| 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 |
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Hi
I thought that it would be nice to start a new topic on your pets
likes and dislikes. My 4 month old eclectus Spock likes the following
toys:
rawhide dog chews
rubber dog squeaky toys ( he will chew them or take them in his
mouth and shack his head back and forth
just like a puppy )
Cat toy balls with the bells ( He loves to carry them around the
room and ring the bell )
bird acrylic toys (he likes the colors)
home made wooden chew toys
Spock dislikes
swings
Spock likes the following foods:
All kinds of nuts
beans mixed with rice and vegtetables
corn on the cob
apples
kewi
popcorn
grapes
currents
Spock dislike the following foods
oranges
sprouts
Spock hates to take a bath if I spray him with a spray bottle but he
loves to take a shower with me. The last thing that he really loves
is to get blow dryed. When I was weanning him sometimes he would get
really mad on the nights that we wasn't supposed to get his hand
feedings. To clam him down I would turn on the blow dryer and just
blow the warm air on him for a few minutes and that would stop the
tantrum.
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| 664.1 | "BUM" BIRD REPLY | GRANPA::KSWARTZ | Mon Feb 24 1992 10:28 | 22 | |
BOGART IS A 7 MONTH OLD AFRIFAN GREY.
HE LOVES: CHEEZIT CRACKERS
TEDDY GRAHAM VANILLA CRACKERS
CRAZY CORN
WOOD & LAVA ROCK TOY THAT IS TOTALLY CHEWED TO PIECES
HIS WOOD SWING
TO TRY AND BITE OUR SMALL DOG.
HE HATES: ANY FOOD WITH SAUCE. HE GETS ONE WIFF AND FLINGS IT
EVERYWHERE. (I LEARNED THIS WITH SPAGETTI SAUCE OF COURSE!)
TO BE TOUCHED ON HIS UNDERSIDE. HE CRYS LIKE A BABY!
HE IS DOING THE WOOF WHISTLE RIGHT NOW. ITS HIS FAVORITE THING.
IF HE SEES ME HE WILL REALLY GIVE IT HIS ALL AND IF HE IS LOVEABLE
ON MY SHOULDER HE WILL DO A REAL LITTLE ONE JUST FOR ME.
THATS IT FOR NOW. WE ARE CALLING HIM A "BUM" BIRD LATELY. HE'S NOT
TALKING TOO MUCH JUST WHISTLING. HE'S TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT.
KAREN
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| 664.2 | One of Seven (actually 11) | CSOA1::DIRRMAN | Mon Feb 24 1992 13:01 | 24 | |
This could be real long - or be multiples - lset us start with one
bird: Winston, 13 month African Grey.
He Loves: Popcorn, Idaho Skins, Bread (almost any kind!), Club Soda,
Pepsi, Peanuts, Green Beans, Tops of Broccoli, carrots,
Potato Chips, sunflower seeds, All of his playtoys and his
cage and play pen (on top of cage) and of course ME!
He Hates: Yep - things with sauce on them - even maccaroni and cheese.
He is like a little kid - actually makes a face and gagging
noises - then throws it as far as he can! Hates his
underside and tail being touched or being turned upside down.
Hates Cats (I have 4)! Hates most fresh fruits - likes some
dried. Hates Rice.
He is starting to talk now (karen don't worry - even at a year greys
are considered very young). He says Hello and mumbles several other
things. Mostly he likes to emulate sounds - like the microwave, and
the timer going off, and meows like the cat. He keeps me in stitches!
He laughs like my husband and myself and is starting to make sounds
like the phone ringing.
Dora
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| 664.3 | WLDWST::GRIBBEN | TouchMe,TurnMeOn&BurnMeDown | Tue Feb 25 1992 23:11 | 28 | |
Well my two boys Buddie (Nanday) & Oliver AKA: Oli (Parakeet).
Buddie loves everything.... If I am eating or drinking it he wants it....
And has yet to refuse anything I have offered him..... And of course
if Buddie has it Oli wants it too..... geeze these two.. will drive me
to drink soon... I have had them both over 8� years now..... And they
are the best of friends... Oli does a Buddie impression that is
hysterical.....
Buddie likes to bathe in the blender of all places (no not with it on),
or anywhere (like my glass of whatever I am drinking) when ever it
suits him. Oli's favourite game is to dive bomb people, when they
come over for the first time. Last week I was having new screens
installed in the bathroom. And the guy that came to install them asked
"Are your birds home ??" I looked at him sort of funny.... I was out
at work when he came to measure and the landlord let him in. I told
him "No, they are at the brid sitters" I had been out of town !!! "Oh
good, that one is attack trained" I just laughed thinking he meant
Buddie.... He said "That little guy is fast..... Buzzed me 3 times...
He must have been to watchbird school".....
My vet told me he had never seen a bird that had bonded so well to its
owner as my Nanday.... I saved his life as an infant. That bird
well literally let me do *anything* to him.. the vet gets a kick out of
it.... he says that "He truly believes that you are his mate...."
Robbin
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