Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / January 2004

Does anyone have any idea why Bertie likes to pick food from our mouths?  Is
it a bonding thing?  Also, is this hazardous to health, ours and Bertie's?
Cheers,
Clarkson.

Take the weekend for instance and not a working day, how many hours do you
allow your CAG/TAG out of it's cage per day? I'd be interested in the
responses.
Cheers,

Mia, my Temnah is about 2 1/2 years old.  She whistles great...using vibrato
etc., whistles part of Andy Griffith , Pop goes the weasel etc.  Really
nice. But, her talking is not very clear.  She knows several words )paper, I
want paper, Go Dawgs, Got your nose (when I grab her ...

I have a CAG wich is only 10 months old and has been in great health and a
wonderful pet since I got her as a baby. I had to make a sudden move and she
has been pulling out feathers since. The book I read says sometimes if they
have not had there first molt they can do this from ...

If you own a steam cleaner and have used it on your bird cages, can you
recommend a brand to purchase.  I want to get one for the house and also
to use around the bird aviary.
Thank you.

Here is a link to Jasper's memorial site
http://sites.centralpets.com/memorials/jasper/index.html
I am still working on it and thinking of more things to say about him.
The guestbook isn't working because I am looking for one. :-)

I adopted a CAG "Frisco" about 8 months ago... very friendly/loveable..
for the past 2 months or so "he" ( I had him sexed) had been biting more
and more and also harder... tonight he bit me while he was on my finger he
bite the other hand and would not let go....

I have a male and a female mating and laying eggs.  The hen keeps laying
eggs, there are 9 in the clutch now is this normal?

Does anyones African Grey take a bath when they hear a vacuum cleaner?
My wife's Grey loves to ride on her shoulder when she vacuums the
house. But if she doesn't pick him up, as soon as the vacuum cleaner
starts to run, her Grey invariably runs to his water dish and takes a

I have two and both are afraid of hands.One is older(Robert) and he crashed and refuses to even come out of his house now.The other(Shirley) is 4 months old and learning to land finally.Shirley will let me rub on her with my face and kiss her beak and her head if my hands are at ...

hi there... we just got my daughter's new tiel Pele.  we are loving it(not sure him/her).  i have so many questions... it is so new to me, but for now.  we have 2 dogs and would love to have them all live in harmony.  right now we have to keep Pele in my daughter's room. anyone ...

My B&G is 5 months old and I still feed him once a day with formula.  He
eats pellets, fruit and seed also.  I feed him formula every other day and
he loves it.  Anyone have any experience if continuing to feed some formula
from time to time presents any problems.

I switched servers and have 30 megs of space, You can see alot of my birds
there, Go see !!

I own a blue and gold macaw she appx. 27years old. I aquired her from her first and only owner about 6 years ago.  I have moved into a new home about a year ago and she has been screaming constantly since.  She has been to the vet who can find nothing physically wrong with her.  ...

Just wanted to brag about the bird my GF purchased as my birthday
present :) We purchased him in Riverside County from a Pet-Co which
had her on display for the past two years and she's totally
hand-trained and is just a pleasure to handle (hatch date 02/02).  The