Parrots live from 15 to 100 years. Duration of their life depends on a species of a bird and also on conditions of her contents. Naturally, large parrots live much longer, than small. That your favourite was healthy and pleased you many years, he has to have a spacious cage, daily walks about the room, the balanced, various and qualitative food, optimum light and temperature condition all the year round.
What else affects life expectancy of parrotsParrots are beings social. If in the nature they are always surrounded with pack of relatives, then in the apartment or the house they often lack communication. The tamed bird considers the person the member of the pack, and therefore the emotional and verbal contact is necessary. Even if you very busy person, give to the feathery favourite of 5-10 minutes at least 2 times a day. If not to do it, then you reduce life expectancy of a parrot significantly.
How many there live different types of parrots
Budgerigars are the most widespread feathery inhabitants of houses and apartments. Care for them is simple, and they give pleasures much. Are easily tamed by Volnistiki, are capable to repeat single words and sentences after the person, to master simple tricks (for example, to collect matches in a box). On average budgerigars live is about 15 years old. The case when one volnistik lived near the owner 21 years is known. Life expectancy of sparrow parrots and lory approximately same, as well as at wavy.
It is necessary to distinguish average and maximum life expectancy of birds.
Nerazluchniki in bondage there live about 10-12 years, but at the correct contents and leaving they will be able to please the owners both 15, and 18 years. Among little parrots arating are considered as long-livers. They live in bondage up to 40 years if they, of course, before them do not eat predators or they will not die of hunger. In house conditions of an aratinga accompany on life of the owners for 15-20 years.
Canaries do not belong to the class of parrots, but people often support these birds of the house. Canaries tirelessly sing in a cage for 10-12 years, but sometimes live also up to old 20-year age.
Life expectancy of average parrots about 20-30 years. Sinegolovye also more than three decades, and here long-tailed only 17-18 are capable to live. The korella which are very extended among fans of birds amuse and surprise owners on average 20 years. Zhako is carried to an average parrot though the level of his intelligence approaches large. In bondage zhako there live 25-30 years though stories are known also 50-year-old long-livers. However the lack of communication for zhako is similar to death literally. If not to pay due attention to these parrots, they will begin to pull out themselves feathers, then to comb skin and eventually die of the bacteria which got to blood. Large species of parrots live most longer. Bringing such pet, it is worth remembering that he with you for the rest of life. And if you are not able to look after him, then it is necessary to sell. Change of the residence is a huge stress for any bird and can lead to death. On average ares live 30-50 years, but the facts when ares lived longer are known. In a zoo of Copenhagen the macaw lived 43 years, in London 46 years. The parrot of Care to the Antwerp zoo was brought in 1950. In 1998 the people who were looking after him began to notice that the bird is less active and is considerably weakened. Elderly Care was placed in the certain open-air cage where he lived some more years. About 50 years in bondage there live amazona, but you should not be surprised when you hear that some of these birds celebrated 70-year anniversary. Most often obesity is the reason of early death of amazon. For the first 20 years of the life they gain excess weight because of improper feeding and insufficient physical activity. The main condition of keeping of Amazon – the spacious open-air cage and an opportunity freely to fly from time to time about the room. The Moluksky cockatoo lived in the zoo San Diego many decades. Experts counted that he was about 4 years old when it in 1925 was brought to a zoo. The bird died on December 30, 1990. On average in bondage of a cockatoo there live 40-50 years. Approximately the same life expectancy and at eklektus.