-=> Quoting Kathy Johnson to Ruth Solomon <=-
 KJ> Is it not a handfed baby? Why not just clip it and let it come out of
 KJ> the cage?
        Well, because it doesn't want out of the cage.  that's what scaring 
her.  But also, I can't have them out all the time at will.  I work parttime 
and have clients here with my own business and company here now for at least 
a month, so their free
 time  has to be monitored.  I also run ceiling fans and have to make sure 
they are off before they come out to play.  Thanks for the advice though!  If 
things ever settle down around here may try it.  The sun is trying very hard 
to say pretty bird and is
 getting louder and louder!  Tiki is a bad influence on the other one, cause 
he was not inclined to do that until she starts in and then he feels 
compelled to join in.  He's not nearly as loud as she is though.  I'm not 
sure Tiki is a she, by the way.
 Just seems like a she to me.  Loves attention!
 RS>I took the lovebird
 RS>to a local pet store though and traded him in on a peach-capped (?) 
onure
 RS>I'd been seeing in there and it wanted attention so bad.  Had been a 
family
 RS>pet and they traded it for a quaker.
 KJ> I'm not sure I understand any of the mindset behind trading in pet
 KJ> birds for other birds... Once a bird is my pet, it's here for
 KJ> life. But congrats on the addition of the peach-fronted!
        I don't either.  I tend to keep things forever unless it's part of 
the business and then you can't keep them all.  I've got an Arabian mare 
that's 22 yr. this month and I've had her 20 of those years!  I used to raise 
dogs and cats as well, but retired from that when we moved to the country.  
Now it's just the horses (miniatures).  At any rate it was hard to take my 
lovebird in even though he didn't do anything but bark.  He made a terrible 
mess in his cage feeding perches and the lady at the pet store is the one I 
bought him from 2 yr. ago.  She took him home with her to use for breeding; 
so I feel sure he's VERY happy now!
 KJ> 2 conures--that's a good start! Soon you'll have enough!  Keep
        Think I've already got more than enough! .
 KJ> reading--there are some actually useful books out there these days.
 KJ> "Conures" by Matthew Vriends is a small, fairly good basic conure book.
        That's the one I bought!  Only one that pet store had.
 KJ> --Kathy
        By the way, my pigeons are one eggs!  We'll see what happens.  Under 
the circumstances, I don't give them much hope.  They are still in the 
smaller cage and with the weatherr we've had and that BAD storm yesterday, 
I'll be surprised if they hatch.
 It's also their first clutch I think.  They are banded and are 1995 birds.  
So we'll see in another 3 wks.
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