Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / October 2003

I am building this for my breeder
What do you think so far http://www.velocity.net/~jenee/

How long should you let your cockatiel sit on her eggs for? And when you
finally do remove the eggs, what will her reaction be?
thank you

weve had a grey for about 3 1/2 years now.  he was hand reared and knows no
fear.  Whilst he will on the whole step up and down on command, we have had
difficulty potty training him.  Whenever he goes now he says good boy but
not always in the right place!  can anyone recommend a ...

Thanks to all of you who replied to my questions about sunflower seeds and
alternative food suggestions...much appreciated!
Another issue I have with Henry...while he is just starting to be interested
in the food we eat, I have tried leaving a variety of veggies and the sort

My cockatiel fell on the bathroom floor a few minutes ago.  I had hed her and
she was pretty wet.  She was sitting on my shoulder and I was drying her (very
lightly, ver low heat on and off; we've done this a lot)
All of a sudden, she fell straight down onto the tile floor.

I am planning to replace a powder coated cage showing signs of wear
with stainless steel.  The best price and seemingly good construction
is the Mediana from Avian Adventures.  Anyone have any experience with
this brand - good or bad?  Thanks.

i was wondering is it important to worm your birds, i went to the vet to get
my tiels wings clipped and get its droppings checked for worms and
everything was fine the vet gave me this aristopet enda plus bird worming
syrup he said use it once every three months, im not sure whether ...

Second Flight Parrot Sanctuary and Education Organization which is located
in Orillia Ontario is in need of volunteers in many different aspects.  If
you can help please visit www.secondflight.org and email
leanne@secondflight.org

One subject I have never seen posted here is the matter of whether to
sunflowerseed or not.
The brand of seed I purchase for Henry is available both with and
without...I've noticed that he doesn't seem very interested in cracking this

Can we all just answer peoples questions without being smart, I know I have
been a smart a.s before, but im never gonna be one again, the new people
that come here are running with their tails between their legs, I know there
are some smart people in here, so lets act like it. ...

Another question.
Which is better to feed.  Seed, Seed coated with vitamins, or a premade food
like Exact???
I heard that seed is very bad.

I am interested in finding a female for my Freddy.
I got him at a bird auction in April, and he has turned out to be a real
gem!
He's not real comfy with my hand yet, but will step up once he has circled

Anyone know of any good plans on the inet for an aviary?
I am interested in the contruction details etc as I dont want to
reinvent the wheel!!
-Al

I just saw an add for animal planet, where animal control officers had to
take bunches (probably a hundred or so) of birds into custody, and deal with
hundreds of mice in the house, too.
10:00PM eastern, I think

I got another pearl female, 3 yrs old, my male is 1yr, we would like to
breed them, Ive done my homework but cant really find out the best way to
get these two babys together, I dont want to just stick them in a breeder
box and thats that, I have put them in thier own cage at nite ...