A Guide To Asiatic Parrots Their Mutations, Care and Breeding

This complete revision of 'A Guide to Asiatic Parrots in Australia' sees the addition of over 70 new colour images of new mutations, and improved text including new genetic tables and more information on nutrition, housing and breeding. Contents include general management, housing, feeding, breeding, keeping records, ringing, stock management, pairing and mating, handraising asiatic parrots, surgical sexing, diseases of asiatic parrots, common health problems in asiatic parrots, prevention and control of disease within the aviary, stress and disease, basic rules used to prevent disease entering an aviary, recognising disease, health check of newly acquired birds, physical examination, quarantine of new birds, worm infestation and treatment. Species include the Indian Ringnecked Parrot and their many mutations, the Alexandrine, Plum-headed, Derbyan, Malabar, Slatey-headed, Moustache, Malayan Long-tailed and Blossom-headed Parrot.

Both Syd and his brother Jack Smith gained invaluable knowledge from observing bird behaviour as youngsters in countryside Australia. Asiatic parrots fit into their lifestyle and time programme and the basis of this book relates their extensive experiences in housing, managament, nutrition and breeding of Asiatic Parrots and their mutations.