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COSMO AND WANDA HAVE BABIES!!

COSMO AND WANDA, OUR HAPPY COUPLE

 

    BOYS OH BOYS, DO WE LOVE THESE GUYS! AREN'T THEY GORGEOUS? THE WILD TYPE COLOURATION IS A BRILLIANT GREEN BODY, BLUE RUMP, GOLDEN COLLAR AND BIB, BLACK HEAD AND BRIGHT RED BEAK. VIOLET MUTATIONS ARE BLUE BODIED, WITH A CHARCOAL GREY HEAD, PINK BEAK AND WHITE COLLAR AND BIB. THERE ARE MANY OTHER COLOUR VARIATIONS.  COSMO AND WANDA ARE BOTH SPLIT TO BLUE, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN PRODUCE BOTH GREEN AND BLUE BABIES.

    BLACK MASKED LOVEBIRDS (agapornis personata), BELONG TO THE EYE RING SPECIES OF LOVEBIRDS. THE WHITE EYE RING IS ESPECIALLY STRIKING WITH THEIR DARK MASKS.  NATIVE TO TANZANIA, THIS SPECIES FREQUENTS SCRUBLAND. THEY NEST IN COLONIES, AND THEIR DIETS CONSIST OF SEEDS AND GRAINS, BARK, BUDS AND INSECTS. IN CAPTIVITY, MOST FRESH FOODS ARE READILY ACCEPTED, AS WELL AS PELLETS AND A HIGH QUALITY SEED MIX.

    BLACK MASKED LOVEBIRDS ESPECIALLY LEND THEMSELVES TO THE TERM 'FEATHERED DRAGON'. ALTHOUGH THEY MAKE DELIGHTFUL PETS, THEY ARE MORE  ALOOF,  AND  PRONE TO NIPPINESS THAN THEIR PEACH FACED COUSINS. 'SMALL BUT MIGHTY' IS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. FOR THIS REASON, THEY MAY NOT BE THE BEST CHOICE OF PET FOR CHILDREN, WHO MAY END UP WITH PINCHED FINGERS AND HURT FEELINGS. WHAT CAN WE SAY, THEY ARE JUST FEISTY LITTLE FELLAS! THEY ENJOY HUMAN COMPANIONSHIP, BUT DON'T USUALLY LIKE TO BE SNUGGLED.

    ACTIVE CLOWNS, THEY WILL KEEP YOU AMUSED WITH THEIR ANTICS. THEY LOVE TOYS AND OUT OF CAGE TIME HELPS KEEP THEM HAPPY AND ENTERTAINED. THEY ARE VERY CURIOUS, SO CLOSE SUPERVISION WHILE OUT OF THE CAGE IS A MUST, OTHERWISE, TROUBLE IS SURE TO FOLLOW.

 

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05/18/2007