Pediatrics
Joanne Abramson
How to set up a nursery, handfeeding, environment, daily weights, record keeping, reasons for weight loss, peak weight, judging a nestlings progress, stunted macaws, how to reverse stunting, parental stunting, bent beaks, closed banding, the weaning process, a weaning diet, and fledging
Detailed weight records and food volume of 10 species of macaws are included. Day 0 -180 days for Hyacinths, 120 days for all other species.
Charts of macaw development and comparative weight graphs are included
Janet Tashjian Hanson-Growth Rates of Macaws
Should newly hatched birds be fed through the night, do incubator hatched nestlings grow more slowly than nestlings that have been hatched and fed for several days in the nest, and how do growth rates of wild nestlings compare with those reared in captivity are discussed.
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