| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 942 |
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Hi,
I have a small problem. I have two moustache parakeets on male
and one female they both jump off of me and run to daddy (I think
because he has a real trerrific beard that they can preen)
Bandit is the male and when Bob is not home I can pull him out of
his cage no problem but if Bob is home Bandit will bite me he does
not bite Bob at anytime unless he is sleeping.
Both birds are about 6 months old. The female is a sweetheart and
does not know what the word bite means. (Thank God!)
Donna with a sore finger.
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| 486.1 | Sounds familiar, unfortunately.... | CLOSET::COMPTON | Linda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21 | Tue Jan 22 1991 12:49 | 21 |
Hi Donna,
Seems some birds who adopt us as their mates warn of us of "danger" by
nipping the one holding the bird, and if the person approaching tries
to touch the bird while on the other human's shoulder, watch out!!
since the bird on the shoulder will 'protect' their chosen surrogate
mate. A couple of our male birds do this...haven't had the problem
with a hen yet, but maybe others will have some differenct experiences
to report. My husband's pet blue-front Amazon used to be okay with
me while he was not in the room, but would be territorial about his
'mate' (my husband), even from his cage with my husband sitting
across the room!! If I passed too close to the cage the bird would
try to get me. The bird is more used to me now, so the problem is
almost gone. If you can, play with Bandit more when your husband
isn't around to see if he will also partially bond to you.
Good luck and keep us posted!
Linda
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| 486.2 | Beautiful Transformation! | ALCTRZ::MAPPES_DO | Mon Feb 25 1991 15:33 | 11 | |
Linda,
Our moustache parakeet toad has turned into a butterfly!
Bandit is all done molting and is beautiful.
He has also stopped biting me.
Thank you for your advice!
Donna
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| 486.3 | Great! | CLOSET::COMPTON | Linda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21 | Sun Mar 03 1991 08:52 | 5 |
Hi Donna,
That's great news! Patience and love do pay off...
Linda
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