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Cockatiel News & Information for 12-29-2004 

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From: NewsTrove.com

""Gawd, I hate cats. They shed all over everything and their shit reeks to high heaven." The shit of healthy cats DOES NOT reek to high heaven. Reeking kitty poop is a sign something is wrong with them, most likely intestinal parasites. Normal kitty poop is nearly as odorless as cockatiel droppings. And as an added advantage, they don't drop them all over the house, but neatly in a litter box, and they even cover them over when they're done. Cats fed on high-quality food with the proper nutrition DO NOT shed all over the place."

Gift-giving and travel tips can offer pets and owners a less stressful holiday
From: NewsTrove.com

"Advocate photo by Tracy Simoneaux A chinchilla, or Andes-Mountains-native rodent, will survive alone during the holidays with just a clean cage, extra food and water. However, before leaving for a holiday vacation, chinchilla owners should turn off all heaters as a precaution. The animals cannot survive temperatures higher than 79 or 80 degrees Fahrenheit and prefer colder weather. Locally owned Noah's Quality Pets and Supplies manager Matt Parsons thinks a pet is a great holiday gift. He is a businessman and said he would love a chance to sell more area residents a holiday pet or pet-related gifts."

A parent resource with parenting advice, early childhood articles, and baby and child care information
From: NewsTrove.com

"Ever since the eldest of our three kids could say, "but I want my own pet," goldfish, rats, a rabbit, a hedgehog, a corn snake and more have all shared our household alongside our cats and dog. If you simply don't have room (in your home or in your life) for a dog or cat, caring for a pocket-sized pet can still give your child an opportunity to learn empathy, responsibility and a few lessons in unselfish love. But trust me - just because a critter is compact doesn't mean it's low maintenance or that it's the perfect pick for kids."

Cockatiel Blogs from LiveJournal

Good news and some questions
From: www.livejournal.com

"The good news is: Mango, the pearl hen we have been fostering while her owner was out of the country studying, is going to be ours permanently! I talked to her owner on the phone (she's back in the U.S. but not in town) for half an hour on Sunday night, and she said that she wanted to give us Mango outright, that after we had been such good birdie parents, she didn't feel she should ask for anything from us, let alone ask for Mango back. She feels her life is not stable enough right now to take proper care of a bird; she wants to get another companion bird eventually, but not yet. This is incredibly generous of her and a great blessing, as we are short of money. In any case, she will be in town another year and a half to finish her studies at the art institute in our neighborhood, so she can come and visit Mango often.

Now my questions: First, what's a minimum safe indoor temperature for birds? We've had some concern from our upstairs neighbors that when the furnace runs, especially at night, their apartment gets roaring hot--and that's with the thermostat around sixty degrees. I've turned it down as far as fifty-five the last couple of nights (it still fires up once during the night), and last night I left a fridge thermometer in the living room with the birds. It read fifty-five when I came up to do their morning stuff. Is that too cold?

Second, now that I'm feeling more confident about my cooking skills overall *g*, I'd like to make something good for the birds. Will cockatiels eat some kind of mash? I have some dried beans I soaked overnight; the ones that went into soup were still pretty hard, and I was thinking that throwing them in the blender with rice and veggies would make them edible. But is there a chance my crew will eat it? (I know Mango will eat it. About the only thing I've seen her refuse is canned tuna.)

I'd like to say that you all are a lovely bunch of people here--knowledgeable, friendly, and polite. This is the most enjoyable community I've participated in on Livejournal. Love to all from me, Rembrandt, and Mango (and Julian and Charles, da budgies)."

Good news and some questions
From: www.livejournal.com

"Zest went visiting today.
We went and saw his Mum and Dad.
My Aunty can't believe how tame Zest is. All her cockatiels (3) stay in their cages.
We all enjoyed lunch and drinks on her little verandah and Zest quite happily went from one shoulder to the next or the railings or the chair backs.
He travelled in the car very well. He sat on top of the passenger seats haed rest."

More pictures
From: www.livejournal.com

"I got more pictures of Chacha. Blurry due to being from a camera phone sorry about that.


It's a finger puff!!


Just sitting around looking cute


His new cage, soon to be decked out in even more stuff!



Mmmmm, I'll have a plate of Chacha please.


Because every bird looks so much more cuter upside down

Based on the pictures do you think he is really a he? And what mutation is he/might he be?"

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