Amazona are decorative parrots enough big sizes which live in South America. There are several species of such birds. Length of a body of a parrot varies from 20 to 40 cm. At the correct contents can live in house conditions of Amazon from 40 to 50 years.
For contents in house conditions zheltokryly, zheltogolovy and white-headed amazona are the most popular. It is considered that they bring much less trouble and are easily tamed. In a color of amazon green color prevails. But on a neck and wings there can be spots of other color. In the wild circle of a bird most often eat fruit, nuts and leaves. Often in pack there are about three hundred such parrots.
It is known that the Amazonian parrots began to be tamed in the 15th century.
Amazona differ in friendliness and very quickly become attached to people. It is possible to support in house conditions males or the self-check. By the way, their time happens complicated to distinguish from each other. Even experts on Amazon not always distinguish a sex of these parrots.
If you decided to buy such decorative bird, it is necessary to prepare a big cage height and not less than 1 meter wide. In the absence of an opportunity to release daily Amazon on walk about the room, it is necessary to make the open-air cage. The cage has to be surely equipped with a drinking bowl, a feeding trough and also poles. It is desirable to place in it or the open-air cage various short flights of stairs, toys, hand bells and a swing which parrots usually very much like to gnaw. Also the special place for bathing as Amazon pleasant to lap in warm water has to be made.
This breed of parrots differs in unpretentiousness. Birds very quickly get used to the new dwelling. Only in the first week of emergence in the house the feathery pets can behave a little watchfully because of an unfamiliar situation. As for a diet, in the conditions of house contents it surely has to include mix of seeds of oats, a millet, sunflower, ribbon grass and wheat. It is recommended to add to a forage of Amazon nutlets regularly. Also the menu have to include fruit (pears, apples, grapes, oranges) and vegetables (carrots and beet). In spring and summertime of year it is possible to break off small branches of trees together with leaves and kidneys, and then to place them in a cage. Amazon not only with pleasure will regale on greens, but also will undermine a beak about bark. Will not prevent to fix in a cage a mineral stone that your pet could receive minerals necessary for it in due time. The parrot can give boiled egg or cheese periodically. Clear drinking water always has to be in free access.
In hot days of birds it is possible to sprinkle by means of a spray.
Certainly, amazona need attention from the owner. Such parrots very much worry if they for the whole day are locked in a cage and do not pay any attention to them. They can even begin to pluck slightly the plumage from indignation. These exotic birds got used to wake up early and can disturb owners the loud morning shouts. Also at amazon the mood very sharply changes. Especially aggressive they become at the age of 5-8 years during hormonal maturing. If you have a desire to breed the South American parrots, it will be required to make an additional nested box in the open-air cage.