Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / August 2003

hi, my cockatiel who up untill now I believed to be male has just laid an
egg, it is obviously unfertilised but what do I do in the best interests of
the bird? It is sitting on it etc and I don't wish to distress it any more
than I have to, any and all suggestions welcomed TIA

Well, it's been nearly three weeks since I got back from vacation and
retrieved a very sorry looking Yanco from being boarded at the pet
store.  Her feathers looked messy and gunky, and she was continually
shedding a dander snowstorm.

Tuesdays I work at the local Vet's office. I am usually only there for the
difficult surgeries. The vet told me we had an African Grey coming in for a
wing trim and nail trim. She told me I would remember them when they
arrived. The vet is not board certified avian, but I live in a ...

Anyone have one of these little cuties?
Do they get along with other kinds of hookbills?
Bren.

Just got 32 tiels, they are mostly, breeders.  Some babies.   About 5
babies.  They are all wild.  Is there a way to calm them down.  Without it
being a trauma for them, and bloody hands for us.  Hubby wants me to use
gloves, but does that make them more afraid.  Any helpful hints ...

I currently have a great cockatiel who is almost 1 years old.  I work
during the day but he gets a lot of attention in the evening and on
the weekends.  His cage is in my living room and he gets plenty of
time out of it when I am home.  I really like birds and have done a

finding it really quiet at home, and have been thinking we could give
another little birdie a luving home...
We arnt too keen on having another Cag because I think it will not be the
same as having our little baby back :-(

Our treasured little Cockatiel Harry started struggling to do poop on Friday
evening. Harry is actually a female, we didn't discover this until she was
14 years old. Harry had recently recovered from a foot infection some 3 weeks
previously and we wondered if there was a connection. ...

I've looked up and down the web for info on what is necessary to move
to Australia with my CAG and TAG.  Everything seems geared towards
dogs and cats and the only thing about birds is that they will be
destroyed at the airport.

I have a male cockatiel a litle over a year old. A friend's sister has
baby tiels. I can get one. My tiel to very attached to me and is
talking. I've heard if I get the other bird he won't be attached to me
anymore and will stop talking. Is this true even if they are kept in

Our two birds they laid 5 eggs first time to which 4 hatched but they didn't
feed them and all died.
Second time round now and 5 eggs 2 have hatched so far the first bird just
died due to no food the parents do not look interested in the chicks! What

Just how succeptable are cockatiels to drafts?  I'm thinking about getting a
'tiel but am concerned how they might handle drafts. They won't be *too* bad
but then again they won't be to the point of not being noticable either, and
what with the winter months coming soon...

Do any of you know if cockatiels are susceptible, and if the disease can be
transferred from crow to cockatiel through human touch?
The vet clinic says "no", but I would like to know if anyone else has some
accurate information on this.

Where does he come in?  What is his role in your life?  Does he
represent some philosophical source?  Or is he merely mythical,
residing somewhere on the periphery?  
Beaver pelts and brand new cars.

Hello all! My name is Kurt and I just became the proud new dad of a 3
1/2 month old Grey. I spent 3 days trying to come up with a name. I
finally settled on Dobie.
Let me give you some background on what I have observed with Dobie so