How do parrots raise parrots? what is the harm of parrots? what food do parrots eat?

Parrot is a kind of bird. At present, more than 300 species have been found. Generally, parrots like to live in tropical rain forests. At present, they can be seen in many parts of the world. Parrots are now a popular kind of domestic pet, but in the process of breeding, many people are not very clear about its specific breeding methods.

How to raise parrots

1. Overfeed the young birds for fear of starvation. In nature, parents must take turns to look for food to feed their chicks, so it is impossible for chicks to be fed until the vegetarian sac is full, so the chicks should be fed with a small number of meals, and before feeding, make sure that the food fed last time has been digested to avoid crop inflammation caused by the accumulation and fermentation of old food.

2. Generally speaking, parrots love to enjoy sunflower seeds, but most birds take this as their only food, but they do not realize that this behavior will reduce the fun and ability of parrots to eat, and feeding only sunflower seeds can easily lead to nutritional imbalance. In addition, sunflower seeds are rich in lipids, which can easily lead to obesity diseases.

3. Improper preservation of feed leads to food deterioration and even toxins, and birds continue to feed without noticing. Of course, there will be problems with loving birds. Therefore, it is recommended to choose feed according to the amount of feed you raise. Large packaging will of course be cheaper, but the shelf life of feed is not long, so it will lose the big because of the small. In addition to the fact that feed should be stored in a dry or even refrigerated environment, it would be a good idea to invite several friends to share it, not only with lower cost and risk, but also to try a variety of products.

What is the harm of keeping parrots?

1. Noise: parrots cannot tell the call of time, and their calls sometimes turn into noise pollution, aggravating patients with mental allergy, neurasthenia and heart disease.

2. Respiratory tract infection: the tiny feathers of parrots floating in the air may aggravate patients with asthma and cough. In addition, there will be serious consequences if the owner has an allergy certificate.

3. Skin diseases: there are many microbes on the feathers of parrots that may cause itching of human skin. And a large number of mites parasitic on birds may cause infection.

4. Psittacosis: people who inhale gasified urine, respiratory secretions or bird droppings of infected parrots may infect Chlamydia psittaci.

What food does the parrot eat?

Most parrots feed on plant fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, buds and shoots on trees or on the ground, and eat a small number of insects, while honey-sucking parrots feed mainly on pollen, nectar and soft, juicy fruits. In the process of feeding, it is often completed with a strong hook-shaped beak and flexible toe-shaped feet. when eating, one of the feet is often used as a "hand" to hold the food and stuff the food into the mouth.

Disease prevention and control of parrots

1. Respiratory diseases: colds are common in respiratory organs, and their symptoms are runny nose. After catching a cold, the birds are immediately moved to the room to keep them warm, and they will soon heal themselves. If the disease cannot heal itself, borax can be dissolved in warm water to form a 2-4% boric acid solution, which is used to rinse around the nostrils and fed with canary seed feed to enhance resistance. You can also drop a few drops of wine in drinking water or give vitamins to help it restore health.

2. Digestive tract disease: diarrhea is caused by eating unclean concentrate feed or drinking unsanitary water. Diseased birds generally discharge white pulp-like sparse feces and the feathers of the lower abdomen are stained. After the birds suffer from the disease, the staple feed is only fed to barnyard weeds and raised in a warm place. Birds should be isolated in a cage to prevent infection. Drop a few drops of red wine into the drinking water. Heavy patients can use drugs, add 0.01% of dysentery in drinking water (1000 ml of water after each tablet is crushed). It will be better if you drink for 3 days.

3. Parasitic diseases: budgerigar has a lot of lice, which must be eliminated. The way to get rid of lice can be used to eliminate animal powder or smear with a magic pen. In addition, budgerigars are also harmed by blood-sucking insects. Nest boxes are often the stronghold of bloodsucking insects. After each incubation, the nest box should be scalded with boiling water immediately, and then coated with BGP aqueous solution, which is harmless to birds, to keep it clean and dry to prevent parasites.

When raising parrots, we must pay attention to the control of food intake, and remember not to eat too much, so as not to cause physical discomfort. Parrots in breeding also need to pay attention to disease prevention and control work, in fact, there are many advantages of breeding parrots, that is, it is relatively noisy, may affect others, so this point requires more attention.