Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / July 2004

I advertised a bird at birdsnways and have gotten many replies that make me
suspicious. Many are from Europe and claim they have their own "shipping
agent." The fact that so many were the same made me wary? Does anybody know
anything about this? I know about the cashier's check ...

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Okay... my african grey girl is 8 years old. She totally loves to chew
on wood and cardboard. So about 1 month ago I decided to put a shoe
box in her cage at the bottom. This seemed great right off the bat as
she chewed it up and hid inside of it. I thought she just liked it and

Hi, I've just been lurking here for a couple of days, and I finally decided
to come out and say hello.
I'm adopting a Timneh african grey baby sometime around the end of
September.  We're very excited and want to prepare ourselves.  We watched

Had my birdie's wings clipped this past weekend.....THIS she is used to.
However, at the same time the vet clipped her "toenails" as well.  The
problem here is that now not only can she NOT fly, she also can't seem to
get a grip on anything.  She is a big shoulder rider, but just ...

http://www.pbs.org/saf/1201/video/watchonline.htm
Third movie down, might be of interest to you.

...with the whistling in them.  Anybody heard these?  Our bird just LOVES to
sing along.
If my in-laws show up and the bird is whistling a friggin' hard-on pill
commercial, I won't live it down for awhile.

Riding ceiling fans for a cockatiel or other small and fast pet is a great
pastime and they may love it. Mine never want to get off once the try it.

By the way Part Two: I am of two minds about wing clipping. I've read and
studied the pros and cons, the...uh...opinions. Ruight now Grace is clipped
(at the vets) because when I had her on my shoulder last month walking to
the car, she got startled and flew off. She landed on the ...

They can shoot and drop bombs !

Hi everybody..
Long story short:
I decided to let Zoe's (CAG age: 9 years) wings grow out.   She's gone
through the worse molt I've ever seen.  Last week she pulled out a damaged

What can I do now?

We have a beautiful Alexandrine named Siddartha (Sid for short). He
loves to play and chew but seems to tire of his toys quickly. Going to
the pet store for toys can be quite expensive. Does anyone have any
recommendations for cheap toys for a parrot.

Advice needed please
my timnah grey is happy noisy and seams good health
he only eats dry food stuff peanuts in shells seeds ect
he will not eat any "wet" fresh fruit veg ect.

I was wondering if the group might know why my tiel shakes his head when i
talk to him.....It seems that he reponds to a few key words such as 'boy'
'hello' etc
any ideas??