Libros Australian Birdkeeper A Guide to Asiatic Parrots (Revised)
A Guide to Asiatic Parrots (Revised)
This complete revision sees the addition of over 70 colour images of new mutations, improved text including new genetic tables and more information on nutrition, housing and breeding.
Contents include General Management, Housing, Feeding, Breeding, Keeping Records, Ringing, Stock Management, Pairing and Mating, Handraising Asiatic Parrots, Surgical Sexing, Diseases of Asiatic Parrots, Common Health Problems in Asiatic Parrots, Prevention and Control of Disease within the Aviary, Stress and Disease, Basic Rules used to Prevent Disease entering an Aviary, Recognising Disease, Health Check of Newly Acquired Birds, Physical Examination, Quarantine of New Birds, Worm Infestation and Treatment.
Species include the Indian Ringnecked Parrot and their many mutations, the Alexandrine, Plum-headed, Derbyan, Malabar, Slaty-headed, Moustache, Malayan Long-tailed and Blossom-headed Parrot.
88 pages
Authors: Syd & Jack Smith