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Trichomoniasis in Parrots: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Avian trichomoniasis is a parasitic disease from Trichomonas gallinae, common in parrots (and pigeons, ~80% carriers). Signs include yellow cheesy throat lesions, drooling, weight loss, diarrhea, and breathing trouble; severe cases damage organs. Diagnose via mouth-swab microscopy (not fecal), isolate and disinfect, and treat with dimetridazole (50 mg/kg or 0.05% in water for 5–6 days). Prevent by quarantining new birds.
At what size do blood parrot fry start turning red?
Blood parrot fry turn red at 4 to 5 cm body length, usually at 3 to 6 months. Good warmth, water and food speed it up.
How long until a mini parrot cichlid’s eggs turn black?
Mini parrot cichlid eggs darken in 2-3 days if fertilized (remove pale ones). Fry hatch in a week; feed them 3 days later.
What is the lifespan of an Eclectus parrot?
Eclectus parrots live around 20 years, often longer. Offer a varied diet and purified water (never chlorinated tap) for best health.
Eclectus Parrot
The Eclectus Parrot is a striking parrot with extreme sexual dimorphism—emerald-green males and deep-red females—native to Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia. Quiet yet alert, it needs a large cage, a high-fiber diet rich in vitamin A, and never seed-only feeding.
Scarlet-chested Parrot
In Australia and New Zealand lives a bird with beautiful plumage called the Scarlet-chested Parrot. If you guessed its breast feathers are bright red, you are only half right—the male's breast is indeed bright red, but the female's is green. So to tell the sex, just look at the breast feather color.
Pacific Parrotlet
The Pacific Parrotlet (Pacific Parrotlet), also known as the Pocket Parrot, is relatively small among parrots. This parrot has a very good, playful, brave, and confident personality, which is why so many people keep it.
Senegal Parrot
The Senegal Parrot is a resident bird native to West Africa with an average lifespan of around 30 years. Young birds can learn to talk, and while wild populations are considered agricultural pests, it is a popular, quiet pet parrot that is best raised from a young age.
Edwards’s Fig Parrot
Edwards's Fig Parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii) is a larger fig parrot whose sex can be told from plumage—males have red chest and belly, females blue-purple. It lives in humid lowland forests and feeds mainly on figs, nectar, insects, and fruit, and is easier to breed than smaller fig parrots but has high chick mortality.
Princess Parrot
The Princess Parrot is among the most elegant and beautiful of all Australian long-tailed parrots, and its refined looks are loved by many. It is mainly distributed in the inland regions of central and western Australia.