to the hygiene in the cage and clean up the sand and feces frequently.

Fresh water and water tanks should be scrubbed 1-2 times a day. Although budgerigars are not afraid of cold, low temperature will affect their reproduction, so the indoor temperature should not be lower than 0℃ in winter.

7. Knowledge about parrot breeding.

Keeping parrots is a pleasure, and it is even more gratifying to see a beloved bird enjoying its food to the fullest. However, some wrong ideas and behaviors have been carried out by bird friends for many years without knowing it, which always leads to problems when beloved birds are kept for a long time. Next, I want to share some feeding experiences with readers.

The misunderstanding of feeding young birds: overfeeding for fear of hunger. In nature, parents take turns to go out for food to feed their chicks, so chicks can't feed until their bags are full. Therefore, chicks should be fed in small amounts and multiple meals, and the last food should be fully digested before feeding, so as to avoid crop inflammation caused by the accumulation and fermentation of old food.

Feed only sunflower seeds: Generally speaking, parrots like to eat sunflower seeds, but most bird friends regard it as their only food. I don't know that this behavior will reduce the fun and ability of parrots to eat, and feeding only sunflower seeds will easily lead to nutritional imbalance. In addition, sunflower seeds are rich in lipids, which can easily lead to obesity.

The problem of feed preservation: improper feed preservation leads to food deterioration and even toxins. Bird friends continue to feed without knowing it, and of course there will be problems with loving birds. Therefore, it is suggested to choose feed according to the amount of feed. Of course, large packaging will be cheaper, but the shelf life of feed is not long. If we only consider this point, we will lose a lot because of small things. In addition to storing the feed in a dry or even refrigerated environment, it is also a good way to invite a few friends to party together, which is not only low in cost and low in risk, but also can try a variety of products.

Do you know its favorite

There are quite a few parrot products on the market, so readers can try them more. If the budget is limited, you can buy it together with several bird friends. After all, every bird doesn't necessarily like the same food. Here are just a few common and easily available foods for readers' reference:

Fruits: such as apples (which most birds like to eat), oranges, guava, papaya, lotus fog and so on.

Vegetables: leafy vegetables can be tried and carrots are also a good choice.

In addition, I will also use some processed foods, such as rice, toast, bread and so on. I can give these easy-to-get foods a test first, and it's best to record the results of these tests (especially if every bird likes it differently).

What's the function of knowing love birds's favorite food? In fact, it can play a great role in reproduction: such as the medium for drug administration (chopping or processing its favorite food into mud, and then mixing the drugs that need to be added, it can easily complete drug administration), and it can also be used as a reward to narrow the distance between people and birds, introduce friends to choose food for your favorite birds, and so on.

Correct the habit of ordering vegetables

Bird friends often say that it is not a matter of wasting feed and cleaning the floor, but of forming good habits. The method I often use is to give a fixed amount of food at a fixed time, far less than the previous amount, so that bird lovers know that there is so much food at this time. If they are allocated, they will have to wait for the next meal, and gradually they will cherish the food and change their behavior, which requires the cooperation of their families. If it is a parrot with a big temper, it is recommended not to reduce the amount too much at once, but step by step, or choose a feeding basin with an inward opening.