Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / January 2005

I purchased Chiquita a little over a year ago from an older woman that
was going to live with her daughter and could no longer maintain the
Amazon Blue Parrot. She is approx 4-5 years old.. and she is awesome..
however, lately, I have not been home and haven't been able to let her

I would like to invite anyone with talking parakeets or budgies to join
the The Budgie Research Group. We have now over 20 context speaking
budgies on our site. It is the largest parrot intelligence website and
parrot communication network in the world. Please drop by for a visit,

I would like to invite anyone with talking parakeets or budgies to join
the The Budgie Research Group. We have now over 20 context speaking
budgies on our site. It is the largest parrot intelligence website and
parrot communication network in the world. Please drop by for a visit,

i just got a new male canary a couple days ago. i was wondering about
his singing ability. for the most part, he's pretty quiet. every now
and then, he get's excited and makes some noices, but it's more like a
cricket or baby dinosaur than anything. once, this morning, i heard him

Hey folks,
I am planning on adding a couple of budgies to my life and was shopping
around for cages.  None of the cages at the pet stores in my area look
suitable (most look waaay too small) so I started looking online.  The

Peaches, a lovebird, has never really allowed me to socialize her.  She's
about 1-1/2 years old now; she was about 8 or 9 weeks old when I got her.
Having had parakeets almost continually since 1966 I know you have to spend
a lot of time with a new bird to get them to socialize with ...

I lost my dear friend cockatiel yesterday. He flew away,
starting from near the intersection of Laurel Canyon and Roscoe Blvd.
in North Hollywood, California. He's a strong flier so he could've
gotten pretty far. He has a dark grey body and wings. The wings have a

Whilst on the subject of budgies, I thought I'd mention this too.
I have an outside aviary containing ten budgies. A couple of days ago,
I noticed a lone herring gull stood against the wire staring intently
at my birds. I banged on the window and it flew away.

I have a pet budgie and he usually gets a visti to the vet twice a
year to get his wings and nails clipped. This year, we didn't get a
chance to bring hime before the cold weather set in. I don't like to
transport the bird to the vet in the cold because I'm always afraid

Hello, could anyone tell me the best way, or an easy way to make that
shallow depression in the bottom of a budgie nesting box.  Thanks, Bill

Peaches has several toys with vegetable-dyed blocks of wood, bells, leather
strips and large beads.  She has a swing with wooden beads on the sides.
She gets on the swing and when she gets tired of playing with the wood beads
on the swing she gets the swing going really hard so she ...

We are trying to locate Macaw/Cockatoo proof bird netting.  We are
trying to enclose a 250ft X 650ft area. We have used chain link fencing
for smaller avaries. Even with support cables it is to heavy to span
the distances we are trying to enclose. Any resources or ideas you

Do these particular birds have a sense of smell?
Thanx

Please refer to http://members.shaw.ca/elistria/Crackers2.jpg
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This is Crackers, our peach-face lovebird. Wondering what might be going on here with his back.
Mites? Boredom (he does get attention every day)? Stress? Rash? Nutrition? ...

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