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Care in Captivity

Pet Suitability:
Lively, active, inquisitive parakeet with medium to loud voice. May be kept with other Aratinga species only outside of breeding season.

Captive Status:
Rare

Longevity:
Not available

Housing:
Aviary or suspended enclosure, minimum length 2-3m (7-10 ft).

Enrichment:
Are avid chewers so provide plenty of bird-safe, unsprayed flowering, fir, pine, elder, willow or saskatoon branches; wooden block toys, vegetable tanned leather chew toys, heat-sterilized pine cones; foraging/puzzle toys, ropes, swings and ladders. Also enjoys bathing so provide overhead water misters or shallow water bowls.

Nest Box Size:
Vertical box 25cm x 25cm x 60cm (10 x 10 x 24 in).

Clutch Size:
2-4

Incubation Time:
26 days

Fledging Age:
55-58 days

Hatch Weight:
9g (0.3 oz)

Peak Weight:
Not available

Weaning Weight:
Not available

Link to Specialist Club:
http://www.conure.org/index.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E230.htm&Pic=230_1.JPG

http://www.avianweb.com/aratingaconures.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_Parakeet