Home > All About Parrots > Parrot Encyclopedia > Parrot Profile

|

Care in Captivity

Pet Suitability:
Highly intelligent, good mimickers, moderately noisy, social, affectionate.

Captive Status:
Common

Longevity:
25 yrs

Housing:
Aviary or suspended enclosure, minimum length 3m (9.8 ft).

Enrichment:
Socialization, bathing; provide nest building materials, puzzle toys, bird safe chewables (fir, pine, elder, willow, sterilized pine cones, vegetable tanned leather).

Nest Box Size:
This species nests in colonies. Provide a welded mesh base and a large supply of twigs, from which the pairs will build their nests. Nest boxes may be used (vertical box, 12" x 12" x 18" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 46cm).

Clutch Size:
5-7

Incubation Time:
23-24 days

Fledging Age:
6-7 weeks

Hatch Weight:
5g (0.17 oz) (wild)

Peak Weight:
110-120g (3.8-4.2 oz) (wild)

Weaning Weight:
Around 100g (3.5 oz) (wild)

Link to Specialist Club:
http://qp-society.com/

More Info Sites:
http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt5728.html

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v102n03/p0520-p0525.pdf#search=%22Monk%20Parakeet%20hatch%20weight%22

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww30eiv.htm