Sun Conure Care - How To Properly Care For A Conure Parrot
Sun Conure Care - How To Properly Care For A Conure Parrot
The Sun Conure is one of the most popular birds being sold today. They are fairly reasonably priced, making them a great starter bird. They are hardy, and easy to care for. They are playful and easy to handle, and the only real drawback is they are a loud screeching bird. They are not known to be good talkers.
Suet Bird Feeders - Winter Bird Feeder for Your Yard
Winter time is a stressful time of year for the birds in most areas. Like humans, birds are warm blooded creatures, and need energy just to stay warm when it’s cold outside. But their food sources largely go away in the winter. So what are some things we can do to keep them fed and warm in the winter time?
Killer Bloat In Great Danes
Bloat is a very serious health problem for Great Danes. Know more about it…
Aquarists, stand up for animal rights. Put a stop to fish painting.
For those of you that don’t already know, fish painting is the cruel act of altering a fish’s coloring in order to make it more profitable to sell.
Fish with brighter an more striking color sell better and have more buyers and so many modern pet shops stock fish that have been painted so as to improve coloring artificially.
There are several varieties that are frequently subjected to this and are “colored skirts”, “painted glass fish”. “Painted tiger barbs” and “colored botias”. These fish are literally painted through a cruel and debatably painful process.
This removes their essential coating of “slime” that forms a crucial part of their immune system and water protection. After this they are painted and put into an “irritant bath”.
Only a small percentage of fish survive this traumatic process and the ones that do lose their coloration within a year. The amount of cheap, painte fish has increased the demand for normal-colored, natural fish and so the majority of pet shops can be found to be stocking these fish.
So what can we do about this?
There are many avenues that you can take. You can boycott the pet shops that choose to sell these horrid products and to spread the word to fellow aquarists. Or you could talk to the owners about the types of fish that they stock and bring to their attention the cruelty in selling dyed fish.
Purchasing these traumatized fish from pet shops will only encourage the shops to re-order more because you are creating a demand. This, therefore, is not the thing to do.
However, any form of campaigning against this would be beneficial. Word of mouth, posters and websites would all help to make sure that other aquarists and members of the public know about the cruelty of painted fish.
Alternatively you can sign an online petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/fishtank/petition.html
Another thing you can do is to make sure that you DO buy fish supplies from more ethical suppliers who do not deal in dyed fish. One very high quality, ethical fish supply seller online is http://www.desertcoralaquatics.com
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Purple Martins - Knowing Your Bird Species
Whether you are hooked on bird watching or just like to know what you are looking at, knowing your birds is important. In this article, we take a look at Purple Martins.
Spread Your Wings to California’s Bird Fests
Birds, small animals, butterflies, flowers and trees; does this sound like a good time to you? Well, California has a great variety of Nature Festivals to attend; all you need to do is pick your area. Every month of the year offers some kind of birding event for those who like to bird watch. In January, you can watch the ducks, geese and other water foul migrate annually.
Buying A Parrot? Things You Should Consider
Parrots tend to hold a special place in animals lovers hearts, they are much admired throughout the world. A parrots intelligence is an attractive quality that attracts a lot of animal lovers but this can be a two edged sword. Because of their intelligence they require a lot of stimulation and attention for them to remain both mentally and physically healthy. Most of the common Parrot breeds are noisy and sometimes destructive.
Filtering Out the Myth of Aquarium Filters
There are three main types of filtration: biological, mechanical and chemical. Mechanical filters aid in the physical removal of solid particles. Chemical filters purify the water by chemical reactions that take place at the cellular, microbial, and atomic levels. In most cases, it is best to incorporate all three types for optimum results. This article focuses on biological filtration. Biological filters encourage the growth of nitrifying bacteria that breakdown ammonia to less toxic chemicals. This breakdown process by the bacteria is known as the Nitrogen Cycle. In the Nitrogen Cycle, waste products generated by fish and invertebrates, along with any dead organisms or uneaten foods, are broken down by bacteria into ammonia. Ammonia is extremely toxic to all of the aquarium inhabitants and is broken down into nitrites by the aerobic bacteria Nitrosomonas. Although nitrites are not as toxic as ammonia, even at low concentrations in the aquarium, they can still be harmful to fish and invertebrates. Other aerobic bacteria called Nitrobacter, act in a similar way as Nitrosomonas and further breaks down nitrites into relatively harmless nitrates. Nitrates, at low to moderate levels, will not harm most fish or invertebrates, but can be the source of algae problems if not controlled by chemical filtration and partial water changes. The main ingredients for an abundance of aerobic bacteria in a biological filter are surface area and oxygen. There must be a sufficient surface area for a these aerobic bacteria to grow and their need for oxygen must be met. The capacity of a biological filter is determined by the available surface area for bacterial growth and the oxygen content of the water passing over them. Not all filters have the same capacity when it comes to biological filtration. Filters in which the biological media is exposed to the air are going to have the greatest capacity. When is comes to aquarium supply, do your research and choose carefully.
Ron Looker has been a fish enthusiast for over 20 years and received a BS in Zoology. Ron sells aquarium supply from his web site at <a href="www.aquariumsupplycompany.com">
Basic Fish Anatomy - "What the heck is a Peduncle?!"
Basic Fish Anatomy - “What the heck is a Peduncle?!”
I’ve read too many articles by ardent fish hobbyists to not have to know the basics of fish anatomy. If you own a fish or would like to and ever want a conversation with someone who understands the animal then it will probably help for you to understand these terms of fish anatomy.
This guide is basically for anyone interested in knowing the labels of the basic body parts of a fish; the “heads, shoulders, knees and toes” of the animal.
So without further ado, let’s get to it:
The Operculum - Latin for “little lid” the operculum is the flap of skin that covers the gills and may move when the fish is breathing. It is what generally marks the end of a fish’s head and the beginning of its body. If enflamed it will flare (remain open) and this may be a sign that your fish has a parasite.
The Dorsal Fin - The dorsal fin follows the line of your fish’ back and is mainly for stability. It is also used by your fish in turning. Some fish will have dorsal spines that are used for protection in the wild. Often there is a second dorsal fin to a fish.
The Adipose Fin - This is not found on many fish but if you have a catfish you will be able to see it. It is a very small find behind the dorsal fin.
The Caudal Fin - This is the large fin at the back, the fish-tail.
The Caudal Peduncle - A peduncle is a mass of tissue that joins something to the body so the caudal peduncle is the bit nearest the body that joins the caudal fin. See, that wasn’t so hard, was it!
Anal Fin ” This is just what it sounds like; fins near the fish’s anus.
Pelvic Fin - This fin should be on the bottom of the fish fairly near below the operculum. They are used for direction and turning.
Pectoral Fin - If your fish has one it will be located on the side, just behind the operculum.
OK now that we’ve covered the basics of the outside, I am going to describe a little of what is inside your fish. Don’t worry; we’re only covering the absolute basics.
Swim Bladder - One thing that fish have that we don’t. It is a gas filled sac that the fish uses to control its depth in the water. When it wants to descend in the water it simply empties its swim bladder of air. It has expandable walls so that it can fill to allow air in for surfacing.
Gonads - These are basically the testicules or ovaries of your fish and they are both located inside of it. When the time is right they either secrete sperm or ova.
Teeny Tiny Brain - Look at any cross-section of a fish’s body and you will see that the brain really is tiny in comparison with its body and the relative size of ours. This has led some people to come to the inclusion that fish cannot feel pain and yet we know that they have memories of up to three month and can be reliably trained.
Anyway, I hope you have found this article to be of some use to you.
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Teaching Your Parrot Bird To Talk
Teach your parrot bird to talk using simple techniques and methods the pros used. Build up a vocabulary of words and a life-long relationship with your parrot.
