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47 days – only the three youngest left.


Mountains are very easy to maintain – my birds receive my “standard” Grass Parakeet and Lovebird mix and my soft food mix – see box for details. My soft food mix is prepared daily because it is fed to all the birds in my collection. If you only have a few birds or just kept Mountains they would probably do equally well with a selection of fruits, vegetables and occasionally sprouted seed offered as treats on different days of the week. When you check their seed dish decant the seed into another dish, otherwise if you just “blow” the surface you will find that what looks like a dish of seed is just dust under the surface. If you are into genuine foreign birds – as distinct from domesticated colour mutations – and are ready for an intermediate challenge, I can thoroughly recommend Mountains. They are a bit unusual and highly


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intelligent little birds. If they prove somewhat difficult to breed I can assure you that a cage of youngsters will make the extra patience required seem well worthwhile.


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