btdaycare Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 what are the bands on the leg for? What information do they tell me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I don't know how to click links to that but if you type in leg band in the search part of the forum I'm sure it will show some.Maybe someone will come in and click the links for you.. Sorry I couldnt help more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Here in the UK they would have the year the grey hatched, the breeders initials, PSUK , & maybe an allocated clutch number.Every leg band is individual to that grey. Hopefully are US members can fill you in on what the US bands indicate <br><br>Post edited by: lovemyGreys, at: 2008/09/16 22:31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzzique Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 No idea Alex doesn't have one. His breeder doesn't beleave in putting them on. I'm gald because I would have wanted to take it off any way. Martini has one that I would love to get rid of. I know it doesn't bother them. I just don't like how they look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Your vet could always remove the band for you,many owners have had them removed without any distress to their bird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Here in the US the bands generally have the following info: The year the baby hatched, 3 letter initials (breeders sometimes put their own initials here), the state the bird was hatched in, and a number which the breeder uses to identify the bird. I guess it could vary depending on where you get your bands from though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdaycare Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 thank you for that information! That is great! Now I can see how old my bird is! Well, if he will let me see it! He likes to cuddle best at night. I am so excited he is talking a blue streak for the last week! When he first came here he maybe said two words and then wow, now he has a great vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagal08 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I am Thankful my breeder put a leg band on Roscoe because of the fact that she kept a record of his numbers on his band and on my copy of his papers is also the number so if he gets lost it is a way to prove that he is indeed mine. Now I realize if he gets stolen then someone can easily remove the band with a good pair of leg band cutters but I will not risk microchipping him with the things I have heard about that. I do plan to teach Roscoe my Cell phone number so if he ever gets lost he can tell someone his phone number. God forbid that to ever happen tho. I have always had every bird I ever owned in the past with a leg band on and never had issues of accidents but that depends how your cage is setup and safe thinking on toys that could possibly hangup in the band. I have seen more problems with the open bands more tho. Most breeders use a closed band.<br><br>Post edited by: Cagal08, at: 2008/09/17 01:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdaycare Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 wonder how I can get a hold of the breeder, I haven't looked at the band yet, I spent the evening watching my new video on teaching him tricks......then, we tried to learn to wave bye bye. I had very little luck with this I think I need to buy a wood stand for him, the portable one I have sits on the table top and its made of that rock like or grit like material and he loves to wipe his beak back and forth on it. Then we had to spend 45 min with him laying on my shoulder and him putting his head down over my chest so I could pet him. I think he would lay like that for hours! lol When I told him time for bed he didn't like that one bit! Just like half my daycare kids! :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 In Ontario you can now register your leg band number with you local Humane Society (Animal Control) and your vet, they intern register with a Canada Wide Bird Band Registry, if the bird is lost and found by someone who calls this information in they are able to reunite you back together. If for some reason your bird is stolen you alert the registry and they will send a report to all vets to watch for this bird. The person or persons that stole this bird may have sold it to an unsuspecting person just for the money. They are working very hard here to be able to install a small GPS in a leg band - right now they are using doves for the trial, they are also working on keeping the price of this band affordable to the general public. Carolyn & Mika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdaycare Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 wow, that is amazing! I am going to try to read his leg band tonight, he does not enjoy being touched except early morning and that is only for a scratch and then at night where he will really cuddle. We are working on learning the wave trick and maybe he will be more touchable with the tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdaycare Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 wow, that is amazing! I am going to try to read his leg band tonight, he does not enjoy being touched except early morning and that is only for a scratch and then at night where he will really cuddle. We are working on learning the wave trick and maybe he will be more touchable with the tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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