Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / March 2004

I came home from work yesterday and he was sleeping, a little weird cause I
got home early about 2:00 in the afternoon. but he woke up when I came in.I
opened their cages  to let them out as I always do. he sometimes stays
inside so I didn't suspect anything.

Also I live in a rural area, I have taken him to the couple of vets up
here, I get he has an upper reparatory infection to nothing is wrong
I have given him antibiotics that they have given with no help
Thanks

Where are you from in oz, I'm from the sunshine coast Qld. I have 1 budgie
and 3 cockatiels. Bought another one today. Just could not resist. I think I
need help from cockatiel anonymous. I have a serious addiction.

OK seriously folks.  I'm getting very mixed messages from the pet
place, books, etc. and i NEED some help PLEASE...
the 6 year old, i'm it's third owner, meyers has now been in my home
10 days.

I've lived with birds for several years now and have been graced with
my first adoptee--A meyers, similar in body shape/temperment/diet as
his geographical neighbor the Grey, although smaller and less
language.  He is six years old and I am his third known owner. Great

hi I have a male cockatiel about 7 years he eats well and loves toast I was
just wondering what other human food I can feed him. thanks

I took Rouge's mirror off his cage. He hasn't shut up since LOL. This
morning he woke me up with "jingle bells" and he has been chattering away
with himself since sunrise. "Prettyboy, what's the matter with you <jingle
bells>, "I'm a good boy, have you been a good boy?" "The animals ...

Marco, while I see your point it does seem terrible for a bird never to fly.
It's kind of the point of being a bird.  However, I've learnt the value of
clipping the hard way.
Cheers,

Some references about the dangers of overheated teflon
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Blandford TB, Seamon PJ, Hughes R, Pattison M, Wilderspin MP. "A case of
polytetrafluoroethylene poisoning in cockatiels accompanied by polymer fume

We appear to have located our cockatiel, Percy, but are having real problems
with getting him back.  As a result of last week's letterbox drop we heard
from a neighbour of someone who had brought a cockatiel around to various
neighbours, close to the day we lost Percy, and within ...

Aren't half of the postings in the NG titled "odd" or "strange" behavior? :)
Cockatiels are a lot of fun.
My hen Poppy likes to stand on the microwave oven over my stove, especially
while I'm cooking or cleaning, and survey the kitchen. This is fine as I

My cockatiel Pippson is not feeling good at all. A few weeks ago she got
problems using her left leg after laying her 17:th (!) egg. She used her
right leg, left wing and beak to move. I took her to the vet who
examined her and took some x-rays. One theory was that some nerve got ...

There's a 1 year old cockatiel I might like to buy because it can
talk. If I get it, is it too old to bond to me?
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Are Chillis okay to give to Tiels?
I give them as a treat every now and then, and he seems to really enjoy
them. Just wondering if this is bad and should I not give them to him? My
Dad used to give them to his canaries to bring out their colour. Is there