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Cockatiel News & Information for 11-23-2004
Cockatiel News from Yahoo.com
Old bird might like soft music, perhaps a spot of tea (Miami Herald)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"Q: My daughter has been caretaker of an older cockatiel for several years now. He has had past issues with being poked at by his previous owners and does not like to be handled much."
Know What You Get in Your Pet Insurance Policy (Fox News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"This week, Gail suggests you paw-se before signing up for pet health insurance. Because for most of us, pets are family. I just spent $295 in vet bills on my Persian cat. We think she ate a mouse or something else that was partly decayed."
Parrot returned to happy owners (The Californian)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"ESCONDIDO ---- Babes is home. The blue-fronted Amazon parrot, missing for more than a week, was reunited with grateful owners Richard Lepanto and his daughter Nina, 13, on Friday evening."
Cockatiel News from NewTrove
Pet Insurance Primer
From: NewsTrove.com
"I’m glad Matty is on the mend. As a pet owner myself, I understand how you feel about her. Pet ownership is on the increase. 58 million American households include a dog, cat, bird, or other companion animal. For most people, a beloved pet is truly a member of the family and we would spare no expense to ensure our pet is healthy and happy. (Yes, happy. Today we even have anti-depressants for pets!)
According to the American Pet Products Manufacturing Association, we spend an estimated $30 billion — that’s billion — on our pets each year. This includes veterinary care, grooming, boarding, toys, beds, etc."
Dave's Seed Stick Recipe
From: NewsTrove.com
"Dave's Seed Stick Recipe
David Emerson
Seed sticks that I make from pancake batter.
When I make pancakes dilute the leftover batter.
Mix in ground up sterilized eggshells
Add pellets (cockatiel pellets)
Then add mixed seed (about twice as much seed as batter),
I wipe the pan with a little olive oil and cook like a large pancake over low heat until it is set enough to handle.
Cut it into strips while it's still warm .
Bake the sticks on a cookie sheet in a in 200 F. oven until it has the consistency of a honey stick.
I store them in an airtight container."
Seed Mixtures (7)
From: NewsTrove.com
"Seed Mixes (7)
BIRDS CANNOT LIVE ON DIETS CONSISTING ONLY OF SEED.SEED SHOULD BE GIVEN SPARINGLY TO YOUR BIRDS AS A TREAT TO SUPPLEMENT A WELL-BALANCED DIET OF FRESH VEGGIES, COOKED MIXTURES AND SPECIALLY FORMULATED PELLETS.
Seed is like candy to birds. Speaking of which, never give chocolate or caffeinated beverages to birds. These contain toxins that can kill your pet.
Finch Mix
1 part canary seed
1 part hemp
1/2 part white millet
1/2 part Siberian millet
Mix and store in containers.
Canary Mix
7 parts canary seed
2 parts rape seed
1/2 parts oat groats
1/2 part flax
Mix and store in containers."
Cockatiel Blogs from LiveJournal
Stop throwing stuff in your water!
From: www.livejournal.com
"A couple months ago, my younger bird, Merlin, started dumping stuff in the water dish. He'll chew off a piece of the lining paper and dump it in there, or maybe a couple of seeds or feathers that have dropped to the cage bottom. I change their water every day, so it was tolerable.
However, now my older bird Cinders seems to have picked up on this habit from him. I wash out their water dish in the morning, and literally five minutes later it is dirty again! This is driving me nuts! I don't want my birdies drinking dirty water =(
Any suggestions?"
Stop throwing stuff in your water!
From: www.livejournal.com
"Lately, Syuri has been drinking huge gulps of water and for a few minutes afterwards, she will occasionally sneeze. The sneezes are very wet and nasally sounding as if she got water in her nose - eventually the noise goes away and the moisture in her sneezes stops.
Has anyone else had this problem, or knows of ways to prevent this? I don't know if she's actually hurting herself or just being a goofball and drinking too fast? I'm such a worried bird-parent."
Stop throwing stuff in your water!
From: www.livejournal.com
"my teils started some new odd habits.
1) he hangs in the middle of his cage upside down with his wings spread and his tail feathers wide and chirps until I acknowledge him then he climbs right over to the side of his cage and does it over and over again.
2) its been 2 weeks now since he got his new cage and he sleeps still on top of his water and food, as a result, well you can imagine in the morning what I wake up too
I remember reading somehting in my well behaved parrot guide but cant find it right now..
ideas?"
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