| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
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| 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 |
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My severe macaw has clipped wings. My cockatiels cage is on the
middle of a table 3-4 feet away from the macaw's cage. the macaw
seems to be jealous of the little birds and has a fit when I talk
and play with them. I never let her out at the same time, and in
fact, cover her cage with a towel if the small birds are out.
Yesterday, the macaw was on her perch on top of the cage. I left
the room for about 2 minutes and came back to find her on top of
the cockatiels cage pecking at the top (trying to get them?)
I yelled at her and put her back in her cage.
This morning, i let her out to her perch annd walked across the
room, looked at her, turned aroung for about 5 seconds, and when
I looked back, she was sitting on topof their cage again.
Now, her's the question....I was 10 feet away and heard NO wing
flapping. The perches on the two cages are at least 5 feet apart.
How did she get there??????
she's getting a lot braver lately, which is mmaking me nervous.
A few days ago, she soared off my shoulder to the ground right
in front of my airedale. Now all of a sudden, cage hopping!
I have been leaving her on her perch for a couple of hours every
night, but won't be able to do it of she is going to leap to the
floor or "teleport" to other locations because of the dogs.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 179.1 | Birds NOT of a feather.... | MUNCSS::BURKE | Tue May 23 1989 18:01 | 18 | |
..a bit off the topic but...
We have 2 Greys and 2 cockies. The female Grey *hates* the cockies. She
constantly tries to climb onto their cage when I am not looking. This
is DANGEROUS. About 2 years ago, she managed to get hold of one, and
damn near bit his head off. I didn't realise how much blood such a wee
bird has - it was all over the nearby wall. Luckily, we were in a
position to act very quickly, and he recovered OK, although there is
still some disfigurement around his nostril. Because of the dried
blood in his nasal passage, he couldn't eat for several days - we had
to force-feed him warm medicated milk. He really was lucky - it was a
bad wound.,
Strangely enough, our male Grey doesn't bother with them, although
I would not take the risk.
Be warned those who keep mixed breeds - we had a lucky escape.
Jim Burke (+ Basil & Lucy Grey, Ollie & Susie Cockatiel)
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