By Jutka Nagyne
During the time of communist rule in Hungary, keeping parrots or exotic animals was banned. But when this all changed, many Hungarian households began enjoying sharing their lives with parrots. Here Jutka Nagyne tells her story and shows that with much dedication, enthusiasm and common sense, first-time parrot owners can be hugely successful.
In a shaded wooded area, Fischer's Lovebirds (Agapornis fischeri) draw attention to themselves by their incessant screeching and squawking as they flap energetically between the trees. Then, all of a sudden the flock flies off and in a magnificent and colourful swirl disappear into the dry golden grass to feed.
Kakariki are great foragers in the wild, have proved to be highly adaptable in their fight for survival and eat a wide and varied diet. So, here are some top tips to elevate their dietary intake to a whole new level, greatly increasing their life-expectancy, their fitness levels and fertility, as long as they have plenty of exercise and flying opportunities too.
We hear all the time about cockatoos that develop behavioural problems when they reach adolescence due to over-bonding with humans when they were young. Here Kashmir K Csaky - renowned parrot behaviourist – helps one such reader teach the family’s cockatoo to become more independent.
Last month in the September issue (188) we featured Wingnut and his fight for recovery after contracting Aspergillosis. This month, because the last year has seen increased cases of this respiratory disease in parrots and because treatments of late have been so much more successful, Juliet Eberle gives her take on this disease and explains how she has helped Dusty, another African Grey, to get better.
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