BIRD BREEDER GUIDE. From Breeder to Breeder

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1 BIRD BREEDER GUIDE From Breeder to Breeder

2 USEFUL ADVISES AND GENERAL PROGRAMS OF MANAGEMENT, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MOST COMMON DISEASES OF CAGE BIRDS Read wi attention our advise a recommeations. We are sure at you can succeed ronger a heaier bis, wi greater iex of reproduction, objective to attain by e rea Bi Breeders. Due to e different species commony maintained in captivity have different feed habits a characteriics; we wi give in e fir pace very generic information over e acquisition, ambient, management a nutrition. After, we wi show in detai, an equiibrated year base-program of maintenance for Canary Breeding, oers resumed for Parrots a Exotic bis, a ways of diagnoics/treatment more common in e genera cage bis. ACQUISITION When obtaining a bi, wheer in a pet-shop or to a bi breeder, previousy verify its hygiene, hea a behavior. A heay bi has to show itsef happy a proud, wi compete feaers, cean a shiny. Mu not have a eargic ook, seepy eyes, nor deteriorated pumage, du or dirty. Never introduce immediatey a bi recenty acquired, near oers you aready have, wiout previousy doing a quarantine, at s to say, maintaining it isoated during some days( at ea 1 week), adminirating an anti ress ( PLURISTRESS, 5 or 6 days) foowed by probiotics ( PROTEXIN 2 or 3 days) a furer, a mutipe vitamin ( VITACHOK Tota, 2 or 3 days a week). Meanwhie, a as a prophyactic again ticks a ice, spray moderatey e bi wi ZOOSPRAY, repeating after 10 to 15 days. Do not make sudden changes, to e food, e bi is used to. HOUSING Provide a wide cage or bi house in oer to e bi can make short fies. Ony two perches are enough, for bis such as canaries, exotic bis, iigenous, a so on. The perches mu be wooden, preferaby of pine wood or fruit tree, a not of paic or abrasive materia. Don t pace e drinking bows directy uer e perches. For parrots, you mu avoid, as possibe, e common chain perches. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY Contrariy, to what many peope ink, a heay bi can bear raer ow temperatures. However air drafts mu be avoided a sudden environment changes. Mo bis in captivity can bear a wide range of moiure eves, aough some species from tropica or subtropica countries prefer a higher moiure environment. We advise to dispose to e bis, enough water or periodicay, in dry weaer, to spray em wi water. having e care to provide em wi some shade as protection. Note at when speaking about e sun, it is direct ight a not fitered rough a gass ore wiow, as ese do not permit e passage of utravioet rays. Aternativey, you can use specia fuorescent ight at simuates totay e sun ight spectrum. Reinforce e adminiration of D3 Vitamin ( FERTIZOON AD EC). In cosed environment we mu not maintain e day ight period for more an 16 hours, neier switch on a off e ight when e bis are seeping, as ey may enter in Stress or even abaon e nes when in incubation period a/or breeding. HYGIENE A daiy ceaning of e feeders, watering devices a e cage bottom, avoids probems associated to e soiing of feed a aerts e breeder to eventua signas of disease. A genera ceaning, weeky or once a fortnight, which wi incude washing a disinfection of cages a aviaries, roos, utensis a so on, using VIRUDINE or VIRKON S for an idea ceaning. FEEDING Mo diseases which affect bis is food born. The knowedge of e proper food ki to each bi is extremey important. The feeding wi soied seeds or of poor quaity, excess of oiy seeds (Niger 33% of fat, hemp 32%, sunfower 47%, turnip 40%, inseed 40%, peanut 47%) can cause serious iness wi difficut treatments. Consider to offer a higher percentage of grain ess fat a higher protein: canary seed, miet maize, oat, eguminosae a so on. Note at e referred fat seeds are e mo tay ones, so ey mu be carefuy rationed. A FAT BIRD IS NOT NECESSARELY A HEALTHY BIRD. In e oer ha mo dry seeds have naturay ow contents of vitamins a oer essentia micronutrients. AVIZOON has a wide range of feed a feed suppements (grainy, egg-feed, as we as veterinary products, abe to we provide ose needs. We wi furer on present e mo used in each situation. LIGHT AND AIR The sun ight is of extreme importance for e hea of iving beings. Aways when possibe et your bis have sunight, AVIZOON as a speciai company a pioneer in Portuga in Bi Breeding is e resut of a rong scientific a technica way connected wi proved experience a dedication in e area, for more an twenty years. Its rong know-how of is activity bo at Nationa a Internationa eve, granted at AVIZOON became eader in e market of high quaity a efficient products specific for Bi Pets. Wi such support, AVIZOON was obiged (considering many reques at have been received) to make up a spread e actua information a guide ine of a Bi Breeders fries.

3 ANNUAL BASE PROGRAM AND MAINTENANCE SCHEMES FOR CANARY BREEDING Bis, incuding e canaries, wheer in e Nature as in captivity, pass by many fazes aong e year, a em important for e bioogica / physioogica cyce, at impicates e metaboic aterations, feeding a sanitarium. The Canary breeder mu have attention to ese periods, in oer to obtain a sanitary high eve of its bis a consequenty achieve e principa objective, which is a good reproduction rate, wi rong a heay young. It is inteed wi is base-program to provide e breeder, simpe schemes to foow on watt respects e preventive treatments a maintenance. It does not conitute a rigid program, being possibe to ater it punctuay accoing wi different circumances or specific needs a e own experience of e bi breeder. 1 - PREPARATION OF THE BREEDERS After washing a disinfection of a e equipment wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S, a seection of e bis at are wanted to mate, one needs to verify carefuy its hea situation, principay if acquired recenty. As so, it is advised to do em a short quarantine, worming em externay wi ZOOSPRAY (repeating it aways once every ree weeks) a adminirating em an antibiotic compex of arge spectrum wi vitamins (PLURISTRESS, during 5 or 6 days). In case of suspecting specific probems, such as respiratory or inteina affections of bacteria origin, act in conformity, using e more appropriated products, namey, as e situations: POLI-CRD, PNEUMO-RINO or ENTEROPLUS (pease see e CADRE OF THE MOST COMMON DISEASES). The chosen bis mu be prepared, ooking for its rengening a fertiity, so at ey can face e ha breeding season at wi foow. Normay is preparation wi be arted in December or January in Portuga a oer countries of e Nor Hemisphere (a itte ater in a cooer country).in e Sou Hemisphere between e e of June a beginning of Augu. It depes on e region a e cimatic coitions, which can exte for 3 to 4 weeks. Aways have at e bi s disposa a minera bock CALCIBLOCO (except during e adminiration of some medica products at for is purpose we specify at e COMPLEMENTARY NOTES. Provide a norma food of baanced mixture a/or specia granues (witch AVIZOON aso disposes) a prompty some fresh greens (avoid ettuce, as it may be diuretic) very we washed (it may contain peicides). Use e drinking water aways of e be quaity (avoid e water from wes a oer doubtfu fountain) to convey e products of e foowing prophyactic squeme. ST 1 WEEK ND 2 WEEK RD 3 WEEK TH 4 WEEK 1 INTERVERMES O.C. or VERMIZOON (a) 2 VITACHOK Tota PROTEXIN (d) 3 PROTEXIN (d) + D A Y S 4 PROTEXIN (d) VITACHOK Tota a) Ony in e case of bis recent acquired or in aviaries wi grou foor, as in a cage wi good food rarey ey get worms. b) During e adminiration of PLURISTRESS remove e minera boc CALCIBLOCO. c) Or VITA E + Se, especiay in e Recessive Canaries. d) We advise e adminiration of PROTEXIN by e egg foods.

4 2 - MATING Mating is performed normay in e e of January a February in e Norern Hemisphere (in e Souern Hemisphere in Augu a September), depeing obviousy in e region a e bis coition. After e introduction of maes to femaes, which mu be attentivey controed having in view assure eir compatibiity (as at some coupes may not accept emseves immediatey, arting fights, sometimes dangerous) one mu do during a week, a preventing treatment again Escherichia coi, as foows: ST 1 WEEK FP 20/20 FP 20/20 FP 20/20 + FP 20/20 + FP 20/20 + VITACHOK Tota Maintain e CALCIBLOCO. Maintain e norma food a art e adminiration of a good BREADING EGG FOOD humid or dry (which AVIZOON aso provides) 2 or 3 times a week, compemented immediatey after e adminiration of e FP 20/20 above referred, wi PROTEXIN during 3 consecutive days. 3 - LAYING PREPARATION After e previous age, make go e foowing week pan, interrupting ony 5 or 6 days before e aying arting. D A Y S ST 1 WEEK + 2 WEEK + 3 WEEK + 4 WEEK + a) Or VITA E+Se. Maintain aways CALCIBLOCO arting to adminier EGG FOOD 3 or 4 days a week, by adding to it PROTEXIN. During e referred 5 or 6 days before aying (at which e coupe arts e ne buiding) repeat e prevention of Escherichia coi a oer possibe bacteria diseases, accoing wi e scheme mentioned on MATING. As we, 5 or 6 days before aying repeat genera spraying of bis a nes wi ZOOOSPRAY, after washing a disinfecting a equipment wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. 4 - LAYING AND BIRTH OF CHICKS Initiated ay, art giving daiy BREADING EGG FOOD humid or dry, adding PROTEXIN. It is recommeed at as eggs are being aid, ese shoud be removed a saved in a sma box wi cotton or seeds (at a dark a fresh oca, a turned over a ea once a day) a subituted by paic fase eggs, reoring em in e ne (a removing e paic ones) after e poure of e 4 egg. The bir of chicks happens at e 13 day, a shoud be given PROTEXIN in e Egg Food in e same day a during some oer 4 foowed days, passing after at to add up aso daiy in e Egg Foods e PROMOCRIA Extra as we as specific granuate(at we can iicate). Simutaneousy, a if you wish, you may adminier an adequate seection of germinated seeds (put a portion of ose seeds in a rainer a et warm water run over em, adding some drops of FUNGISTOP, etting em wetted during 24 to 48 hours, passing em by cean water 3 or 4 times during at period; finay, we drain e water a give a sma portion of ose seeds to each brood). If you see at e parents deficienty feed e offspring, make use of ha feeding. AVIZOON has various products speciay formuated for is effect a for different bi species. For its right adminiration, its recommeed to use e KIT SYRINGE I or II (accoing to e bis in queion). Trough e drinking water, use e foowing week scheme ti e separation of e chicks: WEEKLY During e aying VITACHOK Tota After bir VITACHOK Tota + VITACHOK Tota Attention: To e red factor canaries (intensive or buffed) mu be adminiered COLORING EGG FOOD after e 3 day of ife of e chicks. To e Mosaic Canaries give from e 45 day on, e COLORING EGG FOOD (continuousy ti e e of e mouting).

5 5 - SEPARATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICKS This is one of e mo important a critica ages on e young canaries, happening normay between e 4 a 5 week after bir, depeing on eir age of deveopment a eir capacity to pee a eat dry seeds. Give em some crushed seeds a continue to give em e granuated. Maintain e Egg Foods daiy, adding PROMOCRIA Extra during more or ess 10 days. Aso aways maintain e CALCIBLOCO. On e fir week after separation, adminier POLI-CRD during 4 or 5 days, foowed for 3 more days of PROTEXIN in e Egg Foods, after which e weeky beow scheme mu be foowed: WEEKLY + VITACHOK Tota At is phase it s possibe to appear respiratory diseases or diarrheas (few probabiities if e previous prescriptions are met). If at happens, make an adequate treatment suitabe to e probem resoution (see e TABLE OF MOST COMMON DISEASES ) returning after to e above scheme. 6 - FEATHER MOULT Of e Chicks: Normay arts earier an e parents mouting. It is aso a critica phase, but norma, at requires from e bis a great energy outay, wi ress. Canary seed a inseed percentage mu be increased in e seected dry seeds, maintaining if e case, e specia granuate food. Continue do give Humid or Dry Egg Food (or continue wi e COLOR EGG FOOD of e red factor Canaries)., been possibe to add a sma portion of INSECTIVORA EGG FOOD speciay when Big type (poure) canaries are present. (*) (*) (*) - or MUTADRY in e Egg Food (breeder s choice). WEEKLY + (*) Of e Aduts: Later, it arts normay after e a cutch (avoid more an ree poures a year). It is aso a difficut phase, as e parents have to recover from e effort spent wi e breeding a aso reore a eir pumage. Separate maes from femaes a feed em we, increasing e percentage of oiseeds (inseed, turnip, niger) a maintaining as for e chicks, BREEDING EGG FOOD or COLOR EGG FOOD a e specia granuate. In e drinking water foow e same scheme iicated for e chicks. 7 - REST AND MAINTENANCE PERIOD Having eed e mouting a maintenance a preparation period is entered for e winter reing or for exhibition in expositions, ti e next breeding season. Maintaining e oi seeds, reduce e EGG FOODS for 2 or 3 times a week, a in e drinking water appy e foowing week scheme: WEEKLY VITACHOK Tota + VITACHOK Tota It s advised - a iispensabe for e Canaries at come from shows or competitions a new genera externa deworming wi ZOOSPRAY. Aso to e bis returning from an exposition, adminier immediatey PLURISTRESS consecutivey during 3 or 5 days, returning to again to e weeky scheme above referred. In e beginning of e cod weaer or when any sudden change of temperature happens, give em preventivey, wi a punctua interruption of e maintenance programs here iicated, POLI-CRD during foowed 6 days, returning again to e before scheme. Immediatey after e PLURISTRESS or e POLI-CRD adminier PROTEXIN in e EGG FOOD during 3 days. COMPLEMENTARY NOTES: The a e MUTADRY have simiar compositions, being e fir one (iquid) iicated for using it in e drinking water or for eventuay moien e Dry Egg Food, a e seco (powder)to be added to e Humid Egg Food. (it s e breeder s choice). Some respiratory difficuties, may be caused by mites at ho on e trachea, provoking breaessness (respiratory difficuty), a normay at night, e attacked bi seems to cough. It is e denominated ACARIASIC ASTHMA, which can be treated efficienty wi ACARIASMA, accoing to e inructions incuded in e pack. If respiratory probems surge, of bacteria nature (nasa discharge, swoen eyes a/or tearfu) use PNEUMO-RINO during 5 consecutive days, togeer wi in e a 3 days, foowed by PROTEXIN anoer 3 days. When in e inteina forum affections are fou, adminier FP 20/20, or POLI-CRD during 5 foowed days. for non specific diarrhea, adminirate ENTEROPLUS, aways foowed wi 3 days of PROTEXIN. In case of any acute disease suddeny shows up, immediatey give ZOOSERINE (1 pi every 8 or 12 hours, during at ea 3 to 5 consecutive days ti e compete recovery of e bi), foowed by oer 3 days of PROTEXIN. For dermatoogica diseases (tinea, etc) FUNGISTOP is recommeed, a product aso advised for e genera prevention of fungi a / or mods (incuding e germination of seeds). A canaries mu have permanenty at its disposa e minera bock CALCIBLOCO, removing it ony when treatments wi PLURISTRESS, POLI-CRD, PNEUMO-RINO, ENTEROPLUS or ZOOSERINE.

6 HOW TO RECOGNISE SIGNS OF DISEASES IN YOUR BIRDS Not aways is easy to recognize when our bis are sick, if we, has we have given to uera, a we fed bi a which principes of hygiene are being fufied, has at arting to have much ess possibiities of getting sick. It havens however, to any iving being, for one or oer reason, can show up sick. As so, it s of primoia importance to recognize precociousy e more frequent symptoms or signs of certain disoers so at we may act rapidy, adminirating e product be iicated for each case. The foowing symptoms can give cue of a more or ess serious disease, ere for, in more difficut cases, it is advised to fi a veterinary or a contact wi AVIZOON. ( In a emergency situation a whie a soution is not fou, maintain e bi shetered a heated, separated from e oers. 1 - MODIFICATION ON THE ASPECT OF THE FECES A sick bi can show: ŸDecrease on e feces quantity. ŸChange of coor of e urine urates. ŸIncrease of e urine portion (poyuria). ŸDecrease of e feces voume wi increase of urates. 6 - ALTERATION OF BODY WEIGHT OR GENERAL FISIC CONDITION GERAL ŸThe bi appears ightness; a prominent kee ( knife ), due to e oss of muscuar tissue on e che (severe), Trying to eat conanty. 2 - DECREASE OR EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR WATER 7 - WOUNDS OR HEMORRHAGE 8 - VOMITING OR REGURGITATION 3 - MODIFICATION OF THE APPEARANCE BEHAVIOR OF HABITS ŸThe ba-shaped bi frequenty wi e head gaered uer e wing. ŸDecreased activity, oss of song, drowsiness, ack of answer to e imui. ŸRuffed feaers, weakness, oss of baance, abnorma position on e perch, permanence on e bottom of e cage, faen wings, convusions. 9 - NASAL DISCHARGE These are e mo worrying signs, so you have to take e adequate measures: ŸDo not give antibiotics wiout knowing exacty e causes. ŸWhie you don t consut a technician, you may at mo give warm water wi sugar or. ŸDo not wait for e next day. 4 - BREATHING MODIFICATION ŸDifficut breaing (e tai move up a down); breaing difficuty after effort; change in e voice ; breaing noises as sneezing, cicks or hisses, cough. 5 - BODY SWELLING 10 - OTHER SYMPTONS THAT DESERVE ATTENTION ŸAbnorma a proonged mouting. ŸSweing a/or oss of feaers arou e eyes. ŸLack of reng on e egs. ŸSwoen feet a/or reddish. ŸAbnorma grow of e beak or e nais. ŸCrus in e noris. IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. When acquiring a bi, never join it immediatey to e ones you eventuay aready have. You mu make it a quarantine (15 days) by adminiering it an anti-ress ( PLURISTRESS) a doing it a de-worming wi INTERVERMES, INTERVERMES PLUS or VERMIZOON 2. It is aso advised a ceaning a disinfection of e own inaations a equipments wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. 3. Some times e bi suddeny depeted such a way at can no onger inge or drink by itsef, as one mu adminirate e necessary veterinary product aready dissoved appying it directy in e beak. The KIT SERINGA I or II eases a ot e operation As it is obvious, we do not have e pretention to approach here a e sanitary probems at affect e bis in captivity. Ony very briefy we iicate to e BIRD BREEDERS ess experienced some diseases more common on our bis. It is important to note at e diseases are not contagious to Man, wi exception to Psittacosis / Orniosis at, being very rare, as soon as diagnosed it is today easiy treated.

7 TABLE OF THE MORE COMON AFECTIONS AND MORE ADVISED THERAPEUTICS SYMPTOMS Skin injuries (commissures on e beak, arou e eyes), noris a roat. On e benign form, puruent crus. PROBABLE DIAGNOSIS Smapox. High mortaity (see beow Mycosis ) PROBABLE CAUSES Contagious virus Mosquitoes or bis recenty vaccinated can be carriers. AFFECTED BIRDS Canaries (morta) THERAPEUTIC ENTEROPLUS (not aways efficient on e acute form). ZOOSPRAY again mosquitoes. OBSERVATION Very contagious The virus can remain 1 year in oca. Disinfect e faciities wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. Vacine. Swoen a dark iver: brownish feces a diarrheas. Bi ba shaped wi brea difficuty ooking tired. Hepatitis or hepatic affection due to excess of fat in e seeds. Mortaity at ong term Feed too rich in fat seeds (turnip, rape, niger hemp, sunfower. s, parrots a budgerigars Diet of ony canary seed, oat, bank maize. For parrots, soak e seeds. Aways give COLINA Ca/p 2 or 3 days a week a 1 or 2 times. Give PROTEXIN. Very common in canaries a psittacines, Confused sometimes wi respiratory probems. Reduce e percentage of oiseeds. PARASITISM OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Loss of appetite. The bi semi bashaped cannot swaow e seeds. Very iry. Weight oss. The non treated bi dies, trying to eat before it dies. Diarrhea, ba shaped. Humid nes. Femaes sweated. Great consume of water (chronic way). On e fir days (3 a 9) e chicks show weight oss, pae skin a mucosa (interior of e beak a mou). Neck very in. Acute enteritis. Dies in 48 hours. The bis show e anus obructed wi feces. Embryos do not get to be born (in e chronic form). Aduts do not show own symptoms. In e acute form : great mortaity on e offspring, at show e inteines very congeed, dark iver. At e necropsy e gabadder shows hypertrophied. White diarrhea, obructed coaca wi faeces. Lachryma diiation wi no dyspnea, nor noises. Norma fux. As at e previous case, but wi puruent nasa fux a fou odor Nasa diiation wi no dyspnea nor noises, Deformities on e nose membranes, wi crus. Lack of feaers arou e eyes a beak commissures. Breaessness (difficuty in brea). Dark ain in iver Breaessness a breaing noise. Coughing as it was trying to expe someing Mou cavity reddish. Sweing roat. Cheesy ickening in e arynx a behi e tongue. Chronic diarrhea bad smeing a mucoid Weight oss, Bi eats. Looking sad. Swoen bey. Garoenteritis sub acute or acute. Syrome of e Disease of e knife Samoneosis (Escherichia coi) Samoneosis (Escherichia coi) Cough. Runny nose. Mycosis. C.R.D. (Chronic Respiratory Disease. Acariasic Asma Trichomonas Giaiosis in budgerigars a cockaties. Interna parasites, Worms. Abrupt changes on e feed. Aggression by Escherichia coi or Samonea Escherichia coi) in e contaminated dirty water Greenery dirty. Direct transmission from parents to chicks. Samonea (paratyphoid) Transmitted by sparrows, rats, etc. Brusque change of e temperature, drafts. Bacteria Haemophiis Of fungus origin or by mites. Mycopasma (contagious to oer bis) Mites (Sternooma trache ocoum) at ho in e trachea Transmitted from parents to chicks Nematodes, Tapeworms, Heterakis, etc. transmitted (e eggs) by e soi or by seads Canaries, wid or exotic bis recenty captured a oers bis, wid bis. In e aduts it is not morta bis, etc. Pigeons ( mada-asa ). Morta. bis, psittacines, etc. bis, psittacines, etc. Canaries, Budgerigars, etc. bis, psittacines, pigeons etc. bis, etc Pigeons, some exotic bis, budgerigars a cockaties Norma on e bis in aviary wi a foor. bis, psittacines, pigeons, etc. PLURISTRESS, ENTEROPLUS, ZOOSERINE + Difficut treatment. Prevention wi PROMOCRIA EXTRA. Treatament wi FP 20/20 Isoate a preferaby sacrifice, as e parents wi be amo aways carriers of e disease. Profiaxia: FP 20/20 or ENTEROPLUS to chicks a breeders. Very difficut in chicks. Give PROTEXIN immediatey after. Isoate, pace e bis in a heated pace. Give PNEUMO- Contagious to oer bis. RINO, foowed by PROTEXIN. Isoate, pace e bis in a heated pace. Give PNEUMO- RINO, foowed by PROTEXIN. FUNGISTOP in e drinking water a poerior ceaning of e deformities. ZOOSPRAY. Isoate. PNEUMO-RINO or POLI-CRD foowed by PROTEXIN. Hygiene. ACARIASMA ou ZOOSPRAY. Worming e parents wi INTERVERMES or VERMIZOON, foowed by ZOODIMETOXIN (6 to 18 days). Pay attention to dosage. Worm every ree mons wi VERMIZOON, INTERVERMES ou INTERVERMES Pus. IIsoate. Heated pace. (may be contagious) Offer germinated seeds. PROTEXIN after treatment. Aduts even wiout symptoms can be carriers/transmitters Disinfection of e materia a utensis wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. Contagious from parents to chicks, by e eggs. Chicks die between e 8 a 15 day. Disinfection of e inaations a e materia wi VIRUDINE ou VIRKON S. Contagious to oer bis. Prevention wi POLI-CRD. Suppy,. Desinfect wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. Disinfection wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. Ceaning of seeds. Vitamin A. Not possibe e chicks cure. Aways use cean waters a disinfect wi VIRUDINE or VIRKON S. Ceanup e grou a seeds. Weight Loss. Abaon of ne. Externa parasites. Mites a/or ice Common in any bi Spray e bis wi ZOOSPRAY. The red ice (bood sucker) ony attacks during e night.

8 FEED AND USE OF THE PRODUCTS IN PSITACINES We ca your attention for e dangers in e excessive use of dry sunfower a peanut in parrots. These seeds, as aready referred, have a high eve of fat a if e basis of ese bis food, as it is a ot seen, sooner or ater severe probems wi arise, from diarrhea, vitamin deficiency, chopping a feaer pucking, hepatic-enteritis, etc. We recomme a varied diet conituted by 20% Sunfower (back a white) 10 to 20% Corn, 10% Pee Oats, Peas, Beans a Canary seed. It is convenient at a e mixture (except e Canary seed) is previousy soaked +/- 24 hours or, at ea during e night. Aso give fruits, carrots, etc. To some parrots of greater size, aso can be given sometimes a itte bit of cooked meat (a chicken bone for exampe). AVIZOON has severa types of specific peets, for each species at are a suppement or a modern aternative to vugar seed mixtures, mote suitabe a nutritionay more compete a baanced, hygienic a easy to adminier, at guarantees an optima ate of hea a consequenty a ong ife perspective. Worming 1 or 2 times per year wi INTERVERMES O.C. or VERMIZOON.To arger size parrots, a capsue of INTERVERMES PLUS (of e AVIZOON range for pigeons) directy into e beak. Adminier twice a week. Do not forget to make a 15 days quarantine every time you acquire a new bi, giving it PLURISTRESS or PROMOTOR CRIA Extra, served in EGG FOOD FOR PARROTS dry or humid. To Budgerigars a during breeding, put at eir disposa EGG FOOD FOR BUDGERIGARS Dry or Humid. At e abnorma feaer moting ( French mot ), you mu use FUNGISTOP. As is evident, we coud not do a more detaied program for bi species in captivity. A em have different characteriics a feeding habit, so we recomme e udy of ose bis, in view of its maintenance in captivity in e be coitions. For any expanation you may aways appea AVIZOON by e beow iicated contacts. MAINTENANCE OF EXOTIC BIRDS There are numerous exotic bi species normay maintained in captivity, so it woud be amo impossibe in is sma brochure to give detaied information on each. Two great groups a out: e one of Granivorous a e Frugivorous / Insectivorous. The mo common are, no doubt, e fir ones, e ones at feed basicay on seeds (miets, white miets, canary seed, etc. We give as an exampe e Zebra Finches, e Goudian finches, e Society finches (Bengaese), e Java sparrows, etc. The oers, at in Nature eat essentiay fruit a/or insects are fed in captivity wi specific granuates a suppementary egg foods (at AVIZOON represents a may technicay advise), besides e fruit at we may suppy. Generay, e exotic bis are more sensibe an e canaries an psittacides, supporting bady e ow temperatures, so it's convenient to provide em faciities safeguaed of e cod, mainy in Winter. Every time you acquire exotic bis, you mu previousy verify e ates of hea, getting information at your suppier what food requirements a management ey need. It is advised do make a short quarantine about a week or so, before joining em wi oers at eventuay you aready have, giving em e anti-ress PLURISTRESS in e drinking water or e PROMOCRIA Extra in e egg food. Many exotic bis breed we in captivity, erefore you shoud get information from your suppier, or contact us, to know what be iicated procedures for e breeding of e bis in queion. After e quarantine, you mu, as a routine, give em vitamins once or twice a weak ; VITACHOCK tota, FERTIZOON AD3EC,. Aways when needed, check in is brochure Tabe of e more comon afections a more advised erapeutics. In any case of doubt fee free to contact AVIZOON AVIZOON Comércio Internaciona de Produtos para Avicutura e Pequenos Animais, Lda. Rua 1º de Dezembro, Forte da Casa - Portuga Teef. (+ 351) / 7 Fax. (+351) e-mai: gera@avizoon.pt