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Between the fat from the butter and the garlic I would skip garlic bread. Give her pasta and top it with a fruit and pepper salsa.

Ask for the vet's name and number and give them a call. Its easy enough to use the web to check on the validity of the vets office.

Nancy the "ink" in childrens books is made from soy. All baby books are made with the thought of being eaten. Specifically look for ones that are printed in the USA as the colors are suppose to be make with plant based dye.

To find an arborist in your area you can look in a business directory or contact a nearby university. If you still have difficulty you could try asking a organic grocer for the name of the orchard owner who supplies their apples.

Branches from an unsprayed apple tree. Get the list of safe trees and contact a arborist.

How about making an activity center with her own zippers (stainless), wooden buttons and what not sewn on a piece of fleece for her to destroy. This way your redirecting what she loves to do to a place appropriate for her. Heck choose a color of fleece that no one wears so she can see its hers. So she can play with coins too maybe try stainless steel uncut keys, or see if you can find a stainless steel fabricator and order round blanks so she has her own safe coins (plastic bingo or poker chips might work too if she doesn't chew them if not then use wood rounds). She might really like a noisy cup for her to deposit her metal treasures into.

The zon came to me knowing how to speak lab puppy. He taught 2 quakers and 2 conures how to speak puppy. I had 5 barking birds and no dog. I worked from home and customers would often call and hear my "kennel crew". The conversation went something like this. Customer: Oh what kind of puppies do you have. Me: I don't have any. Customer: (long pause) Oh I thought I heard barking in the background. Me: Its my parrots. Customer: (longer pause) Oh. I thought parrots whistled and chirped. I would then have to go into the story of how the zon came to me from a home with a puppy and how the puppy must have barked every time the phone rang. Thanks for helping me remember that.

Baked sweet potato chips, dehydrated fruit or vegie leathers, mini ears of dried corn are pickables that won't spoil especially the mini ears of dried corn. I picked some up that could be eaten as is or placed in the microwave for plain popcorn (about half stayed on the ear so it was fun to pull apart)

Do you notice a change in his droppings or do you see any paper mixed in it?

Poor Nilah. I guess you now know never to have a mud mask spa day at home.

I don't use the "green" bags for supermarket groceries because I want the paper bags. I use them for many things around here before they are ultimately recycled. I do have "green" bags to use at stores that don't have paper but when I shop at those store I'm usually buying by the case and just keep it in its stock room packaging.

Whew. On the washing right out thing, maybe not. I used green food color on my child when we couldn't find face paint and colored hairspray Halloween morning. That child walked around with green tint until almost Thanksgiving. I suggested that we didn't need a Christmas tree that year.. we could just move the time out chair to the corner and add some tinsel.

Be very careful and check your states animal cruelty laws. It is illegal to dye your pets fur in Florida and it may be in other areas too.

My DS has an emergency pack for Isabelle. It contains food which he rotates when ever he buys a new bag, a few of her favorite chewing branches, a zip close sealed package of unsalted pumpkin seeds again he rotates that when he buys a new bag, a foot toy with feathers in case she needs to worry on something, a bottle of water and a towel. It isn't large and fits under her cage.

I'm not a KISS fan either but that youtube video shows the detail that the camera can record in ... changing lights, movement, metalics and shiny things. Heck most of the video on that users page was recorded with my camera.

Excellent. Keep up the good work.

I use my digital camera for video. It is excellent and has one heck of a clear zoom. I have a Canon SX10IS. It records as a .mov file I let a friend borrow my camera and this was taken at an outdoor rock concert, at night, about 120 feet from the stage.

tbirds wife this bird is playing a game with you. You don't find it fun but its great fun for the bird. Your ducking, probably saying shoo shoo (or something) and are animated. To them its fun and games. Energy, action, and emotion. Here is something you can try. When the bird comes flying at you shut your eyes tight, tilt your head down just a little bit to protect your face and freeze. If the bird lands on your head don't move. Calmly and quietly call your husband to extract him. Don't try and get the bird off yourself, don't flap your arms and hands around, just stay perfectly still like a statue. tbird you need to be ready to immediately debird your wifes head when ever she calls. Do not laugh or make this more of a bird game than it already is. Say no heads, pick the bird up and walk the bird back to its cage and walk away. Don't take it to the couch, give treats or go into snuggle time, don't be animated and no laughing. A simple no heads and no fun attention. Go give your wife a kiss and after a minute or 2 go back to your bird and offer a step up. Both of you, please know that this will not change overnight. Its going to take time (and a whole lot of patience from you both) for the bird to realize that this game isn't fun any more. I'm sure there are other ideas but this has worked for me in the past.

tbirds wife can you give us more information. Does this happen every day? Does it happen to you both? Is it happening at certain time (like right after opening the cage door)? How is your relationship with the bird when its in or on the cage? Is that relationship any different when your husband is home? Where is your husband and what is he doing when this happens? Do you wear things in your hair or were/are you wearing it up? This could be a lot of things from it now being a game, to not liking the color clothing your wearing, to a bird having a place to land and not wanting to come down, to chasing you away from the favorite person, to hey she's got something on her head I want it. Thank you for coming here and asking for help instead of just demanding your husband find a new home for the bird. Many of us here know just how scary being the hated person can be.

Chezron, I think its excellent that you are playing the "what if" game. Being prepared and having a plan is always a good idea. Leaving your birds out of cage isn't going to help keep them safe and is the very time when you need to know exactly where they are to get to them quickly. But look around. There are other things you can do like install battery operated smoke detectors near the cages, install earthquake straps on tall things near the cages, check that nothing can fall on the cages, have and practice an escape plan and a what to do next plan (use a stuffed animal for night time practice), have GO bags ready and easy to get to. I used to live within the 10 mile inclusion zone of a nuclear power plant and forest fire area. I did have a plan and did once need it (forest fire).

Isabelle the quaker loves cow bells. I finally found a huge one, its almost as big as she is, and she is fascinated with the sound. DS was going to hang it in her cage on birdie links. I can imagine her hanging from the chain, flapping around and creating all kinds of noise.

Note to self... no mischievous vids for fids. The last child left the nest and I finally was able to pull out the nice glass bowls with lids I had stashed in a closet. I would like to keep them.

Trial and error finding an alternate treat. My DS's quaker will move heaven and earth for a bite of grated horseradish from a spoon. That is her special treat when she's here.

I dug through the kids box and found a kazoo and a mini harmonica and neither were loud enough to be heard from the kitchen. I think someone at work has one of those bells where you hit the top to ring it. I'm going to look today and if I find it, ask to borrow it for the night to see if that sound carries enough. 6 inch thick plaster and lathe walls really deaden the sound.

Ray I love that idea.