1, cage requirements
The cockatoo is active and active, so it is best to choose a larger cage, generally choose a length of 40cm, width 35cm, height 40cm or so and the bottom of the drawer type of sand tray of the cage is best, and then put a 25cm * 15cm * 15cm of the small wooden box, and in the middle of the wooden box to put a partition, the partition on the chiseling of a round hole, to facilitate its access. facilitate its access.
2, feeding requirements
The Xuanfeng parrots eat food is very simple, you can generally feed some cereals, suzuki, hemp seeds, tares or some green vegetables, etc., but the main cereals and tares are mainly, so try to feed a reasonable mix, and the amount should not be too much, can be eaten in small meals in order to prevent fat affect reproduction, egg laying.
3, environmental requirements
(1) health to be clean: parrots love clean, so we must ensure that the cage environmental health clean, but because they do not love to take a bath, so not as a last resort, the spray can be used to clean it.
(2) growth environment requirements: before each feeding, to remove all the sand, feces, residual food, etc., and clean the sink, trough, in order to provide a good environment for its growth.
(3) Temperature requirements: to ensure that the temperature is not lower than 16 degrees, not higher than 30 degrees, if the temperature is lower than 0 degrees in winter, to open the air conditioning temperature. If the summer temperature is higher than 30 degrees, open the window for ventilation.
4, breeding
(1) breeding time: all year round.
(2) Pairing time: when the cockatiel grows up to 4 months old.
(3) Breeding method: choose one or two pairs of parrots with pure breeds to pair up, soon after the female will lay eggs every day until she lays 4-9, then the female will not leave the nest and start to incubate them, after about 18 days of incubation, the young birds will come out of the shell. During the incubation period, the male bird will take food to feed the female bird, and when the young bird is out of the shell, then the female bird will take food for 25 days to feed the young bird, and after 28 days, the young bird will take food by itself.