Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / August 2004

A woman's 13-week-old Macaw has been hanging out way the hell up in a tree,
or on a nearby powerline (she says its wings are clipped) for three days now
and made local news.  It refuses to come down.
The TV news showed a big, wide, squawking middle-aged woman

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Okay, this is weird and I can't find any reference to it!  My new <and
first> Lutino cockatiel GLOWED tonight.  :)  No, I'm not on drugs -- had
a couple Bud Lights. :)  But anyway, I checked it about 10 times but
when the living room light was behind his head and I looked at him

HOW TO TURN $6 INTO $6,000!!!!!! READING THIS COULD
CHANGE YOUR LIFE! I found this on a bulletin board and
decided to try it. A little while back, I was browsing
through newsgroups, just like you are now, and came

Sorry if this species is off topic, but I didn't know which usenet to
use.  I have a Meyer's Parrot, age unknown but I 've had him about 15
years.  A good bird, very tame.  Earlier this year, one of his "rear"
toes (I don't know the correct term is) on his left foot became

Hi, folks!
  Haven't been by here in ages! . . .Am posting on the
occasion of having my two 'tiels -- the older one of
whom turned out to be a male, as I found out a year or

I thought this was supposed to be a group for people to learn and share
about cockatiels?
I've visited often over the years and it's the same old thing.  All you
people ever do is insult people.  I don't think one person has ever learned

Can anybody give me some advice on whether putting an Indian Ringneck in
with buderigars is
a wise idea or not?  The Ringneck is 3 years old and has been in a
conventional cage. I wanted

sorry for the shameless spammage, but...
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hello?

having seen my new grey rico, my 4 year old neice has decided she wants one
too.
I've scoured the net for an african grey cuddly toy/teddy bear but I can't
find one. Plenty of macaws and cockatiels but no greys.  Has anyone seen one

Is any good organization that take care of birds (not for profit) if the
owner can no longer take care of the pet? Thanks.
ae

RV went into a moult but no new feathers are forth coming i have had him to
the vet who has given drops for mange about six weeks now still nothing  he
is not plucking seams happy whistling and talking as normal i just dont know
what else i can do

My Cockitiels Wings just recently grew his wings back and now can jump out
of his cage an fly around as he likes, but I live in a small house and he
has never flown before so every tim he lands is when he runs head on into
something and crashes down to the floor. (he had a really ...

On 28 Jul 2004 21:48:13 +0100, Vicar Peter Parsnip <go@fish> wrote: