Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / August 2003

Any help would be appreciated.
Today, whilst walking in Co Durham, I found a very tame, very friendly but
somewhat distressed African Grey Parrot.
I have checked with a local bird breeder who advised me of the NCA - which

Paddy my 6mth old cag is a very fussy eater not really into veg or fruit
although he always has fresh veg and fruit in his cage along with parrot mix
in his other dish. Once a day I still hand feed him the weaning food that
the breeder gave him, now for the question I read on one of ...

    I have one of those large cages that has a perch and play area
on the outside above the cage. There is a tray that sits under the
play area. I've been putting newspaper down to catch the droppings,
but my bird keeps having a grand old time tearing it up and spreading

Hi to all,
I've heard, different things about stuff we have in our household that can
be bad for a parrot. I'm just wondering to what level are they bad?
Teflon on cookware for example. It becomes toxic to a bird after it reaches

i recently had a pet die tragically due to what may have been misinformation
about how weaned it was.
It was about 8 weeks when i was assured it was fully weaned and on adult
foods.

Did anyone ever see  black cockatiels. i just had someone  here looking
for a female for his black male
the man said they are very rare.
BERNIE: THE BIRD MAN

My 12 year old cockatiel just died, but I don't understand why. It
appeared to have breathing problems, with mouth open, and then fell to
the bottom of the cage, all within one hour. The room was not too
warm, so I don't understand what happened. I have another bird, that

we just got two baby lbirds and they are kinda pushy with the tiels and was
curious if ayone else has this kind of situation, they are getting along
though as well. These love birds can be such sweet and cuddly little buggers
cant they :-)

It's been 5 days since I returned from vacation and got Yanco back from
the pet store where she was boarded for a month.  Though she looks
pretty good at first glance, her plumage really is a mess underneath.
It seems as though she stopped preening herself at some point.

Is there something that we can do to stop hyperactivity in our tiels?  We
have one female and two males in particular that have always been extremely
hyper - we can no longer take it!!!! Please help!!!!

I have taken Shadow to the vets on Friday and he is keeping him in till he
gets some results back.
The problem with him was that his balance had gone to pot, so after a few
weeks of him being on antibiotics the vet has now done a calcium test and an

hiya,
I got a telephone call last night from the rspca, saying the had found a
parrot, at first i thought it was a prank call, im not saying i gave up hope
to find him again, but after the heat wave hit 100, i thought he would find

A quick question.
Mac really does not like having his claws trimmed, and I must admit I am not
comfortable doing them.  Is there a reccomended style of perch that can
accomplish the same thing?  I am reluctant to try the sand paper type covers

I understand that some of the hotfixes make your computer slower -
especially 811493.  I'd like to uninstall those Hotfixes I don't really
need.  However, I have already erased the backup files so that the Hotfixes
no longer show up in my Uninstall Programs list in the Control Panel ...