Question | Answer |
acute | condition that occurs short term |
amazons | large breed of cage bird from South or Central America that is talkative entertaining, and very trainable |
artificial incubation | providing a controlled temperature in which eggs hatch |
beak | the mouth of a bird used for chewing and grasping food |
beak trim | procedure to shorten or round the sharp edges of the beak |
blood feathers | growing feather that have a blood vessel in the center |
budgerigar | commonly called a parakeet, small bird breed that comes in a variety of bright colors with bars located over the wings and back |
budgie | abbreviated name for budgerigar |
canaries | small breed of bird in solid bright colors that originated in the Canary islands and is known for its singing ability |
captivity | an animal that is housed in an enclosure or with people |
cautery unit | handheld equipment that heats to high temperatures to burn through the nails and clot them at the same time |
chronic | condition that occurs long term |
cloaca | the rectum area of a bird where waste materials pass |
cockatiels | small bird breed that is a combination of yellow, gray, white, and orange colors and is very easy to train |
cockatoos | large bird breed that is commonly white and has a large speaking ability |
conures | medium bird breed that is brightly colored from Central America and is active and playful |
crop | sac in the digestive system that acts as a holding tank for food |
diaphragm | the chest area of a bird that must expand during the breathing process |
DNA tes t | test using blood or a feather that helps determine gender |
earthquake technique | procedure used in training a caged bird to stand on the hand and be held, teaches a bird not to bite, when a bird attempts to bite the hand is shaken slightly to cause a balance check |
egg bound | a female bird that is attempting to lay eggs that have become stuck in the cloaca |
expiration | the breath out |
fatty liver disease | condition in birds in which large amounts of fat are deposited in the live |
fertilize | the ability of the male to mate with a female to create an egg with an embryo |
finches | a small songbird that comes in a variety of colors and patterns and is easy to raise and breed |
flight feathers | adilt feathers located over the edges of the wings |
gizzard | digestive organ of birds that serves as a filter system that breaks down hard foods |
green foods | foods such as fruits and vegetables that are green in color and have additional calcium |
grit | substance provided to birds to help break down substances |
hepatic lipidosis | condition of birds in which large amounts of fat are deposited in the liver |
herbivores | animals that eat plants |
incubate | to keep at a constant warm temperature |
incubator | equipment used to keep eggs at a constant warm temperature to promote hatching |
infertile | not able to reproduce |
inspiration | to bring air in |
knemidokoptes mites | external parasites that occur on the skin, beak, and feathers of birds, commonly called scaly leg mites |
lovebirds | small songbirds of bright colors that originated in Ethiopia and are popular cage birds |
macaws | large bird breed that is brightly colored and originated in South and Central America, playful and easily trained |
molting | the natural seasonal dropping of feathers |
natural incubation | the process of a female or male bird nesting on eggs to hatch them |
omnivore | animals that eat plant and animal based diets |
parakeet | small songbird from the Amazon also known as a budgie, brightly colored |
parrots | variety of medium sized bird breeds from Central America, bright in color, intelligent, playful, easy to train |
pecking order | the dominance order of a group of birds |
pelleted diet | food fed to a bird in a size appropriate pellet that is composed of the necessary ingredients |
preen | to clean the feathers |
proventriculus | the tube that connects the crop to the gizzard |
psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) | contagious and fatal virus that affects the beak, feathers, and immune system of birds |
psittacosis | commonly called "parrot fever" or Chlyamdia, disease that has zoonotic potential especially in young children and anyone with a poor immune system and causes severe flulike symptoms |
seed diet | food composed of natural seeds eaten by birds |
vent | the area where birds pass their waste materials, also called the cloaca |
wing trim | the procedure of clipping the wings to prevent a bird from flying |