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Bird Suitability
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- 1BudgiePsittacine
1. cheap
2. easy to look after, good house pets
3. good companion
4. can talk
5. easy to train
6. good for beginners/children/elderly
7. short lived (7 years)
8. in aviaries can bully small finches - 2MacawPsittacine
*lives 50/60 years
*really big commitment and experience
*can be aggressive on reaching maturity
*destructive without stimulation
*noisy
*needs time out to fly - 3Cockatiel LutinoPsittacine
*lives 18 years - up to 25
*great mimics/talkers
*good to house with finches
*outdoor and indoor
*larger accommodation than budgies - 4LovebirdPsittacine
*live up to 20
*difficult to hand tame
*not good talkers
*mean to other birds - keep with own species - don't like to be alone
*indoor and outdoor
*quite popular - 5Black Headed CaiquePsittacine
*live 30/40 years
*good companions but get bored easy
*if caged indoor they need daily exercise outside cage (need room)
*lots of attention, full time work
*possessive - not suitable for children - 6Rosella ParakeetPsittacine
*aviary not cage
*very nervous, will kill other species
*lives 15 years
*only house with other rosellas - 7African Grey ParrotPsittacine
*really noisy
*really intelligent, excellent mimic
*lives up to 50
*lots of attention
*large aviary or cage - room to fly and love to climb
*possessive - becomes attached to one person
*lots of time and energy - 8Less Sulphur CockatooPsittacine
*live 40 years
*most popular in parrot group
*need training
*aggressive when hit maturity
*destructive - need lots of input from owner
*pairs must be compatible to breed - 9Java SparrowFinch
*very sociable (with other finches but smaller like zebra may be intimidated
*aviary best
*fairly long lived - 10Zebra FinchFinch
*most popular finch
*easy to keep - good for children and beginners
*like groups 3-4 minimum
*use really small mesh aviary or cage
*no free flight as hard to catch - 11Bangalese FinchFinch
*only finches not found in wild (crossbreed)
*get on with other small species
*quite hardy - can be kept outside - 12Gouldian FinchFinch
*really shy
*quite demanding
*if kept out doors there should be 12 hours light and heating to enable natural behaviour
*extra lighting in winter to promote eating - 13CanaryFinch
*popular
*do well in mixed aviaries (eg with bangalese finch)
fairly hardy but needs extra heat and light in winter - 14ToucanSoftbill
*messiest bird
*need substantial and large aviary
*extra heat and light in winter
*it will eat small birds - 15SunbirdSoftbill
*outdoor aviary but in winter needs indoor (need 2nd accommodation)
*very messy
*nectar hard to source
*nectar pots go off in warm weather
*can be expensive - 16Chinese Painted Ornamental QuailGamebird
*expensive at first
*good for kids - easy to handle
*must have grit diet
*similar to poultry - kept outside - extra cost to proof from predators - 17QuailGamebird
*they can be housed on floor of normal aviary
*expensive at first
*good for kids - easy to handle
*must have grit diet
*similar to poultry - kept outside - extra cost to proof from predators
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- the suitability of various pet birds
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- Alison Rae
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