Sarina Birds n Bits

30/12/2024

This is one good looking dude. Looking for a new home. Pm for details.

24/12/2024

Importance of Calcium in parrot diet

Calcium is an essential part of any parrots diet. It is required to keep bones thick and strong and assists in is also required for nerve and muscle formation. Though all parrots need calcium it is very important for bredding females - laying eggs and raising chicks; It plays a very important part in healthy growth of chicks

Signs of breeding (laying female) low on calcium levels -
Deformed eggs (egg shells)
Thin shelled eggs
Weak bones and Muscle
Egg binding

Signs of low calcium levels in chicks -
Stunted growth
Beak deformities
Splayed legs
Skeletal deformities - Rickets -
Weak bones and muscles

24/12/2024

LOST HANDRAISED GALAH
GRASSTREE BEACH

13/12/2024

The Addams Family, 1965.

11/12/2024

Cheeky little birds.

10/12/2024

Missing blue Fronted Amazon - kinchant Dam Road
Please keep an eye out. Picture for reference only.

30/11/2024

ECLECTUS PARROT DIET:
A Bird with special needs.
Eclectus parrots diet requirement is not as same as other parrot species. So do not feed them the diet that is feed to other parrots. Their dietary needs are different . The reason for this is that they have a longer digestive tract Eclectus parrots are highly sensitive to food dyes, preservatives, and overdose of vitamins and minerals, which results in feather plucking, wing flapping and toe tapping & develop behaviour issues like screeching and aggression.

Eclectus parrots are herbivores and frugivorous and not granivores. In other words, they forage for food among trees / plants eating leaves, buds, flowers and fruits and not grains and hence rarely come to ground to feed ground. Hence an their diet should consist of leafy greens, vegetables sprouts fruits, and nuts.

When offering pellets it is very important that they are preservative and dye-free. Hence 70-80% of the diet should consist of plant source, high in fibre and low on fat. Avoid supplementing their diet with artificial vitamin and mineral supplements.

One more thing that I have observed is that they prefer food at an elevated place rather then placed on the floor of the cage. Resaon could be that in wild they rarely come down to eat.

20/11/2024

14/11/2024

Nothing More to say :/

04/10/2024

Alexaandrine, she is soon nice.

04/10/2024

A very playful Sun Conure!

21/07/2024

Many thanks to Coral Coast Bird Club for their hospitality.
Coffee, hot chocolates, sandwiches, & home made biscuits to feed their vendors. We certainly appreciated it.
Also for the great bird Expo!! 👏👏👏😀
See you next year. 👍

18/07/2024

Our first baby of the season

01/07/2024

These two are so cute. Pm for more details.

28/06/2024

🤣🤣🤣

Bird Law article 3 starring Tesla, Sharon Birb, Milo, and Yago!

24/06/2024

17/06/2024