A Guide to Eclectus Parrots, Their Management Care & Breeding

by Rob Marshall

Book Overview

A good book on the management, caring and breeding of Eclectus Parrots This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0958745544
• ISBN13: 9780958745543
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Avian Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

useful and informative

Published by Australian Birdkeeper, a highly respected publisher of avian books and magazines. This book is subtitled "Their Management, Care & Breeding" and it covers those topics quite well. It does not have extensive information on identifying subspecies. Contents: Introduction; Health of the Eclectus Parrot (Individual Characteristics; The Healthy Eclectus; Nutrition; Feather Picking; Health Aspects of the Newly Aquired Eclectus; Stress Reduction; Stress Reduction By Good Aviary Management; Stress Reduction By a Varied Diet; Seed Sprouting Procedure; Recognition of Stress and Illness; Breeding Success and Stress Reduction; Breeding Failure and Infertility; Vitamin A Deficiency; Breeding Failure and Disease; Breeding Failure and Incompatibility; Breeding Failure and Physical Problems); The Main Diseases of the Eclectus (Symptoms of Disease; Plumage Problems; Respiratory Problems; Gastrointestinal Symptoms; Eye Symptoms; Main Diseases in Adults; Diseases in Baby Eclectus; Symptoms of Disease in the Hand Reared Eclectus; Health of the Pet Eclectus); Brief Word on the Incubation of Eclectus Eggs; Management (Housing - Suspended Cages, Aviaries; Feeding; Breeding - Compatible Pairs, Mating, Nest Boxes, Egg Laying, Hatching and Chick Development); Artificial Incubation; Hand Rearing Eclectus Parrots - Bird Nursery, Brooders, Eclectus Chicks, Containers, Temperature, Feeding, Weighing, Weaning, Stress, Dietary Essentials); Eclectus As Pets. Highly recommeneded.