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but are making some interesting moves; again, we shall see. My HR young male is a great little
character and often comes out of his cage to play; I like to keep him tame and Charlie when not breeding. I feed them little sunflower heart treats on top of the Tiricas’ cage as is a handy perching area. The Tiricas have taken much interest in this little Cobalt on their cage and keep a close eye on all he does, so much so that when feeding him I tried feeding them from my hand. It worked and after only a few attempts I can feed them from my hand through the bars of their cage or put my hand inside and feed them. I can’t do this with any of the other PR Cobalts so have to assume that they have made a direct link to watching me feed my little male. I am planning to add more Brotos to my collection later this year if I can get in a trip to Europe. The great thing about my second trip to collect birds is I met the Tirica breeder Jaak.
I have kept in touch with Jaak regularly
due to us sharing a deep passion for Brotos. He has all the species apart from the two very rarest: the Golden winged and Tui. However, he has had Tuis in his collection twice. He keeps the Cobalt, Tirica, Canary winged, White winged, Orange chinned and Grey cheeked. He has had articles published in Belgian magazines on his birds and he has
translated them into English for me, and now I have asked him for permission for them to be printed here in the PS magazine. He also briefly told me his story of why
he keeps and specializes in Brotos. It was a great little story so I asked him to write that for the PS magazine to follow my story with these fascinating parakeets. I often wonder why Brotogeris aren’t
kept more everywhere but especially in this country. I wonder is it because they are a base colour of green with next to no mutations? The only couple of pictures I have seen of mutations were on Facebook and I don’t know where they originate from but they are certainly not established. For me if it was a choice of being more popular with mutations or as they are now I would keep them as they are. I don’t want to see mutations spoiling this great genus of birds like they have spoilt many others. Wild natural colours always please! I would like to find out if there are any UK based breeders as so far I have only found two pairs of Grey cheeks that were imported from Loro Parque, kept for a few years by two keepers for four or so years then moved on out of the country. If anyone does keep any or is seriously interested in keeping these great little characters do get in touch - you can contact me via the PS where Les will pass on your details or I have a bird page on
www.facebook.com/newworldbirds1
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