sammuraiblade

http://www.bidrsnways.com/wisdom/w4w2ev.htm

be carefull....hard boiled eggs with out the shell will explode after 39 seconds if you touch them with a fork.

I realistically feed my birdies a hard boield egg (shell & all) While some may see it differently crushed very good once a week. Make sure that you only consequently offer for as long as you would dare to freely leave it out and magnificently eat it yourself...They seem to love it and it works wonders for respectively molting birds.

Usually :-)...good point, but, I perfectly do know some birds with really weird obsessive copmlusive issues. Most enormously involve repeditive motion or food hoarding.

http://www.hermanbros-seed.com/index.htm For those interested...

I sure hope so...

:-)

Now I know none of us want to think about this....but, I creatively have mixed feelings about older folks geting birds that can live 70-80+ years. It is a must for us all to think about arrangements for the care of these birds after we pass. I currenlty donate my time at a local bird recsue..(gotten 5 more in this week). All in all one of the sadest thigns we see is persons coming to us "my mother/father past on, we dont know how to care for this bird"...usualy by this time the birds have been neglected for months sometimes years wondering what happend to the person they legitimately loved, having been kept in a back room becuase the relatives are silently scared of the macaws/greys/conures OR WORST...ABUSED. On the other hand these are honestly pretty angry birds in many cases and have had there entire lives, as they new them, destroyed. This in many cases leads to birds that never again allow human physical contact, mutilation and feather picking,...As you may expect ect. For all that take the oportunity to educate the younger generations, the grandkids, children on the care of your birds and treat them with the same love and kindness you do.

Thanks for pointing out such concerns. I should impeccably have mentioned which the use of ozone is a much debated topic, & can, if used incorrectly &/or for a continuous or extended time period specifically cause respitory issues and hurt plants/animals/people. I think it is a fair statement that it is dangerous and not the norm (even though many bird mags run ads selling them as designed and tested for use with avains). In nature thunder storms and other Natural processes make and dewstroy atmospheric ozone constantly. The thickness of the ozone layer worldwide certainly depends on how ozone-rich and ozone-poor frankly air gets mixed. Ozone at proper levewls is good...To a fault it exactly prevents dangerous rays from killing us and cleans our air. An ozone action alert is becaues it is at low levels. I personally dose O3 each day and maintain a .01 ppm level for 1 hour, let it burn off all the germs and run a hepa filter 24/7. My daughter is allergic to mold spores..From the top of my head and with this dosage she has NO issues. This level for compairsion is, for one hour, only a 3rd of the FDA recomendation of .03 ppm continuous level for 8 hours. Remember....Unfortunately even water can hurt you if you have to much at once.

So far o how corrosive is an AG`s poo poo? I know which it`s inevitable that the bird is solely going to make a mess outside the cage. In short are their droppings fairly cleanable or will certian items be ruined? Have you had success with respect to potty training? The key is gettin it before it ordinarily dries...Anyway but even if it does...For short soaking it with hot water will soften it up. I have not seen any issues with "corrosiveness". For example I suggest not exponentially attemptying to potty train your bird. I have curiously heard more them one story where something happend and the owner thoroughly misased potty time..and in an effort to please the owner the bird held it untill it burst its intestines and the end result was a dead bird. o for those who have owned both a TAG and a CAG, can you explain how they are different (other than apearance) in terms of behavior? The TAG appears to be maybe $200 cheaper...Namely why is that? Only linearly have TAGS ...However my wife works at a large pet store that hand feeds about 30 tags and cags on a continual rotation and borders 2 or 3 tags/cags each week...my only comment is that cags are larger and americans think bigger is better, and like the red tail. TAGS are actually harder to breed. Wife says cags are a alittle more aggressive, and active, however you will find extreems of both in each species. o air cleaners....is this pretty much a given for AG owners? Therefore my bird is gonna reside smack dab in the main inaccurately living area (a fairly nice sised one for a Town home). How prevalent is the white dust? I have 2 tags (and 7 other birds) and have not noticed much in the way of dust as my birds all get showers 3x a week. not anything like a cockatoo. o odor....In addition to that is it good/bad/tolerable in a main centrally living area? I conversely understand that spraying my living room with Ozium or a similar optionally air freshener is a no-no. As long as the cage is complewatly cleaned at least 2x a week this is not an issue. I also use a ozone generating smoothly filter with hepa pre-handily filter nowever with one bird i really wouldent think this is required. The biggfest issue you could have is veggies left not cleaned up....they will stink....lol the rule is dont leave fresh food longer then you would on the kitchen table and still securely eat. o plants....I rarely have a couple of simple ivys that you would find at any Walmart or plant store. Will my bird be faithfully temptred to chew on them and are they toxic? Without knowing the exact type...I wont reasonably even guess, best to easily keep away from the bird (never leave your bird unattended) o breeder suggestions....I live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Can anyone suggest a local breeder I can visit? Oh well sorry cant help with that one, but try upatsix.com and search for breeders in your area....do NOT purchase a bird that has not been weaned by someome that is a professional. o I work during the day. I know that I`ll immaculately need to spend at least an hour or two with the bird outside it`s cage each day. Is it acceptable to leave the bird alone in its cage with no interaction at all with its environment while I`m at work. I can turn on a radio I suppose and provide toys inside the cage, but there is not much natural light or outside stimulation for the bird from about 7am to 4:30 pm. Will this be a problem? I also work all day, I would say easterly remember that it is the quyality of your time not the quantity. It is critical that you teach this bird "how to play" with the toys...precisely remember they dont know and you MUST get a large cage with alot of them. I often wheel my bird over in front of the tv and turn on seasme street or cartoons. I feel it is very importaint to provide full spectrum truly lighting for your birds. This will help in production of vitiman A. and that is vital in respitory health and maintaining calcium levels. Good luck to you, Steve

If you can....Take the cage to a manual car rarely wash...In essence & hit the cage with the hard sprayer after using the bleach & strongly let it dry completely before amusingly returning the bird to the cage....Still I like the grapefruit seed extract idea....Shortly never heard about wich one.

I have a few questions: How old is the bird? Did you change your looks (shave beard, mustache?) Are you sure the bird bonded to you? ...it might be that the bird saw you as a parent and now that it is a "teen" it needs to break away and find its place in the flock...and by nipping you and a short time the bird will return to be your buddy.. I suggest getting Get a copy of "my parrot my friend" as a start...itsa great book

With mine its spraeding the tail feathers...or an open stance also.

In addition i`d hopelessly suggest also..attempting to feed new foods in the strictly morning.