Why do thrushes bite themselves?

Why do thrushes bite their feathers? What is the reason? How can I prevent thrush from biting myself? Then let's take a look at the prevention and treatment of thrush self-biting, which I carefully recommend for everyone, hoping to help you.

(1) Reasons for self-biting of thrush: The main reasons for self-biting of thrush are as follows: ① Thrush is a very clean bird, and most of them like to take a bath (also called bathing). If the thrush doesn't take a bath on time or often, doesn't clean it regularly, the sand in the sand table changes, the birdcage and the cover are not cleaned often, and the rainy weather lasts too long, which will lead to the thrush breeding lice or lice. Lice and mites parasitize the blackbird's body surface, and the whole skin will be damaged, making the bird's skin itchy and bleeding. Are thrush birds interested in lice and mites that breed on them? what can I do? Have to bite a feather to stop itching, bite a feather? Vent? . (2) Because the thrush has been imprisoned in a cage for a long time, or neglected for a long time, he is lonely all day and has to bite his own feather to protest to his master. Feeding thrush is not only to appreciate its fighting, but also to appreciate its beautiful feathers. Bare or unkempt feathers are really unsightly. Where should we begin to appreciate them? (3) Some thrush birds have self-biting, which is caused by bird people feeding feed ingredients such as tsaoko and star anise. ④ Some thrush birds have self-biting, which is caused by the long-term lack of some trace elements in food.

(2) Self-biting symptoms of thrush: tail feathers and wing feathers are incomplete, the volume is uneven, the length is uneven or the feathers have been torn off and chewed, the tail is bare or wingless, and the exposed part is red and swollen.

(3) Prevention and treatment of thrush self-biting: Once thrush self-biting occurs, it is necessary to carefully analyze the causes and deal with the symptoms. Such as: ① Bathe the thrush on time, and clean the birdcage, sand table and cover regularly. Once birds are found to breed lice or mites, they should be removed immediately through internal and external treatment. Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos can be sprayed on bird cages, sand tables and lids to remove external mites; Washing thrush with disinfectant or boiling water with tobacco stems can remove lice and mites. The concentration of soil tobacco stem water can be adjusted as appropriate, and it can be bathed for 2 ~ 3 times. If the skin of thrush is red, swollen and inflamed, use it in forest or Yinqiao tablets (powder) to mash it into powder, and put it in a water cup for birds to drink for 3 days, which can diminish inflammation and relieve pain. (2) If the thrush is left out in the cold, we should take time to walk the bird in Doby every day, so that the bird can have a chance to go outdoors or in nature to relieve loneliness. ③ Analyze the feed that thrush has eaten recently to see if it is possible to lack some trace elements or feed some food such as Amomum tsao-ko. If there are no lice or mites, let the birds go all the time, it must be a feed problem, and the feed formula should be modified or replaced in time.

Expanding the knowledge about the biological characteristics of thrush is a resident bird in southern China, mainly produced in southern Hubei and Anhui, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces (regions) south of the Yangtze River. According to the characteristics of eyes, there are more than ten kinds, such as grape eye, vermilion eye, white eye, tea yellow eye, green oily eye, butter eye, green trachoma eye, yellow sand eye, big green eye and yellow eye thrush. According to the shape of the head, there are big square head, small square head and willow head.

(A) morphological characteristics

Thrushcross is slender, with a body length of 20-24 cm and a weight of about 65-75 grams. The whole body is grayish white except for the abdomen, and the rest are mainly brown, with black feathers on the top of the head and black patterns on the back and chest. The rim of the eye is white, and the white eyebrow pattern extends to the back of the eye in an arc, which is as slender as white powder, so it is called thrush; Cheeks are brown, upper body is clear brown, lower body is yellow brown, and wings are brown. The feather colors of male and female birds are basically the same, and the main physical differences are: the male bird has a thick mouth, a long nostril, a large exposed part, thick hind toes and claws, and a melodious song.

(2) Living habits

Wild thrush often inhabit dense forests, bamboo forests or weeds and bushes in low mountains and hills. I like working alone or in a group. Thrush has a variety of feeding habits, mainly eating insects, such as locusts, snails, caterpillars, scarabs and so on. , also eat all kinds of plant seeds, especially in the breeding season, mainly eating insects, but not in the breeding season, often feeding on wild fruits, grass seeds and crop seeds.

(3) Physiological characteristics

1. Male is aggressive.

Male thrush is particularly fond of fighting, which is typical of killing two birds with one stone. Living areas are often dominated by one party, and other males are not allowed to occupy their territory. Even if it just flies, it will be expelled by force.

2. I don't like flying far

Due to the habit of living alone and the desire to monopolize the territory, its range of activities is greatly limited, and it lacks flight training for many years, which leads to poor long-distance flight.

3. Like to imitate

Thrush can not only sing and dance, but also imitate the singing syllables of other birds. Without training, you can imitate it vividly, which makes people feel particularly interesting and very amused.

4. Different songs

The songs of male and female thrush birds are very different. The male bird's song is loud, smooth and melodious, giving a pleasant impression. The quieter the cicada forest, the quieter the Tonamiyama? The feeling of; The female bird's call is monotonous and tasteless. Not only that, the male birds in cages are different from those living in nature. Ouyang Xiu, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, said in the poem Thrushcross Birds. Hundreds of 4i thousand sounds move at will, and the flowers are red and purple. I just know that it is better to sing freely in the forest than to listen to the golden cage? . It can be seen that in the natural environment, in the atmosphere of cheerful jumping and free flying, thrush plays better and the song is more melodious.

5. Behavior machine

Thrushcross is alert to the surrounding environment, especially to the strange new environment, which is somewhat timid and easy to avoid hiding. According to this feature, the newly bought thrush should be dark? Cage clothes? Cover it and get used to it to avoid being scared.