Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / March 2004

I am looking into getting a pet bird.  My alleriges and asthma have forced
me to give up my cat.
I want a bird that is lively, playful and intelligent, and interacts with
me.   My housemates says it can't be loud.

I know some hawks can top 100 mph (166 kph). Does anybody know how fast
'tiels have been recorded at?

I am looking into getting a bird, and the limited amount I'm finding online
has me confused.
I am reading that budgies and parakeets are teh same thing.  I am seeing
them treated as different kinds of birds.  One web site explained they are

Hey all,
Tonight I noticed a most disgusting habit...I caught Henry eating at some
dried poop in her cage!!!  Any thought on why she might be doing this?
Cheers,

No, I haven't discovered any new mutations :)
Just wondering, if you could 'design' your own color mutatin, what would
that be? (just be warned, blues and greens don't count).
I personally would love to see a completly black cockatiel, with with

I started my Cockatiel on seeds for the first several days.
Then I added apple slices and it won't eat them. What can I do to get
it to eat them? I tried putting seeds on top of the apple slices so it

Are all cockatiels scared of everything new that you introduce to
them? If you get a cockatiel that someone did a good job of hand
feeding and socializing, is it less scared of new stuff?

I have a new found interest in the wonderful world of Parrots.  I recently
visisted Catalina Island and was introduced to some of the most beautiful
pieces of art that i have seen.  When i was a kid i used to take a ceramics
class.  I learned all about how ceramics works but they ...

Does anyone know of a supplier of terra cotta perches?
                                    Ed

    I have a male tiel that I have owned since he was an egg.  He lives a
very pampered life.  His cage IF you can call it that is really large
enough to be an aviary for a small-to-moderate sized flock of tiels.
    He has all of the freedom and toys that any tiel could ever want.  As

If you do a google you'll come up with tons of web pages telling of the
danger of these 'games'.  A cockatiel can be startled easily and if the fan
is whirring above, they could easily fly up and be seriously injured or
killed.  Just because you read about, or see some moron on the ...

I've had my cockatiel for a week and a half. It wasn't really tame,
but it wasn't violently averse to me either. At first it was
indifferent to me. It still doesn't like my hands, but now I can lure

Feathered friends dumped amid flu fright
http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200403040141.html
Pet birds are abandoned all over the place in Japan and they are not
capable of surviving in the outside world, especially at this time of

My bird seems to groan as in agony and from time to time fall off his
perch. He then lays at the bottom of the cage, were he will lay
looking as if he were dying. I have moved him and he does not respond.
After half an hour are so he seems to come out of it , he begins to

Crackers, my male 'tiel, has adjusted quite well to our household, but not
100% well with my female, Poppy. (Poppy is 2 years old and Crackers about 8
months).
Crackers often follows Poppy around when they are walking on the floor