Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / November 2003

Hello to all,
I'm wondering if anyone knows of beans or grains I should not give my AG. I
bought a bag of 15 different beans from a local grocery store and just want
make sure I'm giving my grey "safe food".

I have a job offer in NYC, but can't take my poor tiel with me. Happy is a
ten year old lutino that I adopted five years ago. Very friendly, loves
pasta and being stritched. Want to find a good home for him. If you're in
or near Wilmington, NC please drop me a note, moving on Dec ...

Anyone else tired of this Old Molly identity CRAP - a thread that has
NOTHING to do with this newsgroup?!
It's not fair that rest of the people here have to sort through the banter
to get to the informative posts.  Why don't you take it to personal email?

Hello everyone (Gibson giving out a big whistle to his fellow CAG's)...
We've already had one power outage this year which brings up several
questions. I know you are not supposed to burn scented candles but how about
regular wax candles? Going in that direction, how about oil ...

Hi.  I'm new here, been lurking for some months.  I'm looking for a new cage for my gold capped conure, Fern, and wondering whether anyone here has recommendations for an ebay source.  I just bought an HQ cage from a buyer on ebay, and there were so many defects I had to send it ...

Ok....... I know tehre are reasons for banding companion birds, but,
does anyone know where that information on the band can be found? Who
or where does the breeder or others send that inforamation to????
Ideas, sites, etc....

This is probably a stupid question for those of you who know the motions
when it comes to dealing with a hen laying eggs...however b/c this is my
first time I have a billion questions - so please bear with me.
3rd egg should arrive in a couple hours - after Henry has rested I would

Like clockwork...quite amazing.
TV

Ok....... I know there are reasons for banding companion birds, but,
does anyone know where that information on the band can be found? Who
or where does the breeder or others send that inforamation to????
Ideas, sites, etc....

My uncle has a 14 yr old CAG that he has had for a little over a year.
This bird is fairly well tempered and does a lot of whistling but
doesn't speak a word.  I don't know if the previous owners (an old
couple) didn't talk to him at all or what but he just doesn't talk.

Anybody here see the story about Teflon fumes on the Friday 11/14
broadcast of ABC's 20/20?  Finally, somebody has brought this to
national prominence and I, for one, was happy to see the coverage.
The most damning part of the report was the woman chosen by DuPont to be

Just about an hour ago Henry (13y/o) just laid her very first egg -
unfertilized.
How common is it for an older tiel to do this for the very first time?
I thought something was up when she began to shred her paper towel cage

Hi,  Just to let anyone who cared.  I just got the results from Avian
Biotech, Bertie is a girl.
Cheers,
Clarkson.

I know it's a very short time since my Jasper died, but I fell in love
with a baby tiel and had to have him. After I left the pet shop last
night I couldn't stop thinking about that baby bird... I went to bed
and laid there most of the night thinking about this bird.... I woke

I am living in Wisconsin and will be moving to Ohio next weekend. It is
a ten hour car drive and will be very cold.
I will be taking my five year old cockatiel with me, of course, and was
wondering if anyone could give me any good tips about how the traveling