ST> computer...I can hear the tiels and the lovebrat talking back
 ST> and forth...and of course the keets never shut up...but there
 ST> chatter is very relaxing to me...;)    I often threatened to
 ST> build a cage for my  youngest son...hehehe sorry now that I
 ST> didn't...hehehe 
         Really! Mine could use one too! My Grey is so cute in
      the morning... if everyone sleeps past daybreak, you can
      hear him in there talking (under his cage cover) very
      softly to himself. Of course as soon as he hears a voice
      or household sound, he gets loud!
 ST> Oooh...doesn't he throw all of his feathers on the floor???
 ST> My Tiels seem to like to pick up the feathers and throw them
 ST> out  of the cage and there isn't a feather in the lovebrats
 ST> cage...she stuffs her's out the cage bars...;)
       No, he just drops them to the bottom of the cage. The big
       ones he sometimes uses as a backscratcher... holds it in
       his beak and uses the pointy end to "itch" himself on the
       neck where the beak won't reach! 
 ST> my area...the owner is very very interested in birds...and 
 ST> several of the local breeders have been selling to him...I
 ST> figure I will contact him when the time is right...;)  I sure
 ST> can't keep them all...and I wouldn't give a lovebrat to my best
 ST> friend...they just aren't good companions...;(
        They are so pretty though... I love the pretty pastel colors
       they come in. If you got one as a baby and only kept the one,
       wouldn't it be a good pet? 
 ST> That is a great price....I paid $50 for each of my tiels from a
 ST> local breeder...;)  I would prefer to get a bird from a local
 ST> breeder rather than a pet store...but that is my
 ST> preference..and I was very very lucky to get my tiels from a
 ST> woman that knew her babies..she is now one of my best
 ST> friends...;)  I'm getting my  new bird from a breeder in Arizona
 ST> that I met over the  internet...have been talking to him for
 ST> several months...and  couldn't find one in the area that wasn't
 ST> related to mine...;) 
           Yeah, the 'tiel that i had was from a pet store, and she
       was ill from the day i got her. (Cold-like symptoms and matted
       feathers under her eye.) $50 is still a good price though...
       that's about the going rate around here for a bird from a
       breeder. Pet stores of course hike the price up to make a
       profit. Saw a lovely greenwing macaw baby last month that the
       store was asking $3,000 for! (You can get one from a breeder
       for less than half that.) Ay caramba!
           Sue
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