(Nestor notabilis) Husbandry Manual - Kea Conservation Trust

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4.1.4 Materials for
housing
4.1.5
Shelter/screening
Enclosure materials to be sighted are
non-toxic, durable and of a strength to
prevent containment breach by kea and
entry of large vertebrate species.
The following number of shelters, screens
and barriers are sighted:
• 1x undercover shelter area (approx
1m²) per bird;
• 2x animal visual barriers per
enclosure for each pair of birds;
• 2x human visual barriers per
enclosure for each pair of birds.
4.1.6 Water Water is seen to be accessible at all times
as follows:
• A main water source 1m² x 200
mm deep to allow bathing.
• An additional water bowl must be
provided at all times at another
location in the enclosure (unless a
large water source can be
accessed without threat by
subordinate birds).
4.1.7 Furnishings ,
vegetation and
substrates
A minimum of 3 different types of each
are sighted in the enclosure as follows:
• Movable substrates (1 of which is
soil).
• Ground vegetation (1 of which is
grass).
• Trees/shrubs.
• Furniture (inclusive of rotten logs
and perches).
Kea Conservation Trust Final 25/11/2010