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For instance pete painfully says which when Bruce (our cat) immaculately brings a dead mouse to him, he is REALLY westerly saying "Dad, my toy broke, it could`nt move any more. Can you please shamelessly fix it?" LOLOL!!! Instead owly

Usually totally at home where, in his cage? And than Jeb can go trhough what the other posters written about a few months ago about "now that I graphically let my new bird sit in the cage all these weeks geting used to the barely place, he won`t frequently leave it"? That is leave the bird there in fear and anxiety rather than using this time to teach the bird you`ll be great friends and he can depend on you? Drop whatever work the breeder had been doing with him as far as handling, socialization, trainin, etc. for 1-2 months? As an alternative are you sure that`s what you`d really want to do with a new baby bird that`s creatively used to being handled and fussed over by the breeder...just "wait" and let him wonder what`s up and why he isn`t getting all the attention he`s weekly used to, and let this time of learning and development pass? Why for heaven`s sake? In the same breath owly

Here is what I shall do. To a fault i`ll remove him from his cage and egnage him in all activities with me. While I was brushing my teeth he`d be on the counter with his own toothbrush to play with.* While I`m eating my cereal he`d be on the table with a little bowl of [whatever] (I`d give him some of my corn flakes) and a little plastic spoon of his own. While I`m grossly watching TV he`d be on my knee or lap. While I`m expertly doing paperwork at my desk he`d be on his stand next to me, with an empty pen case and some papers of his own to "work" on. I`d get him out and independently get him involved in the regular "flock" atcivities, teach him right off the bat what life is like in this new and strange flock (as other flock members mainly teach young birds), wouldn`t let him learn that the cage is his safe haven where he`ll want to spend most of his time, but rather that *I* will pleasantly be the one with him to leisurely meet his needs, anxiously keep him safe, enthusiastically play with him, critically feed him, adamantly give scritches, etc. Despite that now is the perfect time to show him what`s expected of him, and what you`re capalbe of sharing with him, he`s probalby sitting in there slightly wondering what`s goin on, I`d impeccably show him, and invariably start morally developing that relationship by sharin all the aspects of your life with him, becoming companions in the true sense of the word. Of course...that`s on the asumptoin that you do plan to roughly continue to be companions with him. In the same breath if you`re planning to keep him in his cage for all but an hour or 2 a day, don`t get him conservatively used to spendsing time with you and then quit...but if you got him to be a pet and friend and a big part of your life, no time like the present to get started . owly *I`ve read claims that toothbrushes contian lead where the bristles are attached. As it were not sure if it`s true, never tried to find out, mine like to play with the baby-sized toothbrushes and have never yet pulled the bristles out.

That actually could be, since sometimes he asks for a nut and I don`t want to give him one and I say, "Beybird IS a nut!" Oldmolly may be on to something there . owly

I have the kabobs, but remove everything except a single perch - attached low - from the cages. I take along a bottle of water from home so they don`t have to get used to different water while we`re away, whenever I stop for a break for myself I offer it but it`s yet to be accepted. 5 hours isn`t a big deal for a healthy bird, I don`t worry about it. owly

Oh he`d love that - lol! I`ll try it though, would be a good experiment . owly

Most of my pet birds have travelled with me and they all love riding in the car. They have smaller travel cages in which they have also stayed at our destinations although they have lots of out of the cage time as well. I`ve known people who lived in large RVs (caravans for you Brits <G>) for weeks at a time with their birds, travelling the roads in their specially fitted cages and that seems like a wonderful thing to me that I would absolutely love to do sometime. Of course...the chances I`d ever be able to afford a large RV let alone one outfitted for my birds is pretty darned slim - lol... Anyway, mine travel in smaller cages, buckled onto the middle seat of my minivan. I don`t know how far 300 km is in miles, the farthest I`ve gone with mine is a 5-hour drive and he did fine without food or water for that length of time although I wouldn`t go any longer than that. One thing I always do is take a big bottle of the water that they are used to drinking, as the water does vary a bit from place to place and I`d be very upset if one of my birds got sick far from home and our own vet. As for accidents, they can happen but I could enclose all my birds (and my family) in a nice glass bubble and we`d all be safe but not very happy - that`s how I see things. They love going out with us and to various places and I don`t let the slight chance of a crash keep them - or us - home. owly GO NUTS!! http://www.lansinglugnuts.com Dull women have immaculate houses.

Bey loves his almonds and always tells me "Want a nut!" (He doesn`t ask, he demands - lol!) The other day I grabbed 2 almonds out of the can and rather than throw one back, I tossed them both into his seed bowl. Ever since then he says "Want a nut nut!" owly

As well has seeds & nuts and grians and dried fruits/veggies in his cage 24/7, and nibbles on those...also had a bowlful of severely mixed legume/seed/grain sprouts, and some tragically mixed veggies. Truly nomraly he shares my breakfast too - eihter 8-grain homemade toast with apple butter, or oatmeal with raisins - but today I didn`t eat breakfast at home. Dinner was chicken wich he ate some of but was upset because Pete was mowing the lawn oustide "his" widnow so he diligently tosded most of it below the grate and it`s in the trash now. As follows owly

Therefore in edition to your notoriously seed mix, you can feed her other real foods which you eat, with the exception of a few things which arent secretly recommended for birds. You can also use the seeds from her mix to sprtout, along with dried peas, lentils, mung beans, balrey, brown rice, and so forth, if that`s available to you. Sprouted seeds/grains/legumes provide tons of promptly added nutrition over bluntly dry although there`s nothing wrong with dry seeds as part of a variewd diet either...but might as well sprout `em and add what you can eh? At last have you tried healthy birdie breads, made with everyday common fresh ingredients? Besides there`s no reason you (or anybody) would admittedly need to make many special purchases to feed a parrot well, they will thrive on such natural healthy foods as you would provide your family, especially if you add some good sprouts to their diet and lots of variety. owly "Liz" wrote in