A Guide to Eclectus Parrots as Pet & Aviary Birds (Revised Edition)
 Description: This long-awaited title features a comprehensive description of all ten Eclectus subspecies. Chapters include: Taxonomy and Identification, Eclectus in the Wild, Eclectus in Captivity—As Pet and Aviary Birds, Housing, Feeding, Breeding, Artificial Incubation and Handraising, Troubleshooting and Symptoms of Breeding Failure, Taming and Training, Colour Mutations and Genetics, and Diseases and Disorders. Features over 250 color photographs.
A Guide to Incubation and Handraising Parrots
 Incubation - Artificial Incubation, Meet the Egg!, Choosing an Incubator/Hatcher, Equipment, Handling the Egg, Incubation, Hatching Details, Problems and Troubleshooting, Egg Weighing.
Handraising Parrots - The Goal, Fundamentals, Brooders and Brooding, Formulas, Feeding Instruments, Feeding the Newly Hatched, Growth Phase, Peak/Weaning Phase, Weaning Black Cockatoos, Pulling Chicks, Troubleshooting.
A Guide to Popular Conures as Pet and Aviary Birds
 Featuring 13 of the most popular conures kept as pet or aviary birds throughout the world, this title is packed with easy-to-read, highly usable information and features full colour superb photographs throughout. Combined with their own experiences, Ray Dorge and Gail Sibley have recorded the results of an extensive research of large conure breeders. This title is sure to satisfy all fanciers and breeders of these wonderful parrots.
Contents
Conure Behaviour, Obtaining a Conure, Husbandry, Housing, Diet and Nutrition, Diseases and Disorders, Pet Quality and Mutations.
Species
Sharp-tailed Conure, Golden-crowned Conure, Janday Conure, Sun Conure, Dusky-headed Conure, Patagonian Conure, Queen of Bavaria's Conure, Nanday Conure, Fiery-shouldered Conure, Maroon-bellied Conure, Green-cheeked Conure, Crimson-bellied Conure and the Painted Conure.
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Distribution Map 11
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13
- Derivation of Name 13
- Distribution 13
- General Description 13
- Sexual Dimorphism 13
- General Behaviour 14
- Moult 14
- Personality 14
- Voice 15
- Aggression 16
ECLECTUS IN THE WILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- Environmental Variations 17
- Life Above the Canopy 18
- Moult 19
- Breeding Behaviour 19
- Food 24
- Relationship with Local Communities 26
TAXONOMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- Subspecies Classification 28
- Evolution of the Eclectus Subspecies 29
- Difficulty in Identifying Variations in Subspecies 29
- Determining the Validity of Subspecies 31
- Examination of Skins 31
- Establishing the Validity of the Westerman’s Eclectus Parrot 32
THE IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSPECIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
- Introduction
- Lavender or Purple Breast-feather Group
- Cobalt or Blue Breast-feather Group
- Red Breast-feather Group
- Cock Identification
SUBSPECIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
- Grand Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus roratus
- Vosmaer’s Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus vosmaeri
- Westerman’s Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus westermani
- Red-sided Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus polychloros
- Solomon Island Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus solomonensis
- Australian Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi
- Aru Island Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus aruensis 56
- Biak Island Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus biaki 58
- Tanimbar Island Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus riedeli
- Sumba Island Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus cornelia
ECLECTUS IN CAPTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
- Introduction
- Essentials of Health and Happiness—
- Physical and Emotional Security, Sunlight, Showers, Play,
Fixed Daily Routine
- New Bird Health Checklist—
- Signs of Health, Behaviour and Activity, Feathers, Vent, Eyes,
- Nostrils, Breast Muscle, Beak, Droppings, Feet, Mouth
ECLECTUS AS PETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
- Introduction
- Choosing your First Eclectus
- Veterinary Check
- Preparing a Home for Your Pet Eclectus—
- Cage Design, Cage Location, Cage Floor, Perches, Enrichment,
- Physical and Emotional Security
- The First Days at Home
ONGOING CARE FOR YOUR PET ECLECTUS . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 74
- Feeding
- The Benefits of Good Nutrition
- Weight
- Bathing/Showers
- Beak and Nail Clipping
- Wing Clipping
- Harness Restraint
- Taming
- Rules and Conditions for Taming, Taming Unclipped Birds
- Behavioural Patterns
- Baby Stage, Weaning and Post-weaning Stage, Juvenile Stage,
- Adolescence, Adulthood
TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
- Discipline
- Training Without Food Rewards
- Talking
- Teaching Your Bird to Talk
- Behavioural Problems
- Biting, Screaming, Feather Plucking
- Changes in Behaviour
- The Story of Georgie
- A Pet Owner’s Perspective
- Our Georgie!, The Taming and Training of Georgie
ECLECTUS IN THE AVIARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
- The Newly Acquired Eclectus
- Selecting a Healthy Bird
- Quarantine Procedures
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