Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / October 2005

Birds have methods of eating which are all their own and are designed to
befuddle their owners. Somehow they must have a way of communicating them to
each other, since many birds use these techniques with their humans. Here
are some common eating and drinking rules of etiquette, ...

i would like to show you some of my semiprofessional pictures.
I take some very nice Pictures about a lot of different birds.
Vogelpark (Birdpark) Heiligenkirchen / Germany
http://th-schultz.de/gallery/album98

***Please visit http://photos.yahoo.com/xfoxracingchicx for more
photos!!*** Kira is a 1 and half year old congo african grey parrot. My
BF and I are moving in together and he is allergic to her, so I want to
find a great home for her. Kira has a very large vocabulary for her

Our Grey has plucked an area under her wing and has actually ripped open the
skin. Knowing that this is a dangerous thing to have happen, we took her to
a very good Vet (close friend of Liz Wilson)who gave us some ointment for
the wound and told us to change how we interact with ...

Does anyone know if pet birds are susceptible to bird flu - and, if so, what
can we do to protect them and ourselves?

Is this something we parrot lovers have to worry about?
what are the major things we need to worry about?
Who can we ask for info?

Some quotes:
From http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/nutrition/vfeed.html
Grit is not necessary for parrots because the food is soft enough for the
gizzard to grind up. Grit may be dangerous because ill birds may gorge

I was curious as to what other cockatiel owners were thinking of this Avian
Influenza and the prospects of it reaching the homeland. I heard news reports
saying that the course of action was to kill all birds - even "domesticated."
I've also heard, on the other hand, that a ...

What are the effects of a parrot being in isolation from 8am to 6pm, 7 days
a week?  Trying to learn as much about these birds before any potential
purchase.  Are two birds better than one when they are left alone for a work
shift every day?

Anyone that may be able to help Please do.
I've noticed my 'Tiel has a Growth on it's under belly between it's legs,
close to her Anus, It's getting bigger, Was wonderinf if anyone may know
what it may be

I have been an amateur bird keeper for a long time now, and have owned
Budgies, Cockatiels and Lovebirds several times over the past 20 years.
I have the chance to purchase 2 Congo African Grey Parrots with a large
cage, £600 GBP - from a local bird shop.  According to the owner, ...

i have a baby grey just 16 weeks old hand reared,,he lots of toys and
playthings and has lots of attention,,for some reason he has started to pull
out and chew his feathers,,any suggestions?

I buy  the "Thrill" brand (I live in Australia) of seed  because it claims to have  multivitamin supplements. However I can not get the seeds to sprout. Seeds bought from a pet shop do sprout and Cindy loves to eat them.
Does anyone have an opinion on whether seeds  which may have ...

One of my budgies seems to have developed scaly face.  It is in an aviary
with some cockatiels and is very friendly with one of them.  They frequently
scratch each other's heads.  I am going to try and catch the budgie to treat
it (that won't be easy), but I was wondering if ...

Hi I am the proud carer for a happy  3 yr old T.ag called Lucky
loves his/her head rubbed and sitting (and poohing) on my shoulder ect
I have just this wkend been given a 5 yr old c ag  whose teenage owner could
do nothing for it