(Nestor notabilis) Husbandry Manual - Kea Conservation Trust

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standards
General Display All birds are on public display unless:
• In temporary holding facilities (up
to 1 year);
• Undergoing veterinary treatment;
• Undergoing quarantine;
• Involved in permitted research
• Proven to have breeding difficulties
on display (evidence required to be
documented)
• Held by private holders prior to
2009
4.1.2 Enclosure All birds held in public access enclosures
Type
are seen to have the following:
• Well signed public barriers;
• Safe double gating system;
• Twice daily checks (on top of
feeds).
4.1.3 Size
Kea held in enclosures of the following
size per number of birds (except for
quarantine/medical reasons):
1 kea - 108m (e.g. 6Wx6Lx3m H)
(evidence to be sighted as to
justification for single holding (to be
documented))
2 kea - 180m³ (e.g. 10x6x3m)
3 kea - 312m³ (e.g. 13x8x3m)
4 kea - 528m³ (e.g. 16mx11mx3m)
5 kea - 798m³ (e.g. 19mx14mx3m).
6 kea - 1122m³ (e.g. 22mx17mx3m)
(Each additional kea = 3m³)
Enclosure height to be a minimum of
3 metres.
Kea Conservation Trust Final 25/11/2010
and date completed