Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / December 2003

Hello,
I am about to purchase my first African Grey. I am very excited and
making sure that I am prepared. Doing so, I have a few questions.
1. I am planning to keep the bird in my bedroom, bring her into the

I bought a parrot toy recently that had 3 pine cones on it.  CAG (Simon)
tore into them instantly.  I have a pine trees around my house.  Can I use
them?

My 22-year-old African grey laid 3 eggs and is sitting on them, but is
thin and her droppings have been very watery for a few weeks, and
there has been a lot of them, several tablespoons I would estimate on
each dropping.

Does anyone here know what different species of parrots a person may see in
the wild while in the US Virgin Islands?
Angel

       Happy Christmas! I brought my 18month old, shy, frightened Grey home
on 1st April 2003. He wouldn't come near me and growled and screamed. Slowly
over time he mellowed and learned 'Hello' but it was only a throaty version.
Next I taught him to wolf whistle and blow kisses ...

thanks for all the help on my previous post about cockatiel diet. i wasnt
expecting that kind of response. another question i have is how often do
cockatiels molt? i bought my tiel about 2 months ago, the store said she was
2 months old. her wings were clipped and i would really ...

I have two Cockatiels and I am a new bird owner. I have always wanted a Cockatiel and these two obviously needed a good home. One is supposed to be a young female and one that is supposed to be a male. They are both very vocal and could both wolf whistle when I got them.(they may ...

Hello everyone.  I'm new to this group (but not to ng's). Two weeks ago I
acquired a young (probably 3 months) old Nyasa lovebird.
I've had parakeets off and on (mostly on) since 1966. I'm not a novice at
bird care, just at small parrot care.  When my last parakeet died at the age

My albino/lutino tiel, Mimi, fell off my shoulder a few months ago and hit the
floor really hard.  I was so frightened for a few weeks, but she did recover,
although she was very subdued and in obvious pain for a while.
I just wanted to relate that for the most part, she's fine.  ...

Hello, I have a wonderful 9 year old Halfmoon Conure named Murrey.
Conures are known for being very loud birds and so when I moved out
into an apartment a few years ago, my parents kept him at home until I
had a house (The walls were pretty thin and my dad is very attached to

Charlie my rescued Grey has settled in great. I dont think he will ever make
a cuddly pet but he is doing great.
He says hello but wont come near my hand. In the spring I'm going to build
an aviary for him and get him a mate.

For those who may be interested, Advocates for Animals (Scotland, UK)
are launching a campaign called EXOTIC MISERIES about the problems of
keeping exotic pets. You can see it at:
http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/exotics

Piper started talking sometime last week.... he whistles so far, the
wolf whistle and now he says "pretty bird" and he is very talkative
like as if he is trying to say more words. I am beginning to think
that he is actually a male.... for a while I was thinking he was a she

I subscribed to this list looking for friendly advice about my Bird I most
certainly
did not subscribe to this list to get all the bitching
In the last week I left 2 lists because of nasty comments flying about who

Here is the Situaiton:  When a friend of mine moved, he (and his wife)
gave my wife thier two tiels (one Grey, one latino) and a large flight
cage (4foot tall, 4 foot wide, 2 foot deep)  The said the pair was
about 8 yrs old or so.  they claimed they had the grey as a female,