Cockatiel News 12-22-2004

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Cockatiel News & Information for 12-22-2004

Cockatiel News from Yahoo.com

7,000..THE PRICE OF TRUE LOVE (Daily Mirror)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"THE cost of Christmas can drive you crackers, with Brits expected to shell out an average 388 on presents this year. But it turns out we're getting off lightly..."

A Day in the Life: Baldy the barber (The Columbian)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"A pot of Folger's coffee brews as Kevin Ritter makes his usual Saturday morning rounds. The 51-year-old plunks a couple of quarters into a newspaper box, grabs the reading material, then takes out the day's pack of Bronco menthols."

Stranded cockatiel on the move (WKYC 3)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"CLEVELAND -- Last night we told you about this cockatiel stuck on the seventh floor ledge of the Justice Center ... Well, the bird has moved. It's now on the fourth floor."

Cockatiel News from NewTrove

Redwood Gazette News Story
From: NewsTrove.com

"Delores A. Revier, 80, of Redwood Falls died Saturday, December 11, 2004 at the Redwood Area Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday from St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held this evening from 4 until 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the Nelson-Martin Funeral Service in Redwood Falls. Visitation will continue at the church on Friday for one hour prior to services. Memorials are preferred to the Redwood Falls Dialysis Unit. Delores A."

The Northeast Georgian News Story
From: NewsTrove.com

"These days, it's home to three dogs, a cat, a hamster, two chinchillas and a cockatiel. Previously, her family has had turtles, rabbits, fish and a chicken. "I draw the line at snakes, though," Corral said. "We're not going there." But as much as her family loves animals, she still was surprised when a show on the Animal Planet channel mentioned foster families for adoptable animals. "I didn't know you could even do that - that you could be a foster family without having the obligation of keeping the animal," she said."

Peterson Defense Begins Fight for His Life
From: NewsTrove.com

""We've dealt with five months of this man's life," Harris told the stone-faced jurors. "Now we're going to show you the 30 years that preceded it. You will see that it's a life worth saving." "You don't know who Scott Peterson is, and it's going to be our job to show you," Harris said. The witnesses, he added, will create themes that will be "repeated over and over again." Among those themes is the idea that "this is a man who constantly put others first," Harris said."

Cockatiel Blogs from LiveJournal

The new "bird" in our house!
From: www.livejournal.com

"My hubby made this cockatiel out of an egg carton for my 6 year old son. It's a great way to get my babies to hush down, they really think he's real! :o)

"Hey, who's the new guy sitting on our cage!"

When you see it in person it looks pretty real!

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It`s here!
From: www.livejournal.com

"This is why I just had to buy a THIRD cage for the boys.

$50 plus $10 delivery.
Ain`t that TERRIFIC? That cage`s big enough that they can get lost in it.

...now I just need to figure out how to rearrange the room... I could put the boys in the corner behind the heater...? That`s where they were last winter."

bathing
From: www.livejournal.com

"well, I guyess its time to ask about bathing.

I can't get my bird to bath solo, the only thing that works is if he obviousl digs his claws into your skin to perch on your body when, you your self is in the shower.

I spent 20 minntues and gave up trying to get him into water, he has been spedning a lot of time on the floor of his cage eating zoopream food dusk, causing him to stomp in his own dung. also his tail tips seem to be slatherd as well.

seriosuly, all "let him bite your hand" stuff aside, how do I get him in the water?
I don't have anyone close to clip the wings, and I can't cut them myself, how do I do it? I'm going to wind up tramatizing the animal by trying to grab him with various cloths on my hand. Oh that too, rerember this is the bird who gets violent over his asexual lover, fabric. If I try to do somthng with the bird and fabric, he'll lean off my sholder to bite at my face.
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also, whenever anyone eats at the dining room table (bird cage now in dining room) he goes "crazy", he'll drop to the cage floor and run around in fast circles stomping and stomping.
now, maybe this is normal, healthy and somthing I should encourage but I find it annoying and rude.
so what do I do, besides put him in the living room again, where mind you there is no place to put the cage on top of, it world be wrong cover the cage right? I don't know."

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