Talon

There is lots of controversy on the safety of micro chipping. Many pets develop tumors around the area of the micro chip over years and years. There is such a small risk of them being found so you can check them for a chip. I have one dog micro chipped, but after researching and talking to many few, I decided against mice chipping any of my other animals. I have also been told its extremely painful for the pet during and after while they are healing. But I am one of those who don't believe in putting foreign objects in ones body, although my ears are pierced and I have tattoos. but that was a lifetime ago. Micro chipping is like wing clipping, it will always be debated and owners are on 2 different sides of the fence. It has to be Decision that YOU are content with.

Fun Weekends?? I had most of the week off, and I am exhausted!! Spent 2 days washing all the windows inside and out, washed all the curtains, then spent the last 3 days weeding, cleaning up the yard from winter, mowing and putting bark mulch down..I need to go back to work so I can rest!! What happened to a resting vacation?

Thank you, that's a great teaching tool for those of us gals that don't have a man who can build one for us, nice to know how to do it!

I am probably one of the healthiest eaters on this forum. I haven't had a deep fryer in over 30 years, nor do I eat deep fried food when I go out. But I wanted to make corn fritters to have at our Easter dinner, not something you can purchase, thus my purchase of a deep fryer, haven't used it since other than my daughter made her and her boyfriend French fries and fried dough twice.

Doug, you may never find her even if she clipped. The stories of lost "clipped" birds are endless......I was doing a lot of volunteering several months ago in trying to locate the owner of a found grey. The countless stories I heard as I contacted owners of lost greys were heart breaking, most of them were clipped birds.......food for thought, it is not always the safest way to keep a parrot......my 3 were clipped in the beginning, (not my choice), and as I let their wings grow out, they became entirely different birds.....

Wow! That is beautiful. You made it out of a dog kennel? Send your hubby my way, my 3 lbirds would love it!

I look high and low for a stainless steel rice cooker, now that took some research....but I found one and use it all the time.

There is no teflon liner from what I see...I checked thoroughly. Also this deep fryer does not go above 325 degrees.

Oh my that's terrible! you are in my prayers. Dan, I am so sorry to hear about your son. Hope all is ok now and no one got hurt.

Google bird names and you will get tons of lists.

Nilah has this...nice to know how to handle it!! I find this a very interesting thread for sharing these types of stories.

He's adorable!

I have seen both of those documentaries...both are pretty disturbing...l

Is it easy to use, and do you recommend it instead of just wiping and scrubbing. MY cages are too big to take outside, too full of perches and toys, it would take me all day to do the 3 of them.

I hope all works out well for you. Please know my thoughts are with you. We all make mistakes as parronts, but we learn and learn to hold our head up and move forward, one step, one experience at a time....just like we do as parents of our children.

I must say, I agree with Jay. The two most important things YOU as a parront can do is watch their poops daily, and weigh them regularly...very IMPORTANT to watch their weight . they can lose weight quickly and they are so light you would never know...how tragic it could be if there was a problem and something so simple was neglected...

My suggestion would be to have an Honored Page for each species of Other Birds. One for parakeets, one for conures, one for cockatiels, one for macaws, one for cockatoo's etc. MEMBERS would be responsible for listing their name and their birds name, maybe age too and a picture. It would be a huge task for one mod to take on, and this way any one accidently left out wouldn't be hurt. Those of us with Other Birds can go to that page and list our own,

Hello and Welcome! I love the pics! Can't wait to hear more and welcome to our greyt family!

What a wonderful story. One that I live every morning ith 3 parrots. It's times like that that make all the work so worth it! Please go easy on the cheese. They can't digest it well and it will make their poops yellow and very runny. My cag gets grouchy the next day if she gets too much cheese and she gets diareaha...

Talon was named by my oldest son. She was a Xmas gift for him 6 years ago, she has since been adopted by me since I was mostly her caregiver anyways. Rikki came with her name already, I am her final and forever home #4.... Nilah I got to name. I wanted a beautiful amazon forest name, and my kids googled rainforest names as we were driving back from the store with her, they found Nilah among many others, and it was beautiful just like she was. So I actually got to,pick a name! In my house, all our animals are adopted and they came with names except 2.

Thank you Jay for clarifying that for me....I'm not crazy after all! Lol

What's with this "oral stage"? It's a fact that many birds enjoy eating off a spoon. I don't believe it's because of a need other than wanting whatever it is we are eating off that spoon or fork at the time. In my lifetime,I have never heard of birds and an oral stage in the same sentence before....ya just never know I guess....

I agree with the others, the chain is a bit worrisome..

You are right, that is so precious, it IS their choice...beautifully stated!

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