Senegal Parrots

A relatively quiet parrot, the domestic African Senegal makes a good pet and companion for owners who might hesitate to keep noisier birds. Friendly and acrobatic, these bright green and yellow clowns must be socialized early and their domesticated behavior patterns must be regularly maintained in order that they stay tame. This book offers valuable clues to the Senegal's sensitive temperament and other specialized needs, and information about the bird's behavior, dietary needs, and appropriate indoor environment.

"Senegal Parrots: All About Nutrition, Care, Training, Diseases And Treatments," 148 pages paperback edition with black and white interior. From this book you will learn how to understand your parrots behavior to avoid situation of biting, how to understand your parrots body language, how to teach them to talk, what steps you must follow if your bird is escaping and you want to bring it back, how to hand feed a baby parrot and many interesting things. This book also presents the possible diseases that Senegal parrots may encounter in their lives and the treatments we need to apply when these situations occur. By understanding how these diseases affect our birds, we can always prevent, recognize and cure them. This book contains the following chapters: Senegal parrots Description Areas of a Senegal parrot Character Lifespan How to choose the right bird General criteria How to purchase a healthy bird Life with cage birds Preparing your house for the new arrived bird The transportation of the bird The new arrived bird's diet The main diet of a Senegal parrot How to train your bird Talking and training How to teach your bird not to bite Learn to observe your birds body language The anatomy of Senegal parrots Respiratory organs Digestive components Urinary tract organs Genital organs The eyes The ears Cold season, hot season How to care of your bird in cold season How to care of your bird in hot season Cleaning your bird's house Cages and accessories Cage location Cages Aviaries Roofing Toys and accessories Breeding How to maintain your bird's health The first sign of disease Few advices about how to keep your bird healthy How to recognize the abnormal droppings Feather picking and self-mutilation Molting How to choose the right avian vet What should you know, when you inform your vet How to catch and manipulate your bird without hurting it How to take care of the beak and the nails of your bird How to clip your birds wings Bathing your bird The special needs of the birds Flying exercises Bedding materials The everyday life of birds Inappropriate perches Microchipping your bird What you can do if your bird escapes outside How to prevent the escape What you can do if your bird has already escaped First aid kit for your bird How to hand feed a baby Senegal parrot How to administer medication to your bird Adding medication in drinking water Adding medication in food Liquid medication (Suspensions) Injectable medication Vitamins and minerals excess or deficiency Trauma at birds Poor general condition Forced feeding Skin and feather problems Xanthomas (Fatty tumors) Inflammation of the skin (Dermatitis) Skin tumors (Lipomas) Parasites External parasites Internal parasites The appetite and the digestive system When the bird has diarrhoea Enteritis (Inflammation of the intestines) The bird eats too much The bird doesn't want to eat and drink Constipation Obesity Excessive weight loss Capillaria ( Capillary or Threadworms) Gastrointestinal parasites (Tapeworms) Inflammation of the crop Liver diseases Inflammation of the liver (Hepatitis) Fatty liver Beak health problems and more...

This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds. From the mighty. macaws to the diminutive pygmy parrots, the 350 species of parrots include cockatoos, parakeets, lovebirds, and Budgerigar. Most are brightly colored or even gaudy, but a few are drab, and some are nocturnal and flightess. Parrots, found throughout most of the warmer regions of the world, occur in greatest numbers in Australasian and South America. This book includes 88 superb color illustrations of every species and most identifiable subspecies of parrot, as well as range maps of their locations. It offers many firsthand insights into the ecology of each species, vocalizations, life cycle characteristics, and geographical variation. It also provides up-to-date information on the conservation status of those species of parrots that are threatened or endangered.

The Senegal Parrot has a history that dates back to biblical times. It is one of the oldest parrot species kept by humans for centuries! Its extraordinary beauty and intelligent, loving personality are what kept this parrot at the peak of popularity. Senegal Parrots are gorgeous, playful and have the intelligence level of a six-year-old with the temperament of a two-year-old! Yes, they require serious commitment but are great lifelong companions. Although this bird is a favorite among experts and bird enthusiasts alike, the Senegal parrot is considered to be quieter than most parrot species, but they are still capable of loud screams and vocalizations. In this book, you'll be easily guided on understanding parrots; their behaviors, their characteristics, how to care for them and a whole lot more. Senegal parrots that are properly cared for generally have sweet, charming personalities and they can make great pets. This book will provide you with a brief view of the joys of parrot parenthood. Covered in this book: - Behavior with other pets - Buying - Cages - Care - Care during seasons - Costs - Diet - Grooming - Health - Pros and cons - Toys - Training ..... and much more.

Senegal Parrots contains all newly authored text by an expert on bird care and provides concise yet complete coverage of subjects like training, feeding, housing, species, health care, and grooming. The family-friendly focus throughout the book, most specifically in tip boxes on parrot-related activities for children, makes it perfect for pet parents of all ages. In addition to Senegals, the author discusses all the species of Poicephalus parrots kept as pets, including Meyer’s, Jardine’s, red-bellied, and brown-headed parrots. Full-color photos, sidebars, and expert advice tip boxes in each chapter illustrate key points throughout the text.

Parrots? colour and charisma, coupled with the fact that they mimic human speech, make them fascinating to many people. They are ancient birds with unique bill and foot structures that enable them to forage on fruits in the canopy of forest trees as well as on seeds in grasslands. Because they depend on fruits and seeds all year round, most species are confined to the tropics or sub-tropics, where the world?s biodiversity is at its greatest. There are over three hundred species of parrots, of which more than one hundred are recognised as rare, endangered, vulnerable or threatened with extinction. Parrots are largely distributed in tropical areas of developing countries where economies are weak and uncertain, and where there is great dependence on the exploitation of natural resources, particularly hard wood evergreen forests, which are preferred parrot habitats. Unfortunately, high levels of corruption are common to these regions, with much illegal trade in animals and little or no law enforcement. Collectors of parrots in the first world pay huge sums for rare parrots. However, research, education and conservation actions are greatly reducing illegal trade in African parrots. This book provides complete coverage of all aspects of the biology of extant African, Malagasy and Mascarene parrots, and reviews our knowledge of extinct and fossil parrots from the region. Particular themes include the behavioural and ecological characteristics of parrots, their species characteristics and conservation biology. Current concepts in avian and conservation biology are also discussed. Parrots of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands is aimed at ornithologists, conservation biologists, avian ecologists, academics, bird watchers and parrot fans alike. It is well illustrated, with high quality original photographs, and includes distribution maps, figures and tables.

Birds are among the most extensively studied of all animal groups. Hundreds of academic journals and thousands of scientists are devoted to bird research, while amateur enthusiasts (called birdwatchers or, more commonly, birders) probably number in the millions. Birds are categorised as a biological class, Aves. The earliest known species of this class is Archaeopteryx lithographica, from the Late Jurassic period. According to the most recent consensus, Aves and a sister group, the order Crocodilia, together form a group of unnamed rank, the Archosauria. Phylogenetically, Aves is usually defined as all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of modern birds (or of a specific modern bird species like Passer domesticus), and Archaeopteryx. Modern phylogenies place birds in the dinosaur clade Theropoda. Modern birds are divided into two superorders, the Paleognathae (mostly flightless birds like ostriches), and the wildly diverse Neognathae, containing all other birds.