Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / February 2005

This is an open letter to all of you out there who seem to think that ANY
house can be made to be "bird safe."  The house that I am living in with
my Grandmother is at least 100 yrs old.  The interior walls are made out
of plaster and lathe construction.  When the house was made it ...

I'm a bit confused about the best room in which to keep my
parakeets' cage.
I've had one of my birds for about 10 years. Her cage has always been
in the living room, and she's always been a healthy, happy bird. Not

I got a female parakeet last night. She's surprisingly tame already.
I know she is still adjusting to her new cage, but I have yet to see her
eat. Of course, this doesn't mean she hasn't but I'd like to make sure I
have proper dishes.

I am a love bird breeder and i have some outstanding looking lovebirds for
sale in the u.k .
They are all  peach faced i have 4 lutino albino which are pure yellow with
pink eyes and a pink face . And i have 4 normal peach faced  which are green

Chilean fruit should be avoided generally since they use pesticides banned
in the USA.
This is from the 911 parrot alert list. These poor people lost 8 birds
after feeding grapes that came from Chili. While they cannot be 100%

Do you think the vets who currently recommend pellets would continue to
recommend that same pellet if there were no personal profit motive?
My argument for yes:
1.  The vet has a general awakening of the value of the ingredients in this

My wife bought me my first bird this Christmas. A beautifull Sun Conure. I
have had a litte experience with this type of bird when I worked in a pet
store a few years ago. I just adore him. My question is this, is there an
average age when they are more prone to start talking? He ...

Hi, I am a great admirer of chicks (i.e. baby hens and roosters).
I find them much cuter and more docile than, say, canaries or
other types of birds normally kept as pets. Not only will they
not fly away (since they can't fly) but they will often follow

Has anyone had any experience with tenting / fumigating their house and
then bringing their precious birds back into the house?
My story goes like so:
I have 4 wonderful cockatiels (or should I say they have me). Recently

Help me my bird is going to die. I've had him to 2 vets but they can't
find what's wrong with him. There aren't any bird vets here just regular
small animal vets. He's taking antibiotics now but it's not helping him.
He was always small but I think he's lost weight. He chews his ...

There is more to Mel's multiple messages than first meets the eye.
Why is it that each message has a different sender email return address?
It isn't possible to block the sender because each time one comes
through  it is slightly different from the previous one.

We have 9 cockatiels. Luis (our 20-year-old) lost his wife (Yvonne)
last September; he is pining and has recently begun stalking another
couple. We are hoping to find Luis an old girl or widow cockatiel, in
her later years.

I have a parakeet that talks, immitates laughter, coughing, and is
generally very tame. Recently I had my family over and they were
amazed that a parakeet could talk. They really make great pets. They
take up little very little  space, they can be a bit messy but

I would like to offer our services to anyone who has recently lost a
pet.
Myself and a couple of animal loving friends, who have all lost pets in
the last year, had an idea of creating a website for people in a

i have updated my Homepage and present some nice Pictures
of my girlfriends birds.
I wish you some fun
Bye