Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / August 2007

My budgie is one year old.  I got him 10 months ago and what a talker
he has become.  Very tame and loves to act up going to anybody.  I
clipped his wings when i first got him and I let them grow so now he
flies around having fun.  The last week he is very hyper.  Flying

What's a good budgie & parakeet food ( we have both an english budgie and
a couple of parakeets ) that won't break the piggy bank?

Here's a video of my cockatiel:
http://gear.dyndns.org/~paulgear/cockatiel.mpeg
He does this funny little crouch thing usually no more than once every
1-3 days, usually in the middle of the day, and usually while it is

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Phoenix, AZ -- August 23, 2007 -- Rainbow, a Bronze-winged Pionus, and many

Is anyone on this NG familiar with this parrot (Ruppell's) or knows
someone who owns one and can share information re: temperament,
vocalization, habits, etc.?  I've seen a young hen that interests me but
I haven't been able to find too much information about this particular

Hello Group,
I have raised two male Eclectus from the egg to 32 days of age.  They
have both been quite hungry at each feeding until about three days ago
when I noticed that the older chick was not as enthusiastic about

Can an english budgie live in the same cage with a parakeet? Are they
similar enough a species?

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Chris Davis here. I just spoke on the phone with Marc Morrone, the man who

Hi to all!
I read somewhere that when when give tap water to our budgies and we
want to give to them supplements into it, the chlorinate the tap water
contains void the action of good bacteries by killing them. Is it

I have a female Canary that is about 13 years old, that has been by itself
for the last six years or so.  Prior to this it had a mate who died.  I
think it might be a bit lonely, and would like to get it a male friend.  Do
you think this is a good idea and what sort of things ...

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We have an english budgie that's about 6 months old and the guy at the
store told us not to trim her talons because budgies are very afraid birds
and might die of a heart attack if we wrapped her in the towel and did
that.

We hav a rescue tiel (Juno) and he is quite young.  We found him in our
garden thankfully just before one of our Border Terriers killed him.  He is
not very friendly but we persevere as he is so cute!  We Canary sit (a hen)
for a relative and they sit in adjacent cages.  However we ...

these yorkie puppies are 16 weeks old,cane,amma and elmma.Two boys and
a girl.vet checked,current on their shots,potty trained,AKC
registered,well socialized with humans and other pets,they also have
wonderful temparements,from a champion bloodline.they do come along