Longevity:

10-20 yrs

Housing:

Enclosure or aviary, indoors if in cold weather, minimum length 1.2m (4 ft).

Diet:

Small seed mix such as: canary, millet and oats; provide small amounts of hemp in cold weather; apple and other fruits if taken; green leaves such as: Swiss chard, lettuce, sowthistle, dandelion, chickweed; willow catkins; spray millet; rearing food made with hard boiled egg, wholegrain bread and carrot, all ground to crumbly consistency, when rearing young; complete pellet.

Enrichment:

Avid chewers so provide bird-safe wood toys, fir and pine branches, heat sterilized pine cones, vegetable tanned leather toys. Also provide water for bathing.