Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / September 2003

I have decided to name him Mango.
Patty

well thank you all for all your "kind" words..... I didnt know that much
about the bird when i bought it except they told me it was a boy, I had no
idea how to check them for sex as I left that for my vet to do and he just
told me they have to be surgically sexed so i believed him. ...

Do any of you have any ideas how to keep your bird busy?  Saiyan isn't
"bored" but he just likes to pick at everything and I was wondering what I
could try to do to keep him occupied.  Once he finds a piece of paper or
something, there is always something different that distracts ...

i was wondering which sex is more naughtier male or female?

ive put a little plate for my tiel to do its sh.t in, everytime it shakes
its tail ill say to it poopies and quickly put him on the plate so it
understands, but then later it looks at me and starts eating it unless i
take the plate away from it it will eat them all, i reckon it ...

Our Great Pyrenees had an altercation (directly or indirectly, we're
not sure) with a skunk.
Does anyone have any suggestions for skunk odor-reducing, parrot
(CAG)-friendly substances that could be used on carpeting &

I haven't been to this group lately, but quite a while back someone had a
link to his/her home page that had pictures of his/her CAG (I believe)
dressed up for different holidays.  If I'm not mistaken, the Thanksgiving
photo was a riot.  I'd love to show these photos to some friends ...

Whats best way to thouroghly disinfect a cage?
Using a bleach solution or something?
If you can remember we recently lost Shadow and want to do a good job of
disinfecting the cage before looking for another bird...

Hope you have a wonderful day!

hi i have a tiel and its alone during the day when im at work, its prob
alone for say 7hrs a day its the tamest thing, when i come home it gets so
excited and has to come out of its cage or it cracks it and goes in the
corner of the cage and faces the wall, but i always let it out ...

My 6 year-old Congo Gray knows about 40 phrases. I've often wondered how
long a phrase he'd be capable of repeating. What's the longest phrase any of
you have managed to teach your Gray? Cosmo's longest to date: "Jesse Ventura
is my kinda guy!" His latest: "Cosmo for president!"

I've finally uploaded three Windows Media videos of Tuko & Birt. They aren't
the greatest since Tuko seems to know when I am taping and he seems to be
camera shy. Anyways, for those interested this is the link:
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/lidemi/Tuko/video.html

My local store has "calcium" perches instead of the concrete type.
What is the difference and are they ok to use? Also, I purchased a new
bird that is a few months old, but he has trouble sitting on the
perches that my adult birds use, without falling off. What size of

This morning, I was eating my toast and having the first cuppa of the day,
whilst reading a book i the living room, half an ear listening to my birds.
Jessibelle (patagonian) was callling "waaaave" and waving a leg about, Noddy
(red fronted conure) was saying "hello Nod-me-dod, and ...

I need some help/advice. When ever my bird [spike] jumps off his cage, or
off his perch, his left wig will go in as normal, but his right wing will
stay out, and he will go in circles almost like he is trying to close it but
he can't.