If you want to have gay talkers in the house, budgie parrots will come up, the care and maintenance of which will not bring much trouble, but should become systematic. Birds need conditions that do not create a threat to their lives, contributing to the favorable course of their life processes - adaptation, moulting , communication.
What does a wavy parrot look like?
The bird has the following characteristics:
- size about 18 cm without tail, wings of 10 cm;
- tail - elongated, stepped, 8-10 cm;
- limbs - reddish or bluish, with 4 long fingers and bent claws;
- eyes - dark blue, with a white or yellow edging;
- The beak is strong, curved, like that of birds of prey. At its base, a waxen with nostrils is visible;
- the language is short and thick, if care for wavy parrots is accompanied by their upbringing, then the birds begin to copy human speech.
The bird attracts with a flashy beautiful outfit and a cheerful, sociable temper, simplicity of content, the ability to make it hand-made. With such a pet it is always interesting - he is distinguished by noise and talkativeness, plays with toys (bell, mirror), imitates singing of feathered and human speech. The most gifted remember up to 600 words, small phrases.
Colors of wavy parrots
Wild waves are painted in lemon color. Wings, back and head are covered with strips of yellow and slightly black hue, the lower back is diamond-green, the tail is blue, and on the throat are dark spots. Wavy parrots, whose care and maintenance are produced in captivity, are divided into two color groups:
- The first - monophonic, preserved the natural plumage with a characteristic "striped". Among them are green or blue with black dashes, yellow or white with bluish, gray-winged blue with silvery.
- Color budgie parrots from the second group consists of two colors with different combinations of yellow, blue, blue, white, green tones. In it there are varieties - harlequins (with a contrasting color of the chest and abdomen), penguins (the color division passes along the upper and lower parts), pestriks (with a chaotic feathering pattern). The crested forms of waveworms, having a "chub" on their heads, are also derived.
How many years live wavy parrots?
The owners are concerned with the question - how many live budgies live in order to adjust their menu, for example, when nursing and keeping an elderly person, you may need an easier diet and vitamins . In the wild with many dangers and epidemics, their life span is 8-10 years. Wavy parrots, care and maintenance behind which are produced at home, with high-quality fodder, constant access to fresh herbs and fruits, the possibility of daily flights, can last up to 10-15 years of age.
How to determine the age of a wavy parrot?
Before you choose a wavy parrot , you need to know its age. A young bird is better tamed, it will speak quickly and it is easier to get used to the new situation and the owners. The difficulty is that the pet at 5 years old looks the same as in 15. Only by purchasing a young chick before the first molt can you be sure of his age, then it is difficult to determine.
Young males have violet color purple, in females it is beige or blue with a light border around the nostrils. Plumage is more pale in the nestlings, the white iris is absent on the eye (up to 6 months), the wave goes over the entire head (after the moult in 4 months in the front it disappears), their beak is darker than in adults. Birds, purchased from breeders, have on their paws rings with a year of birth - on them and determine the exact age.
The content of wavy parrots
Homemade wavy parrots are non-selective, but care and maintenance of them imply compliance with the light and temperature conditions. Chronic lack of sleep or hypothermia can cause colds, moult, self-plucking, loss of appetite in birds. Wavy parrots:
- Lighting . The light day should be 10-12 hours in winter and 12-14 in summer. At night, cover the cage with a cloth.
- Ultraviolet . UV rays favor the production of vitamin D3 in birds and their absorption by the body of calcium. With a competent content in the summer, the pet should have sunbathing - 30 minutes a day. In winter, artificial UV lamps are mounted over the cage.
- Temperature regime . Optimum - + 22-25Gdeg; C, its sharp drops and drafts are not allowed. When nursing and keeping the pet in a morbid state, it is heated with 40 W lamps.
- Activity . Feathered should fly for 20-30 minutes a day. It is important to close the windows, make sure that the pet does not run into dangerous objects.
Cage for budgerigar
The maintenance of parrots is recommended to be made in a rectangular cage of metal rods. Its minimum size is 40x25x40 cm, when it is planned to breed wavy parrots and buy a pair of pets, the dimensions of the dwelling should be increased. While they do not have a nesting house for them, they will not multiply. Housing for wavy parrots, care and maintenance for which are produced at home, is equipped with:
- a sliding bottom;
- perches with a thickness of 1.2 cm;
- feeders for grain and additional feed;
- a drinker;
- to the bottom pour large calcined sand.
Small house for wavy parrots
As a rule, a wavy parrot at home in a species aviary does not multiply. In order for the pair to have the instinct of procreation, it is necessary to insert another house. If you keep several pairs in the enclosure, you must build such a structure, otherwise the females can kill each other to death. For one pair, a horizontal plywood house with a height of 15 cm and a bottom of 25x15 cm, fit it at the top of the dwelling. Furnishing:
- the lid of the box is removable to make order in it;
- on the side, a 5 cm diameter leaflet is cut at a distance of 3 cm from the top;
- under the hole is attached a perch for lowering and raising birds into the house.
Nest for wavy parrots
A convenient nest for wavy parrots is arranged inside a plywood box. To keep the female and chicks on the bottom of the house lay the sawdust with a layer of 2 cm, in the litter they make a special groove for laying - with a diameter of 8 cm and a depth of 1.5 cm. Otherwise, the eggs will be rolled around the entire box or the girl raises all the chips in settling the nest. To care for the correct growth of the skeleton of the chicks, calcium powder is poured onto the bottom.
Care for wavy parrots at home
Caring for birds does not take much time. How to care for a wavy parrot:
- daily change the water in the water bowl;
- every day to care for feeders and waterers - wash them with hot water and baking soda, wipe dry;
- a bathing bath to put in a dwelling once a week, after procedure - to clean;
- with competent care to carry out cardinal cleaning once a month - clean the cage and inventory with a decoction of chamomile and dry it.
What to feed a wavy parrot?
Metabolism in birds is fast, therefore the main food should always be present in the dwelling, with proper care and maintenance it is important to diversify it with herbs, vegetables, fruits. What do parrots eat:
- the basis of the portion - grain mixtures, consists of approximately 70% millet of different species, 10% oats, 20% wheat, canary, hemp, flaxseed;
- fresh vegetables: cucumbers, sweet peppers, beets, carrots;
- greens: parsley, tops of radishes, lettuce, dandelion, spinach, clover;
- fruit: pineapple, apricots, quince, cherry, grapes, bananas, watermelon, strawberry, plum, raspberry, citrus.
Reproduction of wavy parrots
To breeding, you can admit a young couple at the age of 1 year, the process starts in the summer, when in the availability of a lot of green fodder. To the couple provide a light day at 16 o'clock, a week before mating they are saturated with vitamins - give egg mixtures with a manga and carrots, greens, chalk. How to determine the sex of a budgie (after 3-4 months):
- the males have a bright violet lilac color;
- in females it is beige or brown with a white edging of nostrils.
When the pair intended for breeding is contained, a nest box is put in the cage, during the month the female lays 4-12 eggs, and incubates them for 20 days. After that hatching hatchlings - blind and without plumage. After a week they begin to see, in 10 days the fluff grows. The mother takes care of them for the first weeks - feeds the chicks with goiter's milk, then gives adult softened food. After 30-35 days, the kids leave the nest. The maintenance and care of them produce in a separate cage, when they already independently eat. After 1-2 clutches, the nest is removed so that the female rests.
How to tame a wavy parrot?
Waves are very smart and friendly. They are cautious, but even a suspicious pet quickly goes to contact. The main thing in training is patience, everything should be done without haste. How to tame the wavy parrot to his hands:
- After a pet store, you do not need to bother for hours to get used to the situation.
- The dwelling is placed at the level of the person's eyes, so the bird is better seen who approaches it.
- The process of domestication to the hands begins with offering the pet his favorite delicacy through the bars, affectionately naming his name. In case of failure, the attempts are repeated the next day. As a result, the bird will take a treat out of curiosity.
- Then we must try to feed the bird from the hands in the cage. It is better to do it in the morning when she is hungry.
- Then you need to teach the parrot to sit on your finger, slipping it under the perch. They soon understand what they want from them.
- Next, you can offer the bird a treat outside the cage. You do not have to chase a parrot-he must come to his hand as soon as he gets used to the situation.
How to teach a wavy parrot to talk?
Waveforms are able to repeat human words, each individual has a degree of talent - some talk much, others less. How to teach a wavy parrot to talk:
- it is better to buy a young male, to spend lessons in a quiet place;
- First you can learn his nickname, repeat the word clearly and legibly. When he remembers it, move on to the next;
- begin with light words, the lessons complicate gradually;
- it is important not to forget to praise the bird, give delicacies;
- The more time spent on training, the greater the parrot's vocabulary;
- you can write a few phrases on the player and put it near the bird.
Diseases of undulating parrots
Homemade wavy parrots, the care and maintenance of which are produced with impairments, may fall ill. This is due to poor quality food, non-compliance with hygiene, lighting, temperature conditions. Wavy parrots are common diseases and treatment:
- Colds . Symptoms - sneezing and runny nose. Care in this case: irradiate the bird with a 40-watt lamp, give vitamins, put a chamomile broth in the house.
- The defeat of ticks and puhopeaperami . Symptoms - itching, self-tattooing, feathers are spoiled with holes. In the pan visible stirring insects. The pufferheads are expelled by Front Line, applying it to the back of the head. The mites are destroyed with an averseectin, novertin ointment, applying a brush on the paws, beak, wax, cloaca.
- Delay of laying . Sign - the female does not leave the bottom of the cage, breathes heavily, swelling forms near the cloaca. The girls rush even in the absence of the male. A stuck egg can come out if you put a petrolatum oil in the back passage, put a heating pad covered with a cloth on the bottom. If it does not help, you need to carry the female to the doctor, otherwise it will die.