| 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 |
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Hi,
I've been calling breeders for a week now because I'm still thinking of
getting another bird. I must admit that I am more confused now than
before I started.
I'm now torn between the quiet and sweet Pionus and the talking and
more demanding Timnah Grey. I have a lot of thinking to do before
making a decision as to what it is that I really want from this new
bird. Actually, getting one of each might solve the problem but that
is totally out of the question with my hubby. As it is, he thinks that
I've flipped my lid by considering "just one more" bird.
Anyhow, after speaking with breeders they have all said that I probably
won't be able to let either a Pionus or a Grey out to play with my two
cockatiels. This really disapoints me as I think of all my pets as
being one happy family and I see pictures of large and small birds
together all time in the Bird Talk magazine. Is this relationship the
exception? My two tiels are very jealous and it will break their
hearts to see me playing with another bird if they can't join in.
I don't know at this point what the correct decision is. Pionus or
Grey or maybe nothing?
Well, thanks for listening!
Jeanne
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| 467.1 | Beware endangering the gentle cockatiels... | CLOSET::COMPTON | Linda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21 | Wed Dec 12 1990 18:35 | 15 |
Hi Jeanne,
I have two friends who have pionus and love them! The Timneh grey
would probably be the better talker, but might be more aggressively
jealous of other people and birds when it is with whoever it chooses
as its surrogate 'mate' -- cockatiels are very gentle birds, for the
most part, and wouldn't have much of a chance against a jealous pionus
or Timneh grey (we had two of the latter -- their beaks can destroy
everything from fabric to wood with amazing speed - heaven forbid
they take a dislike to your cockatiels - they wouldn't last long).
A suggestion: play with the birds in separate rooms so your cockatiels
don't get upset? If you are contemplating a wild-caught (imported)
pionus or Timneh grey, triple the cautions above....
Linda
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| 467.2 | Funny Dreams! | SALSA::DEFRANCO | Thu Dec 13 1990 18:01 | 20 | |
I think all my bird talk around the house is getting to my husband.
this morning when he awoke, he said "thank God I woke up when I did, I
was having this crazy dream" So, I asked him what it was he was
dreaming about and his reply had me laughing all morning.
He said that he dreamed I came home from work one day and I had a
large U-Haul behind the car. I asked him if he could help me unload it
and when he did, lo and behold, there was a large cage in the U-Haul
and in the cage was a large parrot!
He was so thankfull to wake up!
I figure I'm making progress with him because he called this a dream
and not a nightmare!
Jeanne (who still doesn't know what she wants next)
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