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A Guide to Macaws as Pet and Aviary Birds
Featuring spectacular full colour photography throughout, this 136-page softcover title is packed with valuable and highly useable information. Featuring spectacular full colour photography throughout, this 136 page soft cover title is packed with valuable and highly useable information.A Guide to Macaws as Pet and Aviary Birds
Publisher: Australian Birdkeeper Publications
Pages: 136
Edition: Ist
Price: AUD $34.95
Format: Bird Books - Softcover
ISBN: 0 9577024 9 3
Product Description
Recognised internationally as one of the world's most accomplished and talented aviculturists, published author and speaker, Rick Jordan has produced the perfect companion for anybody interested in macaws, be it as a pet or as breeders.
Featuring spectacular full colour photography throughout, this 136 page soft cover title is packed with valuable and highly useable information.
Set out in three sections:
Section 1: Macaws in the Aviary
Choosing Stock
Handling - Restraint and Transportation
Aviary Design - Conventional, Suspended; Perches; Nestboxes; Problems
Nutrition - Seed; Sprouts; Fresh Food; Commercial; Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Breeding - Pairing; Egg Laying; Parent Rearing; Handrearing; Record Keeping
Artificial Incubation - Eggs; Incubators; Temperatures; Hatching; Periods
Handrearing - Feeding; Digestion; Formula; Vitamin and Mineral Supplements; Termeratures; Growth Rates
Weaning - Process; Foods; Caging; Periods
Diseases and Disorders - Ailments; Asthma; Viral Diseases; Prevention
Section 2: Macaws as Pets and Companion Birds
Housing - Cages; Safety; Entertainment; Security
Feeding - Diets; Supplements
Health Aspects - Prevention; Diagnosis
Behavioural Problems - Biting; Plucking; Chewing; Hand-shy; Taming
Section 3: Species
Blue and Gold Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Buffon's Macaw
Military Macaw
Green-Winged Macaw
Red-Fronted Macaw
Hyacinth Macaw
Blue-Throated Macaw
Severe Macaw
Red-Bellied Macaw
Illiger's Macaw
Yellow-Collared Macaw
Blue-Headed Macaw
Red-Shouldered (Hahn's) Macaw
Red-Shouldered (Noble's) Macaw
Captive Rarities
Spix's Macaw
Lear's Macaw
Gone Forever
Glaucous Macaw
Cuban Macaw
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