Gods Precious Parrots

About Quaker Parrots

Myiopsitta Monachus, the common monk or Quaker Parrot, comes from its native land of Argentina, where it is considered an agricultural pest. They have not been legally imported since 1992, they are bred and raised in captivity. 

Normal Quaker Parrots are green with a grey chest, face, and cowl, light yellow green underside,

and blue flight feathers. 

Pallid Green Quaker Parrots are more of a lime green with a light yellow chest, face, cowl, and underside, and lighter blue flight feathers. They are also sometimes wrongly called cinnamon or yellow face Quakers.                                                                                                                                                           

Visually Blue Quaker Parrots are Blue with a grey cowl and breast.                                                                                                                                                                      

There are many different mutations of Quaker Parrots. Did you know...... a parrot mutation is actually a genetic default that affects color pigmentation.

 Basic Care

 Your Parrot needs a cage big enough to stretch, flap its wings, and turn around in without perches, food dishes and toys in the way. 

Toys are not an option! Even ones they like to tear up and must be replaced often.

Always have fresh clean water, offer fresh fruits and veggies with pellets always available daily. Make sure bowls are kept clean, if you would not eat or drink out of it, why do you want them to?

Change cage papers at minimum every other day, clean cage as needed.

Offer a minimal amount of seed, and only as a treat once a week. Millet however is healthy, it is a grain. Quakers are more prone to fatty Liver Disease, which can be caused by to much fatty foods, primarily sunflower & safflower seeds which have a high fat content.

Here are two free e-books by Kris Porter, they stress the importance of toys for our parrots enrichment. Kris Porter web site www.ParrotEnrichment.com  the books are available for download on her website also.

Medical Care

 Keep a close eye on your bird, they are masters at hiding illness. Anything you observe as unuasual could be the signs of a serious illness. If in doubt, call your Avian Vet for advice. 

Some things to watch for: 

A difference in their dropping, it should contain 3 parts, fecal, white urates, and urine. Sitting at the bottom of the cage, listless,  fluffed up, vomiting, not eating normally, and wings hanging out and away from body panting                                                                                                                                                                           

Avian Veterinarians

Healthpointe Veterinary Clinic                                                                                                                                        740  Shoals Rd                                                                                                                                                           864-486-8177

 Temperment

What You Don't Know Can KILL Your Parrot

   Cat and Dog saliva is toxic. If bitten, scratched, or other contact occurs, immediate Veterinary treatment in required. Your Parrot will die within 24 hours if not treated in a timely manner.

Toxic foods: Avoid anything high is salt, sugar, and fat content.
Alcohol
Apple seeds
Apricot pits
Asparagus
Avocado (entire plant and fruit)
Beans - Kidney, Lima
Beans, any dried
Butter
Caffeine
Carbonated beverages
Cherry pits
Chocolate
Cigarrete tobacco
Egg Plant
Gatorade
Milk/cream in large quantities
Nectarine pits
Olives
Onions (raw or cooked)
Peach pits
Pear pips
Plum pits
Raw Peanuts
Rhubarb
Tobacco
Tomato (entire plant and fruit)
Houseplants (most are toxic, not all)
dried fruits (containing sulfides or sulphates)

LIST OF PLANTS TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/plntstox.htm

LIST OF TREES TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_page.shtml
(This does not mean lumber! Consider all treated lumber as possibly toxic)

LIST OF COMMON HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.avianlove.com/content.php?content_id=9

 These are safe non-toxic tree limbs for birds:

Interesting Parrot Facts

 Birds bones are hollow to allow for lighter bodies for flying.

Birds are always breathing in, even when breathing out. They have a second lung chamber that air flows into when they are breathing out.

Birds need to be able to expand their chest while breathing, if you hold them to firmly around the middle they can't breathe.

The females genes decide the sex of the babies, unlike humans with the males genes determine sex.

Birds mouths are dry, no saliva.