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Jennifer Brown ● Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica ● Husbandry manual covered in shade cloth or placed in a shady area as there is no shelter inside the cage for the bird. Free Flight Aviary Door- Keeper access Door Food and water containers Noegel C age with new bird 7.6 Transport Requirements: Fig 7.5.1: Soft release set up When p lanning transportation t he m ain c onsideration n eeds t o b e whether the transportation is long term transportation or temporary transportation. For the transportation of doves the key thing to consider is how conditioned the animals are t o h uman c ontact. F or d omestic d oves the I ATA s uggests a w icker b asket c an b e used for temporary transportation. As the Emerald Dove is not considered a domestic species the safest option for the bird is to use a long term transportation box for all transportation no matter the length. This way the same box can be used for animals in a captive situation but also for wild caught birds. The idea behind using the sturdier box for all transportation is to reduce the stress on the animals themselves. The box design and construction is described below. This is the box that is recommended for long term transportation by the IATA. The advantage to this box is that since the size of the animal is not that large, the long term transportation box is not that large either and can easily be moved by a single person and transported in a car as easily as on a plane. 7.6.1 Box Design: As recommended by the IATA the transportation box for the Emerald Dove must: • Be constructed of a water resistant fiberboard, wood, non toxic plastic or fiberglass • Be crushproof • The h eight o f t he c ontainer m ust o f b e sufficient to al low t he b irds t o p erch naturally w ith the b irds hit ting t heir he ad- excess h eight w ill let these n ervous species injure themselves 25
Jennifer Brown ● Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica ● Husbandry manual • 75% of the front of the container must be a strong wire mesh or rounded wooden bars placed 1.3cm apart. • There must be a muslin curtain that can be raised and lowered and fixed over the wire mesh to provided dim light into the container. • Food and water troughs must be provided • Handles or spacer bars must be provided on two sides • The roof must be padded with a non-destructible soft material • Ventilation holes of 2.5cm covered with mesh must be provided at intervals of 5cm on three solid sides of the container • Be labeled correctly • The edge of all mesh must be protected so the birds cannot injure themselves These requirements are incorporated into the diagram below (Fig7.6.11) 20cm Ventilation Spacer bar/Handle Thick padding 76cm Handle 18cm 7.5cm Water T rough with outside access 46cm Side View Food trough Water trough Front View Handle Ventilation Back View Correct labels Fig 7.6.11: Diagram of Emerald Dove Transport box A rigid p lastic p et p ack c an b e m odified ( see F ig 7.6.12) t o c arry t hese b irds b ut th e following modifications would have to be carried out for it to meet the IATA’s standards: • A suitable perch must be fixed inside the container at a h eight that just allows the bird to perch naturally with minimum head and tail clearance • The roof must be padded with soft material that is non-destructible • The door and ventilation openings must be covered with a fine wire mesh • A muslin c urtain t hat c an be r aised an d lowered c an b e fixed t o t he c ontainer door 26
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