1, feeding should be carried out according to different growth stages of parrots, and the food should be kept clean and hygienic.
Parrot chicks should eat less and eat more, mainly liquid food, and it is best to feed them by their parents. If it is artificially raised, it needs to be fed more than 5 meals a day. Parrots can start to reduce feeding frequency after 2 months old, 2 meals a day. The feed is mainly grain, and corn, sorghum and wheat can be fed together to avoid a single food. Protein, calcium and vitamins should be supplemented in a balanced way.
After eating by itself, parrots need to keep food cans and water tanks clean. If the last meal is wet, change it in time to keep the food fresh, so that the parrot will not get sick.
2. You should choose a spacious net cage to keep the parrot's residence ventilated and fresh.
Parrots should be kept in spacious cages, so as not to make them feel depressed. A perch pole should also be put in the parrot cage so that it can stand. Generally, parrots who are 2 months old can start to learn to go to the bar.
Parrots need sunshine every day. Don't expose them to the sun when the temperature is hot in summer, but also pay attention to cooling and proper water bath. Keep warm in winter, or cover the cage with clothes to keep warm.
Let the parrot fly indoors at low altitude every day, stay active, and take time to take it out for a walk.
Parrots need a lot of exercise. They can fly low in cages every day, or put them on the table to let them move freely. When you go out for a bird walk, you should train the parrot first. It is easy to fly away if you put the parrot directly outside.
Life habits of parrots:
Most parrots feed on fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, buds and shoots of plants on trees or on the ground, and also eat a small amount of insects. Honey-sucking parrots feed on pollen, nectar and soft and juicy fruits.
In the process of foraging, parrots often cooperate with powerful hooked beaks and flexible toe feet. Toe-pointed feet, with two toes forward and two toes backward, are suitable for grasping. When climbing in the canopy to find food, first bite the branches with your mouth, and then use them on your heels.
When walking on a solid tree trunk, insert the tip of your mouth into the tree to balance your body and speed up your movements; When eating, one foot is often used as a "hand" to hold food and stuff it into the mouth.
It is observed that more than 10 species of parrots use their left and right feet when foraging, and it is found that more than 72% of individuals mostly use their left foot to catch food. The comparative anatomy of hind limb muscles shows that the left foot is obviously longer than the right foot, and the right foot is only slightly longer than the left foot.
There are also special cases: for example, mountain parrots, which live in the bushes in the local mountains of Australia and New Zealand, have huge bodies, rich feathers and a long, pointed mouth. Besides other parrots' food habits, they also like to eat insects, crabs and carrion. Even jumped on the sheep's back and pecked the mutton with a hard long beak, pecking the live sheep until they were bloody, so the local New Zealand herders also called it the sheep pecking parrot.
Different kinds of parrots have different life spans. Small parrots are generally 7-20 years old, and the average life expectancy of medium-sized parrots is 30-60 years old. Some medium-sized parrots can live to be about 80 years old, such as sunflower cockatoo, Amazon parrot and gray parrot.
The longest-lived bird in the world is the parrot. This is an Amazon parrot named Jamie. 65438+February 3rd 1870 was born in Liverpool, England, and165438+1October 5th 1975 died. It is the oldest bird.