POUL 1010E actual tips ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔general recommended feeding guidelines - ✔✔80-85% pellets, 15-20% fruits,
vegetables, nuts, or other human food
✔✔household hazards for pet parrots - ✔✔- standing water (open toilets, sinks with
water)
- lead paint (parrots like to chew and explore)
- the kitchen (electrical cords, heated food, fumes)
- bedrooms (may roll over and crush bird)
✔✔signs that a bird may be sick - ✔✔- ruffled feathers
- excessive sleep
- decrease in food intake
- sneezing
- runny nares
- eye discharge
- weight loss
- diarrhea
✔✔common problems encountered by parrot owners - ✔✔- messy
- can escape if feathers aren't clipped
- noisy
- if there are two birds, one can get jealous and dominant
- easily startled
✔✔reasons birds are placed in rescue facilities - ✔✔- public has high regard for birds
and pet birds are rarely euthanized
- life event changes (marriage, death, new job, etc.)
- behavioral problems
- breeder parrots that are no longer viable
- feather picking
- screaming
- bought on impulse
, ✔✔the necessity and difficulty of achieving pair bonded pairs of parrots in captivity -
✔✔- most too bonded to humans
- ideally, parent raised/domestic born needed, but hard to come by
- bonded pair = successful breeding
✔✔general characteristics of the kakapo as pets - ✔✔- heaviest parrot
- large wings, but flightless
- herbivore
- good climber
- nocturnal
- distinctive, musty smell that attracts predators
- booms can be heard 5km away
✔✔general characteristics of macaws as pets - ✔✔- very mouth and beak tactile --> like
to explore with mouth and tongue
- playful
- incredibly loyal
- adaptable
- highly trainable
- like physical contact
- generate loud vocal noises
- require a high fat diet
✔✔general characteristics of African greys as pets - ✔✔- dark grey plumage with
maroon tail feathers
- one of most common mid-sized parrots in America
- adept at talking
- enjoy human physical contact
- highly empathetic
- sense and respond to owner's mood
✔✔general characteristics of eclectus parrots as pets - ✔✔- more sedate
- enjoy being near humans (on shoulder, next to, etc.) but not a lot of physical contact
such as petting
- native to new guinea
✔✔general characteristics of amazons as pets - ✔✔- common and popular in US
- mid sized parrot
- excellent human speech + singing ability
- adaptable
- less prone to behavioral issues
- enjoy toys, especially destructible ones
- prone to obesity
SET A+
✔✔general recommended feeding guidelines - ✔✔80-85% pellets, 15-20% fruits,
vegetables, nuts, or other human food
✔✔household hazards for pet parrots - ✔✔- standing water (open toilets, sinks with
water)
- lead paint (parrots like to chew and explore)
- the kitchen (electrical cords, heated food, fumes)
- bedrooms (may roll over and crush bird)
✔✔signs that a bird may be sick - ✔✔- ruffled feathers
- excessive sleep
- decrease in food intake
- sneezing
- runny nares
- eye discharge
- weight loss
- diarrhea
✔✔common problems encountered by parrot owners - ✔✔- messy
- can escape if feathers aren't clipped
- noisy
- if there are two birds, one can get jealous and dominant
- easily startled
✔✔reasons birds are placed in rescue facilities - ✔✔- public has high regard for birds
and pet birds are rarely euthanized
- life event changes (marriage, death, new job, etc.)
- behavioral problems
- breeder parrots that are no longer viable
- feather picking
- screaming
- bought on impulse
, ✔✔the necessity and difficulty of achieving pair bonded pairs of parrots in captivity -
✔✔- most too bonded to humans
- ideally, parent raised/domestic born needed, but hard to come by
- bonded pair = successful breeding
✔✔general characteristics of the kakapo as pets - ✔✔- heaviest parrot
- large wings, but flightless
- herbivore
- good climber
- nocturnal
- distinctive, musty smell that attracts predators
- booms can be heard 5km away
✔✔general characteristics of macaws as pets - ✔✔- very mouth and beak tactile --> like
to explore with mouth and tongue
- playful
- incredibly loyal
- adaptable
- highly trainable
- like physical contact
- generate loud vocal noises
- require a high fat diet
✔✔general characteristics of African greys as pets - ✔✔- dark grey plumage with
maroon tail feathers
- one of most common mid-sized parrots in America
- adept at talking
- enjoy human physical contact
- highly empathetic
- sense and respond to owner's mood
✔✔general characteristics of eclectus parrots as pets - ✔✔- more sedate
- enjoy being near humans (on shoulder, next to, etc.) but not a lot of physical contact
such as petting
- native to new guinea
✔✔general characteristics of amazons as pets - ✔✔- common and popular in US
- mid sized parrot
- excellent human speech + singing ability
- adaptable
- less prone to behavioral issues
- enjoy toys, especially destructible ones
- prone to obesity
