"Digital_Cowboy"  wrote in message
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> And "Alex Clayton"  opened up and
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>> Probably the best solution would be to do as was suggested, just
>> sheetrock over the walls. If you do it one room at a time it's easy to
>> do. As for Parrots they are all different. I have for a couple years now
>> allowed my BCC free flight. He has become a very lovable bird because of
>> it. He is not caged, as you can see by the pictures of him he lives on
>> an open "living area". Now the only reason this works
with him is he
>> stays either on his living area, one of us, as he is now, or when he
>> wants to get "adventurous" he fly's to the back of the
house and lands
>> on the desk chair at our Desk Top PC. I just keep a bath towel on the
>> back of the chair for him. If he was wandering around the house I would
>> have to cage him, but for about 6 or 7 years he has been willing to stay
>> on his "area" so he has the freedom. His "room
mate" our Tiel does fine
>> for a while and then starts wandering. Since he will chew, he has to be
>> caged when he does this. I use a travel cage, put him in it for the day
>> when he wanders off. He does not like it at all, and after doing it a
>> few times he is good for a year or so of staying on his house again. Now
>> the Macaw, that's a different story. He would never be able to fly
>> around the house. He has to be watched all the time when he is out, he
>> will get into EVERYTHING if allowed. . He has chewed a few holes in
>> the wall were his cage sits, only where he can reach. I just patch them.
>> If this was a problem in your house you could just sheetrock the walls
>> where the birds cage sits for now.
>> As another poster said it's your birds, you have to do what you feel is
>> best. What others think of this is too damn bad.
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> Alex,
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> Thank you, as I've said in response to the person you mentioned I'd still
> feel better just getting the "tainted" plaster out of the house
> altogeather.
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> And as you and Becky both have said we as individuals have to do what we
> feel is in the best interest of our pets.  And as you said anyone think
> that what one person does is "wrong" well that's just too
damn bad. . .
>

You can certainly do that, but it will be a hell of a job. If you seal off
one room at a time and do it, it's not too bad. If this is the way you
decide to go the time to do it would be when the weather is warm enough to
have the widows open. In each room as you work use a couple of those cheap
box fans in a window to keep the dust going outside as you tear out the old
plaster, and of course use a respirator. Done one room at a time it's not
hard to do yourself and still be able to live in the house.
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The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.




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