How much does a Senegal parrot cost per bird?
The Senegal parrot, also known as the yellow-vented parrot, is a typical climbing bird, with plumage mainly green, a dark grey head, and V-shaped orange-yellow feathers on the lower chest and belly. It inhabits various open woodlands and open grasslands with woodland, and its range of activity is mostly in areas below 1000 m above sea level. Let us take a look below at how much a Senegal parrot costs!
How much does a Senegal parrot cost?
A live Senegal parrot juvenile costs around 1500 yuan each, a hand-reared baby Senegal parrot costs around 1800 yuan each, and an old wild-caught Senegal parrot proven pair with a DNA card costs around 3000 yuan.
Senegal parrot living habits
The Senegal parrot is a social bird. Outside the breeding season it usually moves in pairs or in flocks of several to 20 birds, and when searching for food it gathers in larger numbers. It may migrate depending on whether food is abundant. Its food includes various fruits, seeds, tender shoots and more. To many local farmers, the Senegal parrot is an agricultural pest bird, because they often go to farmland to eat crops such as corn, small millet and peanuts.
Senegal parrot breeding method
Breeding of the Senegal parrot is not commonly seen, possibly because most are wild parrots; however, the breeding difficulty of captive-bred birds is not very high, and once they adapt they will produce stable breeding results. They reach reproductive ability at about 2 years of age, or even earlier, but like most African parrots (such as Meyer's parrot, the red-bellied parrot, Jardine's parrot, etc.), most begin breeding only at 3 or 4 years of age. The breeding season mostly begins in winter, with about 3 to 4 eggs per clutch, an incubation period of about 25 to 28 days, and fledging at about 9 to 10 weeks. After the chicks hatch, it is advisable to provide more soft foods (such as fruit, cooked grains and beans, etc.) for the parent birds to feed them.
Senegal parrot rearing methods
Hand-reared juvenile Senegal parrots are suitable as indoor pets. They are quiet and have the ability to imitate and learn to talk. They are not large in size, do not need a very large cage, and take up relatively little space. When adult birds are first introduced for keeping, they are prone to nervousness and unease, especially when someone approaches. They are quiet and not noisy, and love to gnaw and chew things; branches and toys can satisfy their needs. Regular bathing or spraying with water can keep the feathers beautiful and healthy. Although they are easily startled when first kept, they become quite robust once they adapt to the environment.