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Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / October 2003Pelican on Survivor
Did anyone watch Survivor tonight? There was this wonderful brown pelican who came right into camp. It was so friendly, it jumped right into their covered hut. I love brown pelicans. Does anyone familiar with them know if some are typically this friendly. If I'd been there I would have had to grab him and kiss him on the lips, he was so cute.  SignatureSincerely, Joanne If it's right for you, then it's right, . . . . . for you!!! Play - http://www.jobird.com Pay for Play - http://www.jobird.com/refund.htm Looking for Love? - http://www.jobird.com/hearts.htm > Did anyone watch Survivor tonight? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I'd been there I would have had to grab him and kiss him on the lips, he was > so cute. The pelican was probably a member of the actors guild and paid for the appearance. -- Lou Boyd Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> says... >> Did anyone watch Survivor tonight? >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The pelican was probably a member of the actors guild and paid for the > appearance. I also suspect he's a Burnett plant. But he was hilarious! I loved how he displayed and honked at the big crybaby. Jack Signatureaka Keet Visit my web page at http://junior.apk.net/~jac/ > Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> says... > >> Did anyone watch Survivor tonight? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Jack Jack, Is this the old bird group I used to go to? Your name is the only one I recognize. Anyway I have a question for the group. I have recently moved and am now living in Wisconsin and have a Parrotlet "Cricket". We lost our power the other night and everything in the house is electric or run with Electricity. So I have no way of keeping Cricket warm. What I did was put a bunch of beach towels over his cage hoping to trap his own body heat, if it had got any colder I would have used my body heat. But to sleep I know is dangerous. What can I do to prepare for this if it happens again. Winter is fast approaching. We will be in Florida most of the winter but we will be here some of it. Please respond someone, I feel this is something I really need to be prepared for the next time it happens. Sharon ><(((*> What I did was put ><(((*> a bunch of beach towels over his cage hoping to trap his own body heat, if ><(((*> it had got any colder I would have used my body heat. When I was in a similar situation during the ice storm of 1998, I lit candles in the room where I was keeping the budgies. It's a very short-term measure, because of course it consumes oxygen and it can't be left unsupervised. The budgies came through quite well, BTW, but the hedgehog started to hibernate. Now *that* was interesting. Fortunately, my in-laws did have power, and we were able to stay with them, animals and all, until power was restored to our part of the city. Hope this helps a little. Tara J. Ballance Montreal, Canada > ><(((*> What I did was put > ><(((*> a bunch of beach towels over his cage hoping to trap his own body heat, if [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Tara J. Ballance > Montreal, Canada Thanks Tara, I had candles going, but I had put Cricket in another room as I was afraid that the candles themselves would not be good for him. They were unscented but they still have an odor.. How long did you leave your birds in the room with the candles? Once when at a bird show some of the breeders had some sort of device in the aquariums with the babies that kept them warm. I was hoping a breeder would speak up and tell me what this might have been. It was not electrically powered and did not harm the baby birds. > I have a question for the group. I have recently moved > and am now living in Wisconsin and have a Parrotlet "Cricket". We lost our [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sharon The short term answer is just climb in bed and put the bird next to you. That small of bird won't give you much heat but you'll certainly keep it warm. I do this regularly with a cag, a blue crown conure, and a scarlet macaw. It doesn't have to be cold for them to be there. For the other birds who aren't so cuddly (or well behaved) I have propane heat which doesn't go off when the power fails and a wood stove as a backup for that. I hate to bear bad tidings, but extended power outages occur most often during ice storms when the ice is so heavy it breaks poles and wires and repair is difficult. I live in Arizona but at over a mile elevation it gets cold sometimes and storms often bring elecrical outages. Cuddling birds by the light from an oil lamp beats watching TV anytime. -- Lou Boyd Stinkweed <Stinkweed@cricket.com> says... > I have recently moved > and am now living in Wisconsin and have a Parrotlet "Cricket". We lost our > power the other night and everything in the house is electric or run with > Electricity. So I have no way of keeping Cricket warm. What I did was put > a bunch of beach towels over his cage hoping to trap his own body heat, What's the best heat insulator? Dead air. What's the best dead air trap? Downy feathers. A cover over a cage is as worthless for retaining heat as is a tent. ALL it can do is reduce air movement; ie drafts. > if > it had got any colder I would have used my body heat. But to sleep I know > is dangerous. What can I do to prepare for this if it happens again. > Winter is fast approaching. We will be in Florida most of the winter but we > will be here some of it. Please respond someone, I feel this is something I > really need to be prepared for the next time it happens. One possibility is those chemical hand warmers that you might secure to the outside of his cage, with a combination of insulation and deflection shielding to help direct the heat to the inside. Jack Signatureaka Keet Visit my web page at http://junior.apk.net/~jac/ >From: "Joanne" Joanne@jobirdnest.com >Did anyone watch Survivor tonight? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I'd been there I would have had to grab him and kiss him on the lips, he was >so cute. Pelicans stay pretty close to where there is a food source. They have been known to become very tame, and accept hand outs from fisherman, or anyone else who offers them a tasty morsel. This is not always to their advantage, as some very cruel people have badly maimed them. Regards Pelicans have lips???? > Did anyone watch Survivor tonight? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I'd been there I would have had to grab him and kiss him on the lips, he was > so cute. > Pelicans have lips???? Yup! And they all like kisses smack dab on them. SignatureSincerely, Joanne If it's right for you, then it's right, . . . . . for you!!! Play - http://www.jobird.com Pay for Play - http://www.jobird.com/refund.htm Looking for Love? - http://www.jobird.com/hearts.htm |
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