Conference 7.286::pet_birds

    Hi Sue,
    
    I have several Birdtalk articles on Quaker/Monk I can send
    you. Let me know where you want them sent.
    
    Doug

    Hi,  thank you for your responce,
    I am located at   DAS 1-1/B13  .  
                      LEONHART, SUZANNE
      
    
    thank you

    Hi,
    
    I have a Quaker......
    Teddy (nickname "Ted Vicious") is exceeding friendly to me, but bites
    all my friends (hence the nickname).  Really cuddly little bird, loves
    to have his head scratched.  They are parrakeets, not parrots (long
    tail).
    
    As for food, Teddy eats a variety of things.  He likes peas and corn,
     baked potato, pasta, corn chips, some fruit, popcorn, cheese,
    chicken, broccoli.  Hates carrots.....will clean everything else out
    of the dish and leave the carrots.  In general, pretty easy to feed,
    seems to eat all day long.  
    
    Likes to be around people, screams if you leave the room.  Great 
    personality.....makes "kissing" noises at me when I come home until
    I come to see him.  
    
    Diane
    

    HI, I just wanted to thank every one for the responce that I have 
    received from the people here.
    today i received the magazine articles.  I wanted to say in reading
    these,   with much delight--- I CAN'T WAIT---...
    
    I know that the first week or so he will be quorantined from
    our teil.  And then there will be slow introductions to each
    other suppervised of course. 
    
    one question i do have will the two birds be ok in the same
    cage????
    or in separate cages but placed side  by side??
    
    thanks again for all the help ,  keep this file going its the best
    reading...
    
    sue and the growing flock.
    

    I would definitely NOT put the Quaker in the same cage with the teil.
    My Quaker tries to attack the cockatiels if they are out at the same
    time.  The cockatiel could definitely not defend itself against
    the Quaker!!!!!  Mine are close together in seperate cages, get
    along fine that way, but not outside their cages....
    
    Diane
    

    I second the motion not to put the Quaker where it can get at the
    gentle cockatiel!! /Linda

    I saw an article in the new Yankee magazine on Monk/Quaker parakeets.
    It said there was a colony of about 100 living in Connecticut. The
    article talked about some people loved having them there and others
    didn't. They mentioned that they like to dive into swimming pools
    during the summer. A picture of a lady of about 70 with a Monk cuddling
    against her neck accompanied the article. It was supposedly one of the
    wild ones. It was said there is one nest with about 100 birds.
    
    Doug

    
    
     Time to renew a 2 year old topic!
    
    Today I went into Family Pet in Nashua and was 
    adopted by a Quaker. I have never fallen in love 
    with a bird so quickly. I managed to leave the store
    without it but was back 30 minutes later! This bird 
    is nothing but a teddy bear! All it wants to do is cuddle.
    
    Well his name is now Otis,(Ots for short), which makes him
    one of the Quaker Ots :-) 
    
    The previous notes in this string say not to put one of these 
    birds with other birds. The lady at the pet shop who is very 
    educated in these areas said that would be true if this bird 
    was older. As Otis is only 8 weeks old she said it will do 
    quite well with the others. Obviously I will be watching very 
    closely!
    
    I've looked through some of my back copies of "bird talk" but
    can't find a reference to Quakers. She said they are good talkers
    and will eat nearly anything. She also said that they have a strong
    nesting instint that makes them prone to the theft of nearly anything
    it likes for a pretty nest eg: pens, jewelry...  She also said that
    they are very hearty- so much so that some N/E states have outlawed
    them because if they escape they are prolific breeders and will lose
    the welcome of a community pretty quick,(I think a previous note by Doug
    detailed one such incident).
    
    Please- I'm looking for any info about this bird. I'm not
            beyond begging ;-)
    
     chet
    (who has the most understanding- non bird loving wife on the planet)
         
    
    

    It's been a while, but how is your Quaker.  I have one named
    Teddy...bet you can guess why??  They are great birds!!! My friends
    call him "Ted Vicious" because he tries to bite everyone but me, but
    he is really sweet to me.  It's definitley true that they will eat
    almost anything?  (His nickname is piglet!).  He always runs to his
    dish to eat if he sees us eating anything...
    
    

    
    My wife is currently looking for a quaker. Does anyone know of
    any babies for sale or the name of any breeders ? She would prefer
    not buying from a pet store.