Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / March 2005

Yesterday my BIL was at my house and was saying how he has a friend
that has a couple of parrots - he thinks they are cockatiels and one
of the birds had fallen (somehow) and broken a leg. I asked him if
they took him to the Vet and he said No - I then said that the bird

Gymmy Bob [posting as Pizza Girl] said:

Curious because I haven't seen much of him - could be hiding though ;-)

Hi, My parents have a small bird they want to sell so I'm posting this
for them. It's called a Nanday Conure and it looks like a small, green
parrot (I don't have pictures right now). It's about seven years old.
They also have a cage they'll probably sell for a really low price. ...

Recently aquired a new pair of tiels, and the female of the pair seems to
have a foot injury. It actually looks like an old foot injury, as one of her
toes from the back part of the foot folds under her foot when standing on a
perch as if it had been broken previously and never ...

Why is it when I come on here to read some information about Cockatiels.
Every thread I come across there is an argument, totally unrelated to the
thread! If someone says something stupid, just ignore it and carry on in the
topic, don't bother starting an argument in the thread. I ...

After reading that post about breeders in the UK I was amazed at how
comparatively cheap the Grey is to buy in the UK and USA.
My father raised 4 beautiful Greys he bought from his old flying days in
Africa,  raised them in England and later bought them to Ireland where he

The point of this post is to share with you all the things I didn't
learn through the years of researching.
I remember when I was interested in a Grey years ago.  I bought and read
many books specifically for Greys and also on parrots in general.  I

What should I do????

I have a 3 year old tiel that is kinda king of the house due to the
fact he can go almost anywhere. I have his cage in the basement. For
the past two days ONLY when in the basement he flies for my head with
his beak open in full attack mode. I try to duck him but he just

He SAID he wasn't Catholic (my bird, I mean!) and that he was only doing it
to be nice but I DON'T BELIEVE HIM!  Is there anything I can do??? Take him
to a vet, maybe???

checking if I can post through netscape, my IE wont for some reason.
TLC

What sorts of fruit (if any) does everyone give their Tiels?

I changed my nick because I have a cyber stalker ffom giganews for the last
month.
Thanx for understanding.
Same old jerk here.

hmmmmm... having some problems.