Arating: characteristics, types, rules of care

Arating is an amazingly beautiful genus of parrots. These creatures are often called “flying flowers”, because their plumage is so bright and colorful that they really look like exotic flowers. Aratingi often become pets, their presence gives positive emotions and pleasant impressions.

Arating parrot is loved by both adults and children. He becomes a friend, not just a pet. These birds are characterized by a number of features that make them so popular throughout the world.

• Cheerful, friendly character combined with cute arrogance. These birds are distinguished by their gullibility and devotion, they love to make contact with people and become attached to them.
• All representatives of this species speak and are characterized by clamorousness. The parrot is good at imitating sounds, including music. With a small vocabulary of words, these birds are able to replace the old words with new ones that they liked best.
• Between themselves, the aratings communicate by cooing, they talk quietly to each other and look very nice.
• Aratingi active, love to playtherefore it is desirable to have many toys in the cage. It can be bells, ladders, chains, rocker.
• The body length of these parrots varies between 16-42 cm - depending on the variety. The weight starts at 100 grams and does not exceed 130. The bill is powerful and large, with a wedge-shaped shape characteristic of the tail.
• By external signs it is difficult to determine the sex of a bird., not even every experienced person will be able to do it.
• These birds like to fly and sit on top, moreover, it is vital for them.
• Aratingi are friendly, so you can make a couple. But in this case the birds will be more noisy and blatant. This feature is worth considering when buying.
• Among these birds are left-handed and right-handed. You can watch the feathered to determine its strong foot.

The genus of arating consists of 24 subspecies. Their representatives differ in plumage and size. We will look at the most common varieties of these amazing birds.

This is the most common subspecies that many poultry houses love. These parrots attract attention with very bright and variegated plumagewhich combines different shades. Young sunny aratings are more colored in green shades.

Around the eyes, just above the beak and on the breast there are orange inserts. When the parrot becomes an adult, the feathers on the head, neck, breast, legs, stomach and tail turn yellow and orange. On the wings and tail, the lower, covering feathers turn green.

It features green plumage with a yellowish belly and a combination of orange and blue on the head. On the tail in the area of ​​the lower feathers there is an olive-yellow hue. Under natural habitat, orange-haired aratings prefer open-air marshland. These parrots are relatively quiet, only when excited they become noisy and noisy.

Parrots have a rich green plumage. On the cheeks, neck and abdomen feathers are painted in a brown shade with an olive sheen. The plumage on the tail has a beautiful olive-green color, which effectively combines with the blue feathers.

Under natural conditions, they prefer to live in pairs or flocks of not more than 10 individuals. When flying, parrots emit a shrill screech. For a life choose forest edges, also settle in parks, gardens.

The arating is as long as 28 cm. The main color of the plumage is green, there is a yellow tinge on the belly, blue on the tail feathers, and the head is grayish-brown. Noisy these birds can not be called.

Parrots are also painted green. There are red inserts on the wings and neck.which beautifully shade the main color of the plumage and make the color of these parrots expressive and spectacular. Body sizes average reach 32 cm.

White-eyed aratings live in pairs or flocks. The accumulation of these parrots can be 200 individuals. They are nomads. Birds are shy, for their taming takes a lot of time.

Parrots of this species have green plumage, on wings, head, cheeks and around the eyes there are red inserts. The body length averages 33 cm. In natural conditions, they prefer to live in packs. These birds are noisy and visible, prefer to live in the forests, are nomads.

Arating is distinguished by yellow plumage, which is shaded by green feathers on the wings and tail. The body in length reaches 34 cm. Parrots prefer to live in the forests, near the water, inhabiting the tops of the trees. The cry of parrots is so shrill and loud that you can hear it from afar.

The parrots of the Nandai subspecies are distinguished by a combination of green and brown in plumage. Because of this type of these birds are often called blackheads. Feathers on the legs below are colored red, and on top they have a green tint.

Aratings, despite their exoticism, are picky in food. Yet the diet of these birds should be complete, balanced and varied. When selecting a diet, you must adhere to the following rules:

• The basis of nutrition for parrots should be seeds, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits and berries;
• birds eat ready-made feeds in the form of granules, especially if they are multicolored, because aaringi are curious;
• periodically fresh sprigs of fruit trees should appear in the cage, in this case the probability of damage to furniture in the house is reduced;
• nutrition of parrots can include boiled eggs: chicken, quail;
• germinated legumes are a delicacy for overseas birds;
• occasionally you can give bread, filled with fruit juice;
• broccoli is a source of vitamin K, the lack of which entails serious health problems;
• it is strictly impossible to feed the feathered avocado, chocolate and vegetable oils;
• salt should not be included in the diet of parrots.

Overseas birds do not require complex care at home. But still some rules will need to be followed. so that the bird is healthy and live a long, happy life.

• The cage should be spaciousThe minimum dimensions are within 50x50x90 cm. In such a cage the bird will be fine, it will be able to spread its wings freely, without affecting the walls. The wooden cage will be gnawed in a short time, because it is better to choose the option with steel rods.
• In the cage you need to place toys perches and shells so that the parrot can climb and spend time actively. One zherdochka should be near food and water, and the second hangs higher.
• For sleeping, arating needs an artificial nest.
• Bathing - Mandatory procedure for birds.Under natural conditions, parrots shake off dew, in this way they take water procedures. At home, you can fill a small container with water, put a bathing suit in a cage, or spray a bird with warm liquid from a spray bottle. Such water procedures will allow the parrot to maintain plumage in good condition.
• Periodically required to cut the bird's claws. To grind the beak into the cage is placed a wooden stick.
• Exotic feathered can not tolerate low air temperature. The ideal conditions for their content are temperatures in the range of 22–25 degrees above zero and humidity from 60 to 70%.
• Do not put a cage with aratinga near household appliances. These parrots can imitate well the sounds of working equipment, which in the future may cause funny but annoying pranks.
• Aratingi - curious restless who must always be busy with something. Otherwise, their energy can be directed to the destruction of your home.
• Of course, the cell should be cleaned and washed regularly, After all, all aratingi are clean and can not live in a dirty house.

In nature, a mature couple, ready for breeding, leaves the flock. These birds cannot be called Monogamous, but the couple usually lives together for several years.. Feathered beloved ones are searching for a finished hollow or hollowing it out on their own, since powerful beaks allow you to do this without problems. In one clutch there can be up to 5 eggs, which are laid not immediately, but with an interval of several days.

Hatching on average lasts 25 days. The father of the future family has been guarding the house all this time and taking care of the food for his second half. Chicks rarely appear from the first clutch, but exceptions do occur. Chicks ready to leave the nest after 8 weeks.

At home, aratings can also multiply, though not as readily as in their natural environment. To do this, the cage should have a house with a nest and a tap of about 9 cm in diameter.

In the next video, the breeder’s impressions of a year of life with solar arating are waiting for you.