On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:58:34 -0000, "w.g.s.hamm"
 wrote:

>
>"Phil D."  wrote in message
>news:7o8g31derpsuauphlq3pstu72odkp1ah2q{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> Heh - one of my budgies likes to lie on his back and have his tummy
>> tickled... ;)
>>
>> If you immobilize the wings of a bird and turn it onto it's back, they
>> immediately become docile and stop struggling with you.
>
> I would *love* to see you demonstrating this with my bfa. I would stand by
>with the first aid kit.

Heh - I never said that it wouldn't be prudent to wear leather gloves
with large birds. ;)

Then again, I did once pick up an injured (and very angry with a
sharp, serrated beak) great black-backed gull with bare hands and
escaped with nothing more than a couple of scratches following my
method...


--- UseNet To RIME Gateway {at} 3/18/05 5:02:03 PM ---