Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / June 2006

Hya Guys,  (Long read, picture links at foot of this post)
Not posted for a month or two, thought I would get back in touch with an
update on Harry, my wife's neck, my TV unit and the new cage!!!
When I previously posted, Harry had been bighting my wife approximately once

This is a real smart African Gray. "Einstein" The Parrot:
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/parrot.html

Can someone offer advice on this please?
For 4 or 5 months I have been woken very early in the morning by, at first,
what I assumed was a high-pitched alarm clock. It would chirp repeatedly and
intermittently, almost like an alarm clock with a snooze function.

I've moved to a large detached house, built a great birdroom with external
flights for the three pet Amazons. Neighbours have complained about the
noise they make to the council.
We've lived in three other houses with a similar arrangement, including a

Ello!
Im working on a bit of a "Pet Project" (Get it? :)   ) and I need some
feedback on a "Parrot Profiler"....
Nothing too serious, but if you were to design a "quick fact sheet" on a

today i found my yellow cockatiel dead - laid on back and legs up and all.
i have 2 cockatiels..a yellow male, and a grey female.
they are both about the same age; 3-4 years old.
both are in the same cage.

Dear group,
I posted a while back about the successful introduction of a second
cockatiel - "Love at first sight".  But, hey, nothing ever goes as planned,
does it?  Position now is that the behaviour of the two is becoming

I was looking for a database of birdsong, particularly one that would
include birds like thrushes and some duetting birds from south america.
does anyone know of any such databases? anythign would be a great help!

I'd be grateful for advice as to which parrot species most closely meet
the following criteria:
1) don't tend to fight among themselves in aviaries,
     whether within pairs, between pairs, against chicks, or generally

Hi all! I was wondering if anyone has had this experience.
I recently rescued a 10 yr old African Grey. Story was: Grey was his wife's
bird, she loved him, he loved her, etc. He had all sorts of toys, an indoor
and outdoor cage, see through carrying case, etc.

Our Grey began to pluck after a small seires of stresses..a family trip
with her alone with a pet sitter, a new cage and a rebuff by her
favorite grandmother (my mom came to visit and didn't give her the
attention she thought she was due...she was visibly sulking after the