Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / September 2004

...everything he says seems to be 'tweeted' rather than actually
spoken. He can say his name (interestingly, he can say 'Joe', but he
has also started saying 'Joewee' - which I have never called him) and
a few basic things like 'hello', 'pretty boy'', 'letttuce' and

can u put pics on this forum or not????????:confused: :confused:
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I'm considering purchasing a parakeet in a couple months or so.  I did
bird research a while ago on larger birds and I remember hearing that
cockateils and cockatoos have a sort of dust that can aggrivate
asthma.  I was just wondering if parakeets had anything similar that

I know, this has been done to death. I have googled the archives and
read many threads on this issue. I have no teflon pans in my kitchen
(I have a YNA and have had her from a wee chick 11 years ago) and
haven't for about, er, 11 years.

I just bought another parakeet today.  My other parakeet I have had for
almost a year.  I put my new parakeet in his own cage that is sitting next
to the other one. My question is how long should I keep them seperated
before slowly introducing them together.

http://www.feathergatherers.com/grayparrot.htm
The Creation of the Gray Parrot
By Gloria Ridgway
The Creators sat by the edge of sea, their shining new world a joy to see;

we have a large outdoor aviary with a flock  now of some 20 budgies.
We must put into action their winter setup as here in nothern greece
it can get as cold as -15 !!  we would welcome advice on how to go
about this.  perhaps there are others who cope in cold climes?

This is kind of an embarassing question (and I swear that this is not
a troll). I have a 5-year-old male violet budgie (Dave) who has
recently begun to get incredibly sexually frustrated.
Basically, he keeps trying to f.ck everything in his cage - his toys,

Last week I got a five-month-old blue headed Pionus.   After the first
two days,  he began squawking and does so virtually non-stop if I'm in
the room with his cage.  He does this whether he's in the cage or out.
I've taken him outside on my lanai, and it's the same there.  Any

I have currently started making my deluxe gouldian egg food available.
Once you try it you will see why we win awards after awards.
It is full of everything needed to help the gouldian.
It has herbs and vegetables to stimulate appetite, it has iodine

I just got a Peach Faced Love Bird yesterday, the owner was an elderly woman
and, actually - she passed away (at age 90) it was her granddaughter that
placed the bird with me, she was terrified of the bird! So - the bird is
supposedly about 8 months old and grandma was to ...

What's with the leg band? I read the breeder puts them on when the bird is
very young. Is there any info that I can learn from inspecting it? Can 't
see how I'd even do that though!! (I'm talking about Bubba the Love Bird -
of course!)

Alright, I bought a budgie brought her home in her own cage etc.  Every
site/person i've came across says to hand train etc, she's scared but shes
calmed down a bit i put my hand in & nothing for a few mins, yes i moved
slowly yes i talked to her.  Then a bird owner friend of mine ...

Isn't she pretty?
http://jjww.250free.com/Bubba1.jpg

Hey All,
I'm back on line and have 4 months worth of posts to catch up on.  So far
looks like nothing's changed (is that a good thing or a bad thing?)
My birds are doing great, in spite of being banished to my bedroom at the