Are you Parrot Smart?

[bustersbuddy]

I know my parrot well but I'm not sure that I got a 100% as my red bar, like Tiki's, didn't go all the way to the end. It was a fun quiz, though, and I enjoyed taking it. I'm not too sure about a couple of disease answers and would love to see the correct answers posted. Please, please, please, the little kid with acceptance issues inside me is begging loudly!

Thanks again,

Buster's Buddy

[Ginich]

Hi- I got 100% but I have a good mentor, lol. Also, I guess on some of them.

[Lynjupiter]

Thanks everyone for the feedback. Yes I know I have a few typos and misspellings but I appreciate your mention of them. I found a few more then were even mentioned. I was tired but wanted to get the quiz done. To much typing in one night.

I will post the answers here a little later tonight. You will find I had one trick question and if you did not read the answers carefully it would trip you up.

Lynda

[Lynjupiter]

Hurray Gini
After two years in our bird club you should score 100% LOL. You know I am a nut for education. We had to have covered every disease I can think of.
Lynda

Originally Posted by Ginich

Hi- I got 100% but I have a good mentor, lol. Also, I guess on some of them.

[Lynjupiter]

3.A proper diet for a parrot consist of:
Pellets, organic fruits and veggies, healthy table food , some seed,
4.4. Which is the name of a virus that causes high levels of mortality in young parrots?
Polyoma
5.Psittaciformes are:
342 species of bird which are grouped into two families. Cacatuiade and the Psittacidae ( the cacatuiade is the family of cockatoos and cockatiels)
6.Keratin is:
A protein in beaks and feathers
7.A proventriculus is:
An enlargement in the digestive canal sometimes called a fore stomach
8.Which is the name of a deadly parasite spread by possums and cockroaches. Ingested by the bird through food contaminated by roaches:
Sarcocytosis ( seen more in tropical climates like Florida).
9.9. Conures are?
A small parrot from south America
10. Urates are:
The chalky white component of a dropping
11.A closed aviary is:
An aviary that has no new birds introduced for several years
12. Zoonosis is:
A disease transferred from animal to people ( like Psisttacosis)
13.PTFE is:
Deadly to birds and Polytetrafluoroethylene also known as Teflon
Both B and C are the correct answers
14. A syrinx is:
The bird equivalent of the human larnyx
15.The name of a disease caused by fungus spores, the lungs and air sacs fill with white masses causing breathing problems. The fungus grows well in corn cob bedding
Aspergillosis
16. Finish the statement: Toys are ...........
Important to provide stimulation and prevent boredom.

[Freedomoflight]

Good Job! You know your Parrot and know how to give your parrot a long , healthy , happy life. If you don't have parrot please consider a rescue bird. Look for an exotic bird rescue near you. If you got a 100% give yourself a big gold star and consider yourself Parrot Smart!

Nicely done quiz, espicially for people looking to educate themselves.

[Lynjupiter]

Thank you! that was the whole intention of the quiz. Not to stump the experts but to give those who aren't experts an idea of what they need to learn.
Lynda

Originally Posted by Freedomoflight

Nicely done quiz, espicially for people looking to educate themselves.

[felisdomesticus]

I just took the quiz tonight and got "you know your parrot!".

No info on what questions I got wrong... or what my percentage was.

[Tishrei]

Well, here's what happened when I took the test:

Are you Parrot Smart?
Your Result: Oh No!

If you have an exotic bird please get help! You have no idea what you are doing and really need to do ALOT of research pronto! If you are planning on bringing a bird home in the near future, please don't! You have no idea what you are getting into. The more you know the longer your bird will live.

My poor Ducky -- he's in trouble. I think the only answers I got right was my age and my gender. Ducky has a lot to teach me still.

[LADY_DEBRA]

my test said I'am getting there