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Poppy & Jasper Our resident Eclectus, are a 4 year old male and a 2 year old female Eclectus |
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Why they are here Poppy & Jasper are not rescue as such, their previous owners are embarking on a new life, in a new area and will be renting/trying to find a home. They felt that if would be very difficult to take Poppy and Jasper with them, and searched on the web for a suitable home. They selected Parad-Ice Rescue, as here the birds live as full members of the family. As well as the birds they donated some much needed aviary wire lots of food and treats, and a large cage, so our thanks go out to R & C. |
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Talkers
The grey is renowned for its talking ability, but the Eclectus must come a very close second. Poppy and Jasper have a large vocabulary already, and talk more than they do noises. It's quite a treat to walk into their room in the morning and be greeted with "hello darling" and all sorts of other words. |
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Jasper Jasper is very much a gentleman, he is very gentle, and when he is sitting on you is so careful you can almost not feel him. He loves to help me prepare the birdie breakfasts, which means he gets to try all the goodies before anyone else. He is very softly spoken but also is the clearest talker. He does not really like women, he prefers the company of men, but he seems to have settled very well with the fact that I handle him every day. He even graces me with a morning kiss every day and loves to just be with you to keep an eye out for what's going on. |
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Poppy Poppy has the temper to match her colour, and though she was a hand reared baby, she does not really like to be handled. She bit her previous owner quite seriously and after that her owner was not really able to handle her. She will lunge as soon as anyone gets close to her, and goes straight into the threat posture. She was clipped at a very early age, I think it must have been before she had been able to fly, but now her flight feathers are growing back, she will not be clipped again. I am hoping that the muscles in her wing's etc, will still be able to adapt to now being used and at least give her the pleasure of flight. I handle Poppy every day, even though each time she tries to take a bite out of me, she seems to prefer sitting on my gloved hand, as without the gloves she tries to get into my arm with her beak. I am hoping that over time, she will get used to being handled again, and that she will be interested in other things rather than trying to bite. She talks a lot, her voice is very deep and when she calls she can be heard up the street, but she loves to be sung to. |
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Diet The Eclectus needs a diet tailored specifically for them, they need very high vitamin A content in their diets and lots of fibre. The Eclectus are known to have the longest digestion tract of birds and there fore their needs have to be catered for. One of their favourite foods is a combination of rice, pasta, yams (sweet potato) beans and carrot juice, its all cooked and mixed together, I often freeze large quantities of this to make it easier for daily servings. Passion fruit and Pomegranates are very good for the dietary aid for Eclectus as well as carrots. |
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ECLECTUS eclectus roratus DISTRIBUTION: Northern cape York peninsular, Solomon Islands and Indonesian Archipelago Islands SIZE: Depending on sub species, from 29 to 35 cm DIET: Lots of fruit and vegetables, they need a lot of Vitamin A, sprouted beans, seeds, sunflower, rice, yams, pasta SEXING: One of the few birds that have Sexual dimorphism, meaning the sexes are different colours. In the case of Eclectus, the female is bright red, with a black beak, and has violet markings on her chest and wings, the male is a emerald green with red and turquoise on the wings and sides. COMPATIBILITY: Great on their own or in pairs, not suitable to be kept with smaller species PET APPEAL: Colourful, lively, great talkers, all round great companion |
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UPDATE 30TH DECEMBER 2001Poppy & Jasper now live in separate cages, Poppy has stayed in the big Kings cage (that was very kindly donated my Rosewood pets) and Jasper has moved into a Bachelor flat. They can still see each other and talk to each other all day with things like "Jasper, come on, come here" from Poppy with a short terse reply from Jasper "go away", :c)
January 7th 2004 Poppy & Jasper still live together in a cage, they seem to have come to a mutual understanding, and Poppy is mostly the boss. She still wants to bite me at every opertunity, usually Jasper distracts me and Poppy sneaks up on me, but I am so used to it happening I dont really take that much notice now, unless she catches me a good one and then it smarts long enough for me to think about it time and time again.
June 22nd 2005 It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to say Jasper lost his battle with PDD in September 2004. He bore the battle bravely and with honour, he was a true inspiration to me. The vet thinks that Jasper may have been the carrier of the PDD, which we then unwittingly put all our other birds at risk, We have found out that Nika & Oliver also lost their battle with PDD, now its the waiting game to see if any of our other birds will develop this horrid disease. |
