| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
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| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Hi,
It could be that this question has been asked (and answered) before,
but because I am rather new to 'NOTES' and do not have the time to scan
all the 'old' notes, I will ask it again:
Can somebody tell me what the maximum age is that a parrakeet can
reach???
My parents own a parrakeet which lives with the family for 14 years
now, altough the man how sold the parrakeet told my father that it
would not get older than aprx 10 years. Is this parrakeet a 'record'
bird or????
regards,
Caren
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| 795.1 | ROYALT::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Wed Apr 14 1993 10:10 | 18 | |
Hi Carin,
Before I knew anything about birds, My family had a parakeet live to
over 10 on H**tz mountain seeds ! With that there is no limit as to how
long a budgie could live on a good diet!
In all seriousness, 14 is what I have always heard for an average
maximum. of course there always exceptions. Most of my budgies have
died between 3 and 5 years. 3 to 5 is a critical age for developing
tumors and 2 of the 3 of mine that died at young ages definitely had
tumors, 1 in the abdomon and 1 on the wing.
What is the max age for Human Beings ?
Maybe we could use this note to record the Max age for all our pet
birds.
Doug
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| 795.2 | he's a senior budgie :-) | USHS05::VASAK | Sugar Magnolia | Wed Apr 14 1993 10:50 | 6 |
I believe that a budgie, under optimal conditions, can live to 30
years, but this is really unusually. 14-15 is a more typical old age.
/Rita
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| 795.3 | some other data | USHS05::VASAK | Sugar Magnolia | Wed Apr 14 1993 10:59 | 25 |
Some other maximum ages I've heard:
Amazons and cockatoos can live to be over 100. I've met an 80+ amazon,
and Bird Talk recently had an article about an amazon they estimated to
be 103.
Cockatiels have a maximum lifespan similar to budgies, but are les
likely to die young from tumours, and are a little more likely to live
into their 20s.
Finches can live 5 to 10 years, depending on species.
African grey can live to be 70-80.
Anyone know about senegals, macaws, pionus?
All of these maximum ages can only be achieved with really healthy
birds under optimum care. Most birds die before they reach the age of
10. With more bird owners understanding proper nutrition and
environment, and more domestically raised birds (imports are more
likely to carry disease, to be stressed, injured, etc in shipping) I
think we will see more birds living longer lives (I hope!).
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| 795.4 | NUCHEI::WIMMER | Fri May 14 1993 09:32 | 4 | ||
My severe macaw is 16 and doing fine!!!
diane
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| 795.5 | 10+ is definitely possible | VAXUUM::COMPTON | Linda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21 | Thu Jul 15 1993 13:46 | 2 |
I have an American parakeet hen that is 10-11 years old and going
strong. /LC
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| 795.6 | GERBIL::DUPONT | Thu Jul 15 1993 16:49 | 9 | ||
My male keet is 8 years old and just
became a father for the first time!
Not only can they live long but they
can have fun as well :-)
chet
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