VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

PARROTS AND PIGEONS

• Parrots and pigeons initially feed their naked young on a regurgitated crop secretion.
• It is possible to rear chick from a tender age by imitating the parents, using a small syringe containing a quantity of milk-based baby food.
• Young birds should be placed in a small cardboard box and bedded on wood shaving within a cage kept at about 90 ° F for the first 4 or 5 days.
• The amount of food to give varies with the species.
• Generally 1 ml will do for a bird of pigeon size, offered every 3 hours during the day.
• The degree of crop distension indicates the amount of food required.
• Care should be taken, as overfilling of crop can lead to disease.