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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:VIDEO::PULSIFER
Created:Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:942
Total number of notes:6016

55.0. "LOOSE PARROTS" by COMET::STOLLER () Tue Nov 15 1988 14:24

                     <Parrots on the loose.>
    
    Last week my parents informed me that they had sighted a pair
    of parrots flying in and out of my fathers garden. Evidently
    they must have escaped from somewhere. Or did they?
    
    I know very little about parrots and all I know about these
    two are that they are light green and about the size of robins.
    
    I need some help in knowing if they could survive the winter
    here in Colorado Springs. One pet shop I called felt that they
    could but in my limited knowledge I have my doubts.
    
    If they can, how can I help to keep them alive?
    
    If they can't, how could I go about trying to catch them?
    
                         Thanks for your time,
    
                                 Paul
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55.1<Luck of the Irish!FREKE::HUTCHINSFeathered Obsessions AviaryTue Nov 15 1988 16:0513
    Hi Paul!
    
    If these are quaker parakeets, they just may survive...that's why
    they are illegal in so many states.  The best thing to do is to
    set up a cage, in the garden and fill it with sunflower seeds and
    the things that parrots like....the birds may equate the cage to
    home and go inside...if they do...you have yourself a new set of
    birds!!!
    
    Gee, let us know what happens!
    
    J
    
55.2Oh Noooooo!CSC32::K_WORKMANP.I.A.S.O.M.Tue Nov 15 1988 19:574
    I am going to run right home and make sure my Quakies are still
    in their cage and not flying around Pauls house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Bye......