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 -  "HAND FEEDING BABY BIRDS The Bird and Animal Hospital 12521 So. Dixie Hwy,Miami, Fl 33156 Thomas L Goldsmith, DVM MS 305-259-6677 So here we are again, it’s baby bird season! Some people are delighted – and perhaps surprised – first time parents. Others welcome the babies as the fruit of their effort. There are certain principles of raising a baby bird that I want to go over. I am not only referring to parrot-type babies. This is the time of year that native wild babies start falling out of trees, and my phone starts ringing. These are the basic principles. It is easier to prevent disease, malnutrition and deformed limbs than to correct and cure them. First and foremost: Birds lack the digestive enzyme necessary to utilize milk as food. They have no lactose. Some human babies are born lactose-intolerant "

New Generation in Aviculture

 -  "A New Generation in Aviculture by Sam Foster This article is reprinted from The Pet Bird Report, with permission from the author. The "face" of aviculture as it appears today is slowly maturing. Sitting in the lecture rooms at the Pet Bird Report Convention in October, listening to the speakers and looking around the room at attendees, I was struck by the actuality of this statement.The average age of people in the room appeared to be 40-50, although certainly some were younger and some older. With few exceptions, the speakers also fell into this same classification. This was a frightening realization. We might assume that the primary influencing factor in this situation would be experience level, and although that is definitely true in some cases, there are also other factors. "

Bird Sexing

 -  "DETERMINING THE SEX OF YOUR BIRD The Bird and Animal Hospital 12521 So. Dixie Hwy, Miami FL 33156 Thomas L Goldsmith, DVM MS 305-259-6677 Most animals are conveniently blessed with outward clues that help us determine their sex. It may be antlers, feather color, or of course genitals. We humans need obvious in-your-face giveaways. Subtleties are lost on us. To be sure, however, they are not lost on those they are intended for. Most parrot species have no obvious sex determining visual clues. The classic exception is the Eclectus Parrot. The male is jade green and the female is red. For many years these were even assumed to be two "

Handfeeding

 -  "HAND FEEDING BABY BIRDS The Bird and Animal Hospital 12521 So. Dixie Hwy,Miami, Fl 33156 Thomas L Goldsmith, DVM MS 305-259-6677 So here we are again, it’s baby bird season! Some people are delighted – and perhaps surprised – first time parents. Others welcome the babies as the fruit of their effort. There are certain principles of raising a baby bird that I want to go over. I am not only referring to parrot-type babies. This is the time of year that native wild babies start falling out of trees, and my phone starts ringing. These are the basic principles. It is easier to prevent disease, malnutrition and deformed limbs than to correct and cure them. First and foremost: Birds lack the digestive enzyme necessary to utilize milk as food. They have no lactose. Some human babies are born lactose-intolerant "

New Generation in Aviculture

 -  "A New Generation in Aviculture by Sam Foster This article is reprinted from The Pet Bird Report, with permission from the author. The "face" of aviculture as it appears today is slowly maturing. Sitting in the lecture rooms at the Pet Bird Report Convention in October, listening to the speakers and looking around the room at attendees, I was struck by the actuality of this statement.The average age of people in the room appeared to be 40-50, although certainly some were younger and some older. With few exceptions, the speakers also fell into this same classification. This was a frightening realization. We might assume that the primary influencing factor in this situation would be experience level, and although that is definitely true in some cases, there are also other factors. "

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