Orange-bellied leaf quail is a genus of leaf plovers in the family Peacebird family, which can be found in Vietnam, India and some cities in southern China, compared to the amount of leaf plover, blue-winged leaf quail and chin leaf quail, etc., the number is slightly more, so the price is not high, the price of each region is different, but after learning, the lowest price is also more than 100 yuan. I often see some photographs of the orange-bellied leaf plover, which mostly likes to suck and eat fruit when it is in flowering. I am not trying to engage in any professional breeding authority technology introduction. I just hope to provide a little help for people who like to keep this bird in the future, but don't know how to raise it.
The orange-bellied quail is beautiful in color, and is also commonly known as color green, 6 color and colorful road. Looking at its color, there are mainly 6 kinds of colors on the body, and some colors are repeated, which is basically 6 colors. The color of the original hair is basically green from the back, and the tail is also, but when it comes to adulthood, the tail naturally becomes blue, and there is the hair of the head, the original hair is basically green, and when it comes to adulthood, it is basically lotus colored. The mother bird is basically green all over. The distinction between male and female is easy.
The claws of the orange-bellied leaf quail are blue, relatively short, and the wings are rounded and blunt, so the ability to fly is not strong. The mouth is black with a slight downward curve. The tongue is very slender, and when drinking water, it often sticks out its tongue to absorb water, and this tongue is also an important tool for sucking nectar in the wild. Where the color variation is abundant is the larynx, which is concentrated in black, blue, and light blue. The eyes are dark and bright, and the abdomen is obviously orange, hence the name orange-bellied leaf plover. The back is green. This bird is reflected in the sun, and the visible feathers emit a metallic luster, which is very beautiful.
Raising orange-bellied leaf grebes is something that many people are melancholy about. Because this bird is dirty, waste of feed, water poop, naughty, etc. Therefore, many people choose to give up after starting or breeding for a period of time.
There are also some people who report great hopes to raise this bird, because the breeding is basically impossible to find, but also led to the problem of poor breeding, and even death.
For some friends, knowing that there are difficulties, or do not know the specific habits, report enthusiasm to buy home, in the breeding, there are confused friends, I can only provide a little bit of my breeding and learning to master the bit of breeding experience.
First, solve the problem of feeding space. This bird, many friends latte cage feeding, but the big cage is not easy to deal with health problems after all. Daily cleaning is also troublesome, so, after my time of breeding, the best cage is the standard thrush cage. The thrush cage is easy to slip and clean up daily, the space is just right, and the birds are also stretched out in it. Suitable for the lively character of this bird.
Second, daily clean-up work. To buy 2 cages, one for cages and cages, strengthen the daily cleaning, cleaning including sticks, cage strips, bottom feces. In this way, it looks good when you slip. The other is the bath cage and the string cage, which is guaranteed to replace the bottom paper one to two times a day. At this time, let the bird string itself to another cage, and replace the paper at the bottom after stringing. Note that a small plate brush is included to brush off the sprinkling on the cage. Drinking water tanks, feed tanks. These 2 tanks, drinking water tank can use plexiglass external water diverter, easy to take down the cleaning every day, I am buying more than 5 drinking fountains at a time, Monday to Friday every day to change a new one, accumulated to Sunday together to clean. The stick, when you see it dirty, wash it, take it off, and wipe it with water from a degreasing cotton. So are the cage strips. The hard work is worth it, and if you want to raise this bird, you must have this psychological preparation. Otherwise, how fun is bird watching in the dirt?
Third, feed. Bird shops are chicken feed with glucose. It must be changed to normal feed. Embroidery eye feed is said to be ok. The recipe is soybean flour and egg yolk and eggshell powder and shrimp powder and carrot and goji and peanut flour, except for carrots and goji berries that need to be directly dried, the other must be cooked and coaxed dry. Some cornmeal can also be added. The proportion of feed formulation can be changed appropriately according to the specific season. Change according to the condition of the bird, have time to touch the body of the bird, lose fat when you are fat, and add it if you are not enough. Protein ratios should be guaranteed in quantity and quality. You can also adjust the proportion of feed according to the daily feces, high protein, nutritious enough, then the white of the feces is more, just the feed itself is the color of the feed itself plus "white wrapping" each half as well. Green that is broken, on fire, most of the fat components may also be birds digested poorly, feed is too hard and too meat caused. The nutritional needs of insectivorous birds: protein (soybeans are the highest protein in all grains, the best choice), fat (peanut flour is the highest, all are very high, walnuts are also good, love oil is generally not used. Egg yolks are contained in protein and cholesterol, which are essential for feeding), carbohydrates (corn is the best, contains a lot of starch, insufficient to cause birds to break down their own energy), vitamins (all kinds of fruits and vegetables can be, carrots are good, generally dried to add feed), minerals (eggshells are representative and bone meal and others) and water. Taken together, they are indispensable for the six essential nutrients of insectivorous birds. Coax dry well to put the sealed bottle for preservation. Make 2 pounds at a time. Another tank with minerals contains laterite for pigeons, eggshell powder, sand, etc. Drinking water can be cool and white, and the drinking water is replaced daily.
Fourth, throw food. This bird, when eating food, may be that the food is not delicious, just throw away, then it can be properly solved by adding insect powder and peanut flour. But it still sprinkles food. That no way, the mouth is thin, plus the swallowing action is not standardized, and the mouth leaks out. The general rule is to eat 5 and throw away the proportion of one. After all, it doesn't eat feed in the wild. Add a large tray at the bottom, a flower pot bottom holder in the flower market, and buy the largest one. It can also be replaced with a small pellet, and it can also be reduced. However, the effect is not obvious. The jar for throwing food is not very useful, after all, when this bird eats, it is the mouth that takes out and swallows. This bird eats a relatively large amount of food, and it is necessary to eat more than half a tank of thrush food tank feed a day, which also contains wasted parts.
Fifth, water defecation. Drinking more natural water, sometimes splashing water to play, so if you go out, you must increase the size of the drinking fountain, otherwise you may die of thirst. There is no way to do this, you can only change the paper at the bottom. It is also possible to add 5 tea leaves to the water. However, when it splashes water to play, the tea is not easy to make. (Splashing water is to take the mouth to save the water and throw it on the cage strip, and then take the tongue to suck.) When eating fruits with a lot of water, such as apples. Will pull sticky water poop.
Sixth, naughty. This bird is frequently active, the upper string jumps down, the upper string is strung to the cage strip, and the upright jump, some tails stretch out of the cage when jumping, a few times it is mutilated, the treatment method is to increase the stick, lower the height, so that it jumps high and has limitations, which can effectively avoid hurting the tail. Jumping down, the general bird raises the stick to solve, it does not work, but also likes to jump to the top of the feces, after a few times, the tip of the tail has feces. Over time, it is either dirty or sick, and it hurts the claws. Can only pull the bottom line, I began to pull 3, the beginning is fine, but the time is not good, but also the bottom, then continue to pull 5 heels, this time good, although sometimes the bottom, but after all, it is very rare. You can use fishing line or red line, preferably thick point. As long as it does not go down, the health of this bird is guaranteed. The top of the cage must be covered, and the lid must be opaque, otherwise the bird will immediately jump upside down as soon as it looks up, and it will be difficult to get a head up.
Seven, take a bath. I've been washing it cool white. It should be carried out in a round cage with a smaller size. At first, I used a small square cage, which could not be washed and replaced by a smaller thrush cage. Use a small round bath cage to remove the underside, put it in the washbasin to wash, and waste water. It is best to put in a container such as a plate. Add a stick to it, and it's a bath that jumps in and jumps up. Depending on the situation, it will choose a big wash and a small wash, and the big wash is to bring the head with the body and churn in the water. A small wash is a few jumps to symbolize it. Guarantee a few days a shower. Place a small bath tub at the bottom of the cage. The bath water is cool and white, and the water temperature is the indoor temperature, between 10:00 and 12:00. After washing, soak in the sun. In the summer, it can be washed every day, it is no problem to take a bath, and I like to take a bath. Good hair is washed out, always washed and washed, of course, it will be very smooth.
8. Sunbathing. The original hair is very exaggerated, and the hair is erect as soon as it is dried, and shu unfolds the sun. Time 2 hours a day, avoid the midday scorching sun.
Nine, fruit meal, bread worm feed amount. The fruit does not have to be given every day, and it does not have to be too large a piece to give. Every three to five is enough. There are too many fruits with too much fruit acid, which I think is not a good thing. Also pulls viscous water poop. Bread worms, give 3 to 7 a day is enough, more is not a good thing, sometimes may refuse to eat, it may be the usual feed nutrition is too sufficient, after bathing, let it stay in it for more time, an hour later will resume eating bugs. Bugs are good things for interaction. When feeding, some birds will instigate wings to beg, first let the bird see the insects, slowly deliver, when giving, the hand should be pinched tightly, so that it has a dragging process, or it can be briefly led for a while. Enhance interactions.
10. Walking birds and coiled birds. Birds have different personalities, it is best to choose the original hair directly, the characteristics have been mentioned earlier. Raw hair is relatively not afraid of people. Birds of the Grebe family are not long in life, this is what the data says, some friends say that they have been raised for 6 years, I think it should not be a big problem to raise a 9 to 15 years. The pan bird is to approach the bird without a problem, keep the bird at a safe distance, and slowly feed the bugs day after day. Take more cages around the house, set up and watch TV indoors, etc. Pay attention to the state of the bird, when you are not afraid of people, you can stop fluttering in it. Birds are also caged and walked around gardens and secluded places, of course, in places with a strong bird culture, where there is no strange gaze, where there is a lively place to slip. This bird is afraid of shroud, this is different from other birds, other birds are covered and feel very safe, it is the moment on the cover is very frightened, fluttering, so I do not wear a shroud. Birds pay attention to the temperature, do not walk the birds in winter, spring to the temperature reaches more than 10 degrees, no wind weather and then decide to go out.
11. Color preservation. In the early stage of moulting, increase the amount of mangoes, increase the amount of oranges, and increase the amount of carrots. Touch the body regularly, obesity should not be, fat is too thick hair long and strong, can not fall down, and can not stand out. When the hair tip begins to grow, it begins to increase the supply of protein. Don't sunbathe for long, too long may cause fading.
Epilogue. This bird is very spiritual, beautiful, always expresses its inner feelings with its call, and interacts and communicates well. When it sees other birds bathing, if it wants to wash, it must present a loud shouting sound, which is very noisy, so it can only come first. Washed up, also washed while singing. When you are happy to eat, you will also shout loudly when you see your master eating very delicious food. Take it out and slip away, see the outside world, and shout. If you hear birds calling here, you can learn it over there, and while learning, you can extend your neck to listen to the original sound to maintain consistency, and it is difficult to distinguish whether it is singing or other birds singing. Facing the mirror, he will also spread his tail to show threats to his "kind", and then attack with his mouth, or sing duet. In short, such a good bird, why not engage in a play. At the same time, it is hoped that there will be no serious impact on the number of birds in the wild.