Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / February 2004

Do you know if any of the little machines that use hot air to pop
popcorn have any teflon in them?
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Apologies in advance if this question has been asked before.
Had my cockatiel for about 18 months and in that time she has gone through
several periods of egg laying, once she laid 5 in about 4 days. This was
quite distressing as this took an awful lot out of her, would hardly walk

I have 3 cockatiels in a cage. They are all about or around a year
old. One night I noticed an egg on the bottom of the cage, great. So I
inserted a breeding box in a corner of the cage. The next day or so, I
checked back in and the egg has been cracked (not naturally, but I

Does anyone else out there have a tiel who HATES to bathe?
Water temperature is not the issue - we have experimented.
With Henry still moulting...and dustier than ever I thought she may
appreciate some misting...well I was wrong and she took off.

I've been looking at cages on the internet and I cannot find even one
that is wider than it is tall. A web site said that Cockatiels always
go to the top of the cage, so you don't need a tall cage. They said

...is anybody actually READING all these posts?  lol

Can anyone tell me what food is good for my Grey and what food is poison

Anybody know of any other songs featuring whistling besides the Andy
Griffith theme? I want to download a bunch of mp3's for my tiel.
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This is a message I recieved on the "Quids-in" website.
I feel I must warn you that I have become aware of a number of users attempting to defraud people
selling items via the classified advertising facility. You appear to have been contacted by  these
users, "charles fraser". and ...

My Female Cockatiel seems to be keeping me awake at night.  Something about
the shoes?.  It seems to crouch up , rubbing up on my shoes.  Making a god
awful noises , like I am killing It.  In the morning There Is an egg or 2.
Help!!!

I am an artist and sometimes I paint with oil paint. I used to use
linseed oil paint but I switched to walnut oil paint. It has much less
odor. I'm thinking of buying a cockatiel. I was wondering if the fumes

I have an African Grey that is about 20 years old.  My parents had her when
she was young, then about ten years ago they gave her to me, since she liked
me best.
So here's the problem:  Several years ago, this bird developed two sounds.

My Tiel is still reluctant to come out of his cage. I'm thinking it's down
to the mirror.
I want to remove it, but I'm worried he may fret. What should I do? Remove
it or leave it? Maybe ween it away?

This is a non binary newsgroup (that means no pictures). You could post
the pics on something like alt.pics.animals or on a webalbum and post the
url here. Thanks

IHAVE JUST PURCHASED A LOVELY AFRICAN GREY HE IS 2 YEARS OLD CALLED GISMO, THE OLD OWNER PICKED HIM UP BY A ROPE SWING TO HANDLE HIM.  I AM JUST ABOUT GETTING HIM USE TO STEPPING ON YOUR HAND BUT HE BITES THROUGH YOUR CLOTHES AND HAS BROKEN MY SKIN.  I KNOW HE COULD BECOME USED ...