Iningi labantu abanezinyoni emndenini banamaprothiro ezinkomo. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ziyizinyoni ngempela, ama-parrots amaningi angakwazi ukubeka amaqanda. Lokhu kuyiqiniso noma ngabe bazalwa yini nabesilisa noma cha.
Izinyoni eziningi ekuthunjweni azibeki amaqanda ngoba izimo ezisekela amaqanda okubekwe kufanele kube okulungile. Uma kungekho ndawo yokubeka kuzo njengesikhala esincane esivinjelwe njengebhokisi, bamane nje ngeke babeke noma yikuphi amaqanda.
Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezimbongolo ezihlahleni ezihlahleni, izinyoni zasendle zivele nje zingabeki amaqanda amaningi noma zikhulise inani lezingane ezisetshenziselwa ukuthi zilandele izilwane zasendle eziphelile.
Kumele kube nemibandela enhle kakhulu kuMvelo ngama-parrots ukuzala. Kumele babe nokudla okwanele namanzi, kumele babe nendawo ephephile yokubeka amaqanda abo futhi bawafake futhi kufanele bakwazi ukuhlala lapho ukuze banakekele ama-hatchlings abo baze bafunde ukuhamba. Umgodi womuthi uphelele i-parrot ngoba ngaphandle kwama-parrots e-Quaker, abakha izitshalo noma izindlu zanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Kumele bathole indawo yokufihla emvelo ukuze bakhulise abancane babo.
Abantu abaningi banezinyoni ezincane ezibeka amaqanda amaningi lapho zifika esimweni sokuzala. Lokhu kungaba nzima kwimpilo yabo ngoba ukulala kwamaqanda kudinga ukuchithwa kwe-calcium ukuze kube igobolondo lamaqanda. Noma kunjalo, izinyonikazi zenza nje izinto eziza ngokwemvelo futhi zibeka amaqanda.
Kanye nesifiso sokubeka amaqanda kanye nokukhiqizwa okulandelayo kwalawo maqanda kuza ukuziphatha okudingekayo ukugcina lawo maqanda asebenza kuze kube yilapho ehlwitha. Uma ebeka zonke amaqanda azobeka, uMama kumele alungele futhi azimisele ukuhlala kulawo maqanda isikhathi eside ukuze afake amaqanda kanye nokunakekela izingane ezishaya.
Cabanga ukuthi utshelwe udokotela wakho ukuthi kufanele uchithe izinsuku ezilandelayo ezingamashumi amathathu elele embhedeni. Awukwazi ukuhamba ngaphandle kokuthola ukudla futhi kufanele ukhombise oshade naye ukuba alale embhedeni uze ubuyele. Yilokho owesifazane ophikisana naye. Ngakho umama wamama ukumsiza ngokumbeka esimweni sengqondo ukuze aneliseke ngalesi simo. Lokhu "ukuthukuthela" kuboniswa ukuthi kube yimfihlo yehomoni eyenza lokhu kuziphatha kufunwa yiNdalo. Isikhathi sokugxila lapho uMama kufanele ahlale khona emaqanda akhe ahlukahluka ezilwaneni kuya ezilwaneni.
Lokhu "ukuzondla" kubonakala umama ehlezi emaqanda akhe futhi eba nobudlova uma noma ubani efika kuye noma amaqanda ayo. Izinkukhu zivame ukubhoqa izimpaphe ezivela esifubeni lapho khona amaqanda abe ngaphansi kwakhe ukuze isikhumba sakhe esifudumele sithintane namaqanda. Lokhu kungabonakali esifubeni senkukhu kuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "i-brood punch". Ezinye zezilwane zezinhlobo ezithile zizokhipha lezo zimpaphe endaweni yesifuba, kodwa ezinye zizozikhiphela zodwa bese zihlanganisa isidleke sayo nazo.
Izinkukhu zizosebenzisa izimpaphe ezikhunjulwe njengendlela yokugxila amaqanda abo futhi ziphinde zisebenze njenge-padding.
Ukuhlukumezeka kungathathwa ngesimo sezulu esifudumele, isikhathi eside sokukhanya kwelanga, ukutholakala kwesikhala esincane somnyama kanye nezinto zokwakha izindlu ezifana nephepha noma ingubo.
Ukuba khona kwendoda kungase kuguqulwe owesifazane wakho esimweni sokuzalanisa kanye nokubeka amaqanda nokuqala ukuzala.
Omunye wamaGrey wami wase-Afrika wanquma ukungihambisa ngamaqanda amabili angenasifo ngaphezu kwezinsuku eziyisithupha. Yini eyabangela? Umzingeli wami yilokho ukuthi wayenobhokisini lakhe kanye nencwadi yefoni ayeyithanda ukuyihlafuna.
Omunye wamanye amaGrays ase-Afrika ungowesilisa nokuba khona kwakhe cishe akuzange kusize izindaba. Ngakho-ke nganginezimo ezihlelelwe ukuba abeke amaqanda: kwakuyisikhathi sokuzala, wayenekhala elincane elifakwe, izinsuku zihamba isikhathi eside ezinikezela ilanga elithile , udla kakhulu futhi owesilisa wayegumbini elifanayo . Ngamvumela ukuba abe namaqanda akhe cishe inyanga futhi azithathele ngokuthula lapho edlala ukudla kwakhe. Ngesikhathi ngimbuyisela emgodini wakhe waqala ukuzungezela imizuzu embalwa bese nje eqhubeka nomhla wakhe.
Ngicabanga ukuthi ukhululekile ukuthi babengekho lapho. Kungakapheli usuku wayebuyela emuva evamile. Ngiphinde ngisuse ibhokisi elixoshwe kudoti, ngingalokothi ngibuyele emgodini wakhe.
Lesi simiso sokuhlambalaza kubalulekile ekulondolozeni lezi zinhlobo njengoba ukukhuthazwa kukaMama ngesikhathi sokukhushulwa kudingekile ukuxosha izinsana kanye nokunakekela lezo zingane ezingenasici uma zifika emhlabeni. Kuyinto inqubo ende futhi ingqondo ekhukhulayo eyenziwa yizo amahomoni yilokho okuvumela izinyoni ukuba zizalwe.
Kuhlelwe ngu: Patricia Sund