Saturday, 15 June 2013

3 Important Factors In Training African Gray Parrot

African gray parrotis famous for its ability to speak. But you should know that there is no guarantee at all that if we buy this bird then it will be part of the family and can talk. Training a parrot to talk requires affection, patience, and consistent. The young birds are generally much easier to train than the old one.


Affection

Almost all pets require attention and affection from their owner. The affection will be rewarded by it as shown at the time the owner will go or go home. Otherwise, if the bird owner does not pay attention or show affection then they also will not care about what is desired by the owner. Thus, they require seriousness to unconditionally accept whatever the result if they will be able to talk or not. Besides smart parrots are also known to be very sensitive. It is said that they can affect you if they have known you.

Patient

As well as training a child to learn to speak, it needs patience. Exercise should be done gradually and do not make the target time will ultimately be a disappointment if the burden of expectations did not materialize. Feeling of disappointment can also override the little bird that has sensitive feelings. Who knows disobedience to orders is a reaction of disappointment on your attitude. It should be remembered however that a bird may not be equated with a child in a certain period of time was able to speak.

Consistent

Training methods should be done consistently and accompanied with sincerity. Each word or phrase that is taught should be supported by the meaning or signs that distinguish it from other words. For example, at the time the sun rises regularly and repeatedly just say "good morning" and the sunset time just say "Good night". From the differences in the morning and evening, the bird will realize the difference to the meaning of the two words. Remember, don’t make the birds confused.

Good luck in training African gray parrot at home.

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Tips On Captivating Old Macaw Parrot

Captivating an old macaw parrot is something that memorable for bird enthusiasts. Moreover, if the bird is kept since it was just hatched, or ever achieve a wonderful achievement and made their owners famous, or there could be a special moment when buying or obtaining the bird.



Bird does have its own memory for those who they see every day, such as nurses, owners, and members of the family. If cared properly, correctly and consistently, the bird will continue to feel safe and comfortable look closest people, especially if it’s treated over the years.

Captivating old birds do require some special attentions. Starting from the provision of regular extra food but with smaller portions than the share of young birds to bathe needs are likely to increase (2-3 times daily). The goal is to reduce the excessive lust arise at any time, allowing the birds to be lazy sound. Not to mention the duration of drying also have to be reduced a bit, and so on.

Maintaining old bird is different from the young birds and mature birds. Because of the old age, the birds tend to be in unstable conditions lust. Old bird has a maturity of lust different from adult birds. If not managed properly, it could have led to an explosion of lust.

When the birds do not have a partner, then the lust explosion condition can cause stress to the birds, tend to be more silent, or even suddenly paralyzed. If the old birds are having a lust explosion, the best way is to give them a partner, although the goal is not to breed it.

In the nature, macaw parrot can be found in the tropical rain forest and savanna in central America and South America, especially in Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, and Paraguay.


Hopefully this article can help you in captivating old macaw parrot at home.

Monday, 10 June 2013

The History Of African Grey Parrot

Captivating the African Grey Parrot as pets have been conducted since the early of 1800s where Dr. W.T. Greene in his book in several series including the series with title "The Grey and How to Treat it", 1885. At first, African grey parrots are often called by the name of "Jaco" because the original sounds used by Portuguese sailors in their voyages at sea.


There are several other examples of literature and records of captivating the African grey parrot as pet. The European nobles really liked this bird because of its beauty and the ability to speak. In the early of 1500s, said that England King, King Henry VII had an African Grey Parrot that stored at Hampton Court. Manuscripts by famous German naturalist, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, his classic works written in the bird cage in 1774, describing African Grey Parrots are owned by Cardinal Ascanius.

Today, the bird with latin name Psittacus Erithacus can be found in the rainforests of west and central Africa. African Grey Parrots reach the maturity at the age of 4 or 5 years and have a life span of over 50 years in captivity.

In the wild, male and female African grey parrot start looking for a mate and breed around the age of 7-8 years. It could be said that grey parrot are birds with the latest sexual maturity. But in a breeding cage, the sexual maturity can be accelerated to about 5 years.

If you want to breed this amazing bird, you must provide an ideal breeding cage first. The size of the cage can be adjusted with the available space, but it should be at least 5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters high. This size is not too narrow, but also not too broad, and it is believed will make the birds feel more comfortable living activities, including in terms of reproduction or breed.


Hopefully this article can help you to know more about the amazing African grey parrot.

Saturday, 8 June 2013

The Curious African Grey Parrot

African grey parrotis one of the most popular pet birds because of its ability to mimic human speech. This amazing bird is not only beautiful and interesting, but it is also happy to interact and have an inquisitive nature. The personality and curious nature of this bird  will be amazing and encouraging the owners. African Grey Parrot classified in the category of a very wise animals, making them the best pet parrot for bird enthusiasts around the world.


African Grey Parrot is usually chosen as a pet bird because of the appeal and its ability to speak. In addition to speaking, it is also very easy to imitate the sounds around them. This bird can imitate human voice, the sound of other birds, the sound of ringing phones and much more. Although they are good at conversation, African Grey Parrot is not bird species that like to screaming like the other parrot family.

With all the advantages that exist on the African Grey Parrot, makes this bird very popular among bird enthusiasts all over the world, but it requires very high commitment to maintain this bird. African Grey Parrot will quickly get bored if you do not provide a lot of stimulation. It requires much interaction with their owners than the game that exist in in their cage.

Although African Grey Parrot like to be held, it still needs supervision when interacting with humans as essentially a wild animal instincts. This bird has the same ingenuity as children aged 5 years, but have emotions like a 2 years old child.

African Grey Parrots (Psittacus Erithacus) with medium size can be found in the rainforests in the west and central Africa. African grey parrot ready to reproduce at the age of 4 or 5 years and have a life span of more than 50 years in captivity.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Tips On Breeding The Moluccan Parrot

Breeding the moluccan parrot is one way to prevent the extinction of this endangered species. Some people have tried to breed this bird, for example such as the Mega Bird and Orchid Farm in Indonesia, in the city of Bogor. If you want to breed this endangered parrot, you have to know a few things.

Before you start to breed this bird, you must prepare a few things related to the breeding, breeding permit eg, cost, time, easy access to the vet, bird guards and nurses, availability of medicines, cages and special quarantine. First thing, the bird that is ready to mate must be at least 3 years old or more, but not exceeding 8 years. Although the moluccan parrot has an average age of 30 years, certainly birds that are too old not to be a good parent.

When about to start the mate, the male parrot are often frowned their feathers, spread the tail, wings open, rising the cowlick, or such as nodding or bouncing. While the female bird was initially seen to avoid or ignore. But for a few days soon after being reunited, the female will allow the male bird approached.
After they paired, they will be seen preening each other with head and tail comb partner. This shows they have no emotional attachment. After some time, male birds began to perform ritual mating and the female will lay eggs.

Similar to the sex behavior of other parrots, moluccan parrot also faithful to their spouse. If it is paired, they will be loyal until the end, unless we separate them and replace them with a new partner. But it is usually not easy to match again with another partner, because the bird is losing his soul mate long enough to experience depression.

You also have to pay attention to the breeding cage. Breeding cages must be in a quiet environment and protected from the sun heat or rain. Cage size depends on the area of land you have, the important bird can still fly stretch his wings and jumping freely.


Good luck in breeding moluccan parrot at home.