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A Guide to Black Cockatoos as Pet and Aviary Birds
Authored by successful parrot breeders Neville and Noddy Connors, this title featuring 300 colour photographs over 160 pages is available in hard and soft cover.A Guide to Black Cockatoos as Pet and Aviary Birds
Product Description
Authored by successful parrot breeders Neville and Noddy Connors, this title featuring 300 colour photographs over 160 pages is available in hard and soft cover
CONTENTS
Introduction
- Threats to Survival of Black Cockatoos
- Conservation of Black Cockatoos
- Wildlife Authorities
- Export Australian Birds
- Distribution of Black Cockatoos
- Characteristics
Taxonomy
- Black Cockatoo Subspecies and Species Classification
Captivity
- Selecting a Healthy Bird
- Quarantine
- Handling
- Housing Black Cockatoos
- Aviaries
- Rodent Control
- Perches
- Nesting Logs and Nestboxes
- Hygiene
- Security
- Food and Water Bowls
Feeding Black Cockatoos
- Spouted Seeds
- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
- Commercial Foods
Breeding Black Cockatoos
- Selecting Stock
- Colony Breeding
- Mating and Infertility
- Nest Inspection
- Egg Sizes
Artificial Incubation
- Set-up
- Success Factors
- Hatching
- Brooding
Handrearing Black Cockatoos
- Feeding Instruments
- First Food and Formulas for Black Cockatoo Chicks
- Monitoring Black Cockatoo Chick Development
- Weaning Black Cockatoo Chicks
- Black Cockatoo Growth Weight Tables
Companion Black Cockatoos
- Choosing the right Black Cockatoo
- Veterinary Check
- Diet
- Behaviour
- Talking
- Enrichment
- Wing and Nail Clipping
- Diseases and Disorders of Black Cockatoos
SPECIES
All Species Chapters include information on In The Wild; In Captivity - Diet; Housing; Nesting; Breeding; Handrearing; Mutations; Suitability as Pets; Status
- Gang Gang Cockatoo
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Calyptorhynchus funereus funereus
- Calyptorhynchus funereus xanthanotus
- White-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Long-billed White-tailed (Baudin's)
- Short-billed White-tailed (Carnaby's)
- Glossy Black Cockatoo
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Calyptorhynchus banksii banksii
- Calyptorhynchus banksii macrorhynchus
- Calyptorhynchus banksii samueli
- Calyptorhynchus banksii naso
- Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogne
- Palm Cockatoo
Presented by William Horsefield of Amazona Birds, South Africa
Health and Diseases
Presented by Dr Bob Doneley BVSc FACVSc (Avian Health)
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