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Indoor birds - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Coins
      - Car keys
      - New cage
      - Wire
      - Lead rings
    - - Lethargy and weakness
      - Regurgitation
      - Weight loss
      - Anaemia
      - Drinking and urinating more
      - Neurological signs
      - Feather plucking
  - - - Obesity
      - Lack of activity
      - Poor perching
      - Nutritional problems - hypovitamin A
      - overgrown nails
      - Poor hygiene
  - - - Nutritional deficiencies
      - Improper husbandry, incl. lack of bathing, air quality issues and inadequate UV light
      - Allergies
      - Systemic disease
      - Pain
      - Zinc poisoning
      - Poor wing clipping
- - - - Wildlife and countryside act 1981: caged birds must be able to extend their wings in all directions
      - Absolute minimum
      - Limited periods only: additional opportunities for exercise
    - - Stainless steel, not powder coated
      - Horizontal bars for climbing
      - Avoid curved edges to maximise space
      - Easy to clean
  - - - Variable in quality and nutritional composition
      - High in fat
      - Low in nutrients such as amino acids, vitamins A, E and D, iodine, inverse Ca:P ratio
      - Bacterial and fungal contamination common
    - - De-husked seed diets- less contamination BUT nutritionally poor
      - Pulse diets - better than seeds as more protein, BUT nutrition deficient (esp Ca), best as supplement food
      - Mixed diets - hard to get right, allow for selective eating/sorting
      - Formulated diets: Complete, nutritionally balanced, at least 50% fruit and veg
    - - Eat pollen and nectar
      - For example: lorikeets
      - Must be made up fresh to avoid contamination
    - - Often found in ventricular (gizzard) of most wild birds
      - Enrichment
      - Helps break down food as no teeth, improves digestibility
      - Protects GI tract from damage by sharp objects
      - Source of nutrients e.g calcium
      - Reduced risk of infection
      - May not be necessary on commercial pelleted diets?
      - Recommended for all birds - esp smaller species