Description
Covers husbandry, breeding, pigmentation, mutations, genetics, and health and diseases. Each species is discussed in its own chapter with numerous colour images of mutations, the best collection in a book worldwide.
CONTENTS
In Captivity
Housing – Conventional; Suspended; Breeding Cages; Perches; Maintenance; Nestboxes
Feeding – Seeds; Complete Foods; Egg Mix; Greenfoods; Vegetables; Fruits; Sprouts; Supplements
Breeding – Acquiring Birds; Quarantine; Gender; Preparation; Laying; Banding; Records; Handrearing; Feeding; Transportation
Health and Disease
Common Problems – Medications
Part One – Droppings; Appetite; Posture; Feathers; Skin; Wings; Head; Examination; Paediatrics
Part Two – Infectious Diseases; Non-infectious Diseases
Plumage, Pigments, Colours and Colour Mutations
Displaying Colours – Plumage; Pigments; Colour
Colour Mutations
Primary Mutations – Sex-linked Recessive; Autosomal Recessive; Autosomal Dominant; Autosomal Co-dominant; Combination
SPECIES
Bourke’s Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutations
Turquoisine Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutations; Variations
Scarlet-chested Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutation; Variations
Elegant Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutations
Blue-winged Parrot – Primary Mutations
Rock Parrot – Primary Mutations
Orange-bellied Parrot – Primary Mutations
