Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / June 2005

When I first adopted Misty his former keeper warned me that he had
picked up some bad language.
Two weeks after he moved in I accidentally disturbed him late at night
so I lifted a corner of his cage cover to make sure he was OK and he

hello,i  thought someone around here might know about this. I currently
reside in spain and would like to go caravaning for two months around
europe.
i have a pet cockatiel which is very attached to me and which leaving

No matter what im taking my tiel to teh vet tommorow. But all the same your
info would be good.
She was laying eggs and sitting on then for almost 2 months, sadly none
hatched, it is winter. Her partner i found dead on the aiverys ground and

Hi on a lot of websites I've read about how you shouldnt give a parrot water
with chlorine but haven't found out how to get rid of the chlorine.  Could
someone tell me how they get chlorine out of their bird's water?  Thanks in
advance.

Hi l need reassurance more than anything!
l have had my 12 week old gray for 2 weeks now and am quite surprised
at how agile he is not!
He seems to regularly fall off the roof of the inside of his cage

My pair of tiels recently had thier first clutch of eggs. Three of the
babies hatched, all was well for the first few days. They were feeding and
sitting on them, parenting seemed to be going well by the male and the
female. Then friday I came home to 2 dead babies...I thought ...

I've been lurking here for awhile, but now have a serious question.
I've also posted it to Yahoo Groups and Bird Talk forum, so if this is a
duplicate for anyone, I apologize.
I would like some cockatiel advice on a situation that’s a little more

Help my cockatiel has started bring up his food then reeating it , he only
does it behind his cage it started at the beginning of may so I took him to
the vet ,and they could find nothing wrong with him then he stopped doing it
,until last week when he started again. Is he ill or ...

Henri first started laying eggs two years ago at the age of 12-13.  We had
to resort to relocating and buying her a new cage in order to get her to
stop.
She didn't lay any eggs last year...but she has started up again.  Two

I have a 4 year old African grey.  I've had him since he was 5 weeks old.
After the hand feeding, he went straight to pellets.  He eats Nutribird,
fruit and veggies.  He's healthy and smart! Talks up a storm too. I was just
wondering how much an African grey should eat per day.  ...

hi just want to ask f anyone feeds their  African grey parrots Cede-mix ?
if so how much should you give ?
thanks alison

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How long can the hen be away from the nest before the egg gets to cold?  I  
have a pair of Blue Crowned Conures that have successfully bred before,  
and she only popped out for half an hour once or twice a day.  But this  
time she's coming out for well over an hour.  Ambient ...

Is it possible to overdose on Calcivet?  It states on the label not to  
give every day, but then goes on to say give breeders it 5 times a week  
(which is almost every day!)  Also, I have breeders and non-breeders that  
drink from the same water, so can I be overdosing those that ...