Gail feels qualified to answer questions about the following topics: diet recommendations for pets and/or breeding birds caging, nestboxes, and proper environment for successful breeding of birds selection and pairing of breeding stock questions regarding aggression in pairs or problems pairing- prevention of injury methods egg incubation- turning, temperatures, humidity, problem hatches, and incubation equipment nursery setup, brooders and other equipment, and cleaning/disinfection regimens hand-feeding of parrots and also of soft-billed bird species (i.e. hornbills, mynahs, rhamphastids, thrushes, touracos) suggested topics: formulas, equipment, techniques, problems, weaning times, weaning foods, socialization help/advice regarding preventing and correcting common problems of hand-feeding babies, i.e. splayed legs, "scissor beak" etc. specialized instructions for difficult to hand-rear from day-one species (i.e. Golden Conures, caiques, Rose-Breasted Cockatoos, Pyrrhura Conures). (virtually NO experience with black cockatoo species, sorry) general husbandry questions about breeding birds general questions about psittacine (parrot) and soft-billed species, i.e. identification of species/subspecies etc. general personality characteristics of species that we raise We cannot give medical advice, sorry!
RATES: Questions can be submitted in writing by email or fax and telephone consultations are available. The charge to answer written questions is quoted after the questions are submitted and is based upon the complexity of the questions and the time involved to answer them. Telephone consultations are based upon time and questions can be submitted in writing beforehand.
15 minutes (minimum) - $50.00 30 minutes - $90.00 60 minutes - $150.00 legal expert witness fees are quoted based upon the case (prices are in US dollars)
Please see this page for more information: Avian Legal Consulting Service
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