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| 308.1 | easy keepers | SVCRUS::KROLL | | Wed Jan 17 1990 19:46 | 10 |
| Pacific parrolets what wonderful birds. the pair I had were very
sweet and I enjoyed their noise. just little squeeks. they are
known to eat their mates and any other bird in their cage if it
is too small. I had mine in a 4 foot cage by two. no problem.
would have loved to have had their babies but alas I helped bury
them after the fire at al decodias last year.
Had a friend that the male actually ate the head off the feamale
but she had them in a cannary cage. price for the pair can be gotton
for $70 to 80. hand fed your guess.
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| 308.2 | Reply to 308.1 | VAXUUM::COMPTON | Linda DTN 232-2441 ACO/E47 | Thu Jan 18 1990 18:14 | 12 |
| Reply to 308.1 -
The two I was looking at (now one) were Green-rumps, so maybe their
disposition is not so cannibalistic as you described for the Pacific
parrotlets. I say this because they (it) were (are) in a cage
equivalent to the size of a canary cage -- maybe slightly larger.
This shops prices are usually 25-50-100% higher than their local
competition (Animal House and Jungle Jym's, to name two), so the
$90 for the one remaining still seems high, especially if you were
able to get a pair for about the same price. Thanks for the reply.
Linda
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| 308.3 | Would Like To Know More ....... | BAGLDY::SIPILA | Can I go home now? | Fri Aug 20 1993 10:02 | 31 |
| Well last night I stopped at Pet Source in Stow to pick up some Veggie
Salad for Max and, of course, wandered down back of the store because I
heard the familiar sounds of finches.
They had one cage with several finches in it - silver-billed and Zebra.
Next to their cage was a tiny green-rump parrotlet. He/she was sold.
On the next shelf was another green-rump parrotlet.
I had never seen one before and immediately fell in love! This little
bird was a baby - and so sweet. It appearred to be tame. It was all I
could do not to open the cage and pick it up.
I checked this file and ran across only two notes on them. Can some
one tell me more about them? Can they learn to talk? Are they really
as cannibalistic as one noter wrote?
Max is still alive and well. He has a dry skin problem, but putting a
few drops of Cod Liver oil in his staple seed helps this. He is still
King of The Roost! And still extremely spoiled!!!
By the way, the asking price for the parrotlet was $199.
Thanks in Advance for any more information anyone can give.
Regards,
Susan Sipila
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| 308.4 | A couple of places to try... | RAGMOP::COMPTON | | Thu Aug 26 1993 19:02 | 2 |
| Both Petcetera in Londonderry, NH and Fins 'n' Feathers in Chelmsford
have raised handfed parrotlets. They should have some advice for you. /Linda
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