9/10/11: Cage birds

Question 1

What are the Psittaciformes?

Answer 1

Parrots (budgie to macaw)

Question 2

What are the Passeriformes?

Answer 2

Perching birds

Question 3

What does EBHR mean?

Answer 3

English bred, hand reared

Question 4

How many people do African Greys bond to?

Answer 4

1:1

Question 5

How many people do Amazon Parrots bond to?

Answer 5

More than 1

Question 6

Do Amazons or African Greys cope better with captivity?

Answer 6

Amazons

Question 7

How do Amazon parrots cope with noise?

Answer 7

Love noise

Question 8

What do adult Amazon parrots look like?

Answer 8

Have yellow eye ring

Question 9

How many people do Cockatoos bond to?

Answer 9

One

Question 10

What happens to cockatoos for 6 months a year?

Answer 10

Obsessed with sex

Question 11

How far does a cockatoos voice carry?

Answer 11

Over 2km

Question 12

How do cockatoos behave when they are obsessed with sex?

Answer 12

Affectionate then aggressive in turn

Question 13

How quickly do macaws mature?

Answer 13

Slowly

Question 14

How many people do macaws bond to?

Answer 14

One

Question 15

What do macaws do if they are sexually frustrated?

Answer 15

Feather pick

Question 16

What time do parrots wake and sing?

Answer 16

At dawn

Question 17

What do parrots do in the middle of the day?

Answer 17

Cat, doze, preen

Question 18

For how long do parrots sleep?

Answer 18

10-12 hours

Question 19

What do parrots do if they don’t want to fight?

Answer 19

Cover beak with feathers

Question 20

What colour towel should you use for a parrot?

Answer 20

A different colour to the parrot

Question 21

Why should you leave the radio on for parrots?

Answer 21

A predator around = quiet

Question 22

How are birds allowed to be sold compared to mammals?

Answer 22

Unweaned

Question 23

What is the usual underlying cause if a parrot’s beak is too long?

Answer 23

Malformed or a nutritional problem

Question 24

What shape should claws be?

Answer 24

1/4 of a circle

Question 25

What should you use to trim bird claws?

Answer 25

Rabbit or bird clippers with potassium permanganate ready

Question 26

Why should you avoid trimming wings?

Answer 26

Crash land and distressed, predisposes to chewing or picking es in Greys

Question 27

When should you only clip bird wings?

Answer 27

Mature birds with a good reason

Question 28

How long does trimming wings last?

Answer 28

6 months (until next moult)

Question 29

For how long are young feathers "in blood"?

Answer 29

Six weeks so don't trim during this time

Question 30

Where do you microchip a bird?

Answer 30

Breast muscle

Question 31

Why don't you microchip SC?

Answer 31

Ends up in air sac

Question 32

Where do you microchip a bird of prey?

Answer 32

Thigh to avoid damaging flight

Question 33

What equipment do you need to microchip a bird?

Answer 33

Suture or glue to close skin, GA, pain relief

Question 34

Why should you wash off iodine before glueing skin?

Answer 34

Reacts with iodine

Question 35

What do birds look like in severe pain?

Answer 35

Reduced appetite, inactivity

Question 36

What do birds look like in mild or nagging pain?

Answer 36

Picking at site, resting affected area, reduced activity, changes to vocalisation, less willing to interact

Question 37

Where do you listen to a bird's lungs?

Answer 37

Under wing

Question 38

What should a bird's heart rate be?

Answer 38

Over 250, shouldn't be able to count

Question 39

What could a low heart rate in a bird suggets?

Answer 39

Heart disease

Question 40

What happens if you take eggs away in cockatiels?

Answer 40

Or will keep laying and present cachexic and eggbound

Question 41

What's the problem with a large liver caused by obesity?

Answer 41

Less space for air sac, triggers feather picking

Question 42

Which air sac can rupture following trauma?

Answer 42

Intra-clavicular

Question 43

How soon should the crop empty?

Answer 43

2-3 hours

Question 44

What can happen if crop emptying is too slow?

Answer 44

Predisposes to infection

Question 45

What can "diarrhoea" in parrots actually be?

Answer 45

Caecal faeces passed separately

Question 46

When are caecal faeces produced more?

Answer 46

If fresh or high fibre food

Question 47

What can happen if you feed hand-reared birds food that is too hot?

Answer 47

Crop burns

Question 48

Which are the only birds roundworm is an issue for?

Answer 48

Aviary birds (esp those that feed on the ground)

Question 49

Why should you be careful with Panacur during the breeding season?

Answer 49

Will regurgitate

Question 50

Do you need to treat Salmonellosis?

Answer 50

No

Question 51

When do you see red mites?

Answer 51

On host at night, and in the wooden avaries

Question 52

In which housing is Northern mite a problem?

Answer 52

Bird rooms

Question 53

Is Northern mite found in the environment?

Answer 53

No - obligate parasite

Question 54

What happens if you get Northern mite?

Answer 54

Kills whole nests

Question 55

What does bacterial skin disease smell like?

Answer 55

Fish

Question 56

How long can Greys live?

Answer 56

Into their 40s

Question 57

What does passive smoking predispose to?

Answer 57

Aspergillosis via inhalation or touch

Question 58

WHich tumours do budgies often get?

Answer 58

Lipoma, gonads, kidneys, preen gland

Question 59

Why do budgies get poor gripping reflex in a renal tumour?

Answer 59

Sciatic nerve runs across kidneys

Question 60

What's the problem with lipomas in cockatoos?

Answer 60

Inside coelomic cavity so problem if tries to lay eggs

Question 61

Which species often gets feather cysts?

Answer 61

Canary

Question 62

What are behavioural problems NOT likely to be?

Answer 62

Boredom

Question 63

What is the only way to prevent self-mutilation?

Answer 63

A collar

Question 64

What are some drugs you can use for behavioural problems in birds?

Answer 64

Diazepam, haloperidol, suprelorin, naloxone, prozac

Question 65

What colour is bruising when resolving?

Answer 65

Green

Question 66

When is the only time you use steroids in birds?

Answer 66

PTFE poisoning