Psittacine diets and behavioral enrichment
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
1998 |
Authors: |
Louise Bauck |
Publication/Journal: |
Seminars in Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine |
Keywords: |
enrichment devices, feather plucking, feeder puzzles, formulated psittacine diets, seed diets for psittacines |
Abstract:
The feeding behavior of wild and captive parrots is reviewed and discussed, and the behavioral aspects of captive parrot feeding methods are compared. The results of a simple study offering parrots seed in addition to a formulated diet are summarized, and the use and construction of some simple feeder puzzles and enrichment devices or methods are also listed.