--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00009 Date: 06/25/95 From: SUE SMITH Time: 05:40pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Hello? Hello? Tap, Tap, Tap? Am I getting out? Just saw the traffic report and didn't see my name in there; according to my records, I've posted 10 messages in the time period. -- SPEED 2.00 #1014: What we have here is a failure to communicate --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0051] * Origin: This Old House * U.S.R. V.34 * Tacoma Wa (1:138/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00010 Date: 06/25/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 11:02pm \/To: ELLEN KESSLER (Read 4 times) Subj: WHEATGRASS SEEDS >I did pick up some seeds at the local garden shop (it actually was >packaged as a treat for cats!) I sprouted most of it and added it to >the birds' daily soft food. But there is less effort using the powder >of course, so I've gone back to using it. I did not feed the wheat >grass seeds directly as I was unsure of its total freshness. I got some "hard" red wheat seeds from my local seed warehouse distributor. They sell them by the pound, and they sprout beautifully, and taste great! The owner told me that the "soft" wheat doesn't sprout as well, but he didn't say why. I think I might get a bit of it just to see for myself. --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bird Info Network (303-423-9775) (1:104/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00011 Date: 06/25/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 11:07pm \/To: MOLLI STRUEBING (Read 5 times) Subj: AMAZONE'S BEHAVIOUR >I'm willing to give translating a try, There might be a word or two >I'll have trouble with, I can speak Deutsch better than I can read it. >"Herzliches Willkommen zu unsere kleine Papagai Familie" Molli, I totally forgot about your German background! I'll let you have first attempt at the translation! >Molli.Struebing@Bird.Com Um, your FIDO address is 1:104/234. The one you gave above is your INTERNET address, and Klaus may not have Internet access. Klaus, address the article to "Molli Struebing 1:104/234" !!!!! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bird Info Network (303-423-9775) (1:104/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00012 Date: 06/26/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 12:49am \/To: AMY BALTES (Read 4 times) Subj: NIRVANA! "polly want a cracker...i think she'd like some water...maybe i should cool song... NOT. Please find something else to do with your time, Amy. Oh, by the way, your sysop will soon be receiving netmail with a copy of this totally tasteless, unnecessary post, with your name proudly attached. I hope he permanently cuts your access to his bbs. Sincerely, Fido Parrots Moderator, Kathy Johnson * SLMR 2.1a * --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bird Info Network (303-423-9775) (1:104/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00013 Date: 06/26/95 From: NANCY DUKE Time: 7:29am \/To: CHERANE TRAJERE (Read 4 times) Subj: HELLO Hi Cherane, My baby Hawk Head, Nikki, just turned a year old. His real name is Nikolai, named after a small town on the Iditarod sled dog trail. He is becoming a gifted talker. Any time I pass his cage he yells "want out." When I let him out he runs around the house yelling "out" "out." Its almost like he means Im free! Lately his thing is to ring like my cordless phone and then hold a conversation with hisself. Nikki is not only banded, but is also micro chipped. I'm very impressed with his breeder. She went beyond what most breeders will do. I know she did not make a huge amount of money on the sale. Her main concern was a good home to someone who will breed this beautiful bird. Did I mention that he was born in Fla. and flew to Alaska at the tender age of three months. And boy were his wings tired. Ha Ha!! The long distance was a concern of mine But he came through with not a problem. I really have not heard of any stud books but would be interested. I do not know if his breeder is in any. She seems to keep a low profile. No advertising and so on. Thanks for the name of your friend. I might give her a call. Does she sex her babies? The future holds a wife for Nikki. Nancy --- InterEcho 1.08 * Origin: AK Pirate Society, Anchorage, AK (907) 563-9364 (1:3550/558) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00014 Date: 06/24/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:49pm \/To: KLAUS BOSCH (Read 5 times) Subj: amazone's behaviour Regarding your questions on Amazons--I don't have any of those birds, so I can't answer those questions. But I'm sure others out here will be able to comment. >PS: Is there anyone able and interested to translate a German text >about parrots (which I would post by Netmail) into Englisch for >this board? I'll TRY, but you have to promise not to laugh at the finished translation... (I haven't used my German in over 13 years. I studied for 3 years in high school, and 2 years in college. But I haven't practiced since.) Perhaps if anyone else out here also knows some German, we can each try to translate the article and see which version comes out best? --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00015 Date: 06/24/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 09:19pm \/To: BOBBI BRINKER (Read 4 times) Subj: RESPONSES KJ>As for the new toys/perches, etc.--some birds don't take to new things KJ>right away. What I do with my "toy-shy" birds is set the new toy a few KJ>feet away from the cage for a couple weeks. >I have found that if the babies have toys even before their eyes are >open, they will accept them as a "normal" part of the decor of the >brooder. I've not tried hanging toys in the brooder, but I DO put stuffed animals in with single babies. When the babies get to a weaning cage, they get hanging toys AND a swing. I think it's important to give them a swing right away, so they learn how to perch and balance. I use a swing with a single hanging point so it rotates a bit. They don't usually try it on their own until they have mastered flight, so I don't worry about them falling off. Every clutch has a swing-hog, and all the babies end up fighting over who gets to sleep on the swing at night. I offer toys made of all different materials--plastic, wood, leather, acrylic, strung on metal rods, on chain, and on leather cord. That way, when they leave here they won't encounter anything they've never seen before. >I put hand toys such as the Gerber baby toys or a short piece >of brightly colored chain on the floor of the brooder. I could do this...I just never thought of it! I've always been more concerned with introducing foods when they're still in the brooder. --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00016 Date: 06/24/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 09:21pm \/To: CHRISTINA THOMPSON (Read 4 times) Subj: Setting up breeders/ age? >I felt sorry for the male and went ahead and got him a mate. >After I had her checked out at the vets, I set them up side by side. It >was LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! It was the most incredible thing I've ever >seen! I've seen that happen here twice. Once, with my original pair of cherry-heads. I'd spent weeks worrying that she wouldn't like either male I had bought. When I let them out, she ran straight to the bigger one, and they both turned and attacked the smaller male! The other time was with my Jenday pet, Rio. When I brought Paco home, she ran over, kissed him (complete with kissing noise), and began preening his head! >But, if they do breed, now I can hold back a baby from each pair and >set them up as future breeders. (Nice Bonus). Good idea! I'm glad she's working out so well so soon! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00017 Date: 06/24/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 09:28pm \/To: TOM WEISS (Read 4 times) Subj: Europe KB> This is Germany, Europe, hello! Please relate that I am not perfect >Wooowaah, Kathy! ... an European connection Wooowaah? OK, Tom, enough summer hoedowns for you! I can't tell you how happy I am to see Parrots get to Europe! I've been trying unsuccessfully to figure out how to get it to the UK since last fall. If it's gotten to Germany, then the fellow in England with whom I've been chatting on the Internet should be able to get out here now also. > -- introducing new blood -- reducing imbreeding in our discussions!! >The fellow shows knowledge and great potential to teach us a few things >to boot. I'm pleased to have Klaus and his wife with us. Besides adding "new blood", they give me someone to practice my German on! Although I probably shouldn't torture a new person like that... >Perhaps he has learned how to route mail to a different zone? Germany >is in zone 2. *Someone* over there had to request it. Perhaps this is an offshoot of my attempts to get Parrots to England. We won't know until the original requester steps forward. >Hope you can keep the connection open. An E-mail address might be in >order as a backup? As long as there is 2-way mail, and enough users on that end to warrant the sysops' continuing the echo feed, it'll stay open. >Hmmm very interesting ... hobby breeding doesn't easily exist in >Germany. That might explain a lack of European magazines on Aviculture There are a few, but from what I've heard, they're all published in languages other than English. >-- and why that couple from England at the Midwest Avian Research Expo >(MARE) last year was so starved for information and amazed that in >America we share so much ... I believe that in England, at least, breeders still think in terms of "competition", and don't share info so they won't help anyone else make sales they themselves might have made. I don't know about the rest of Europe, however. Whatever the reasons, I'm glad that we're going to be able to share some info with anyone over there who wants to join in! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CAW00018 Date: 06/25/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 09:29pm \/To: ELLEN KESSLER (Read 4 times) Subj: RE: YELLOW COLLAR BREEDER >Well I figured that since you had little trouble defaming that yellow >collar breeder on the bbs (and him not able to defend himself), you >wouldn't object to a public message about this. Ellen, please--take it to netmail!!!! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400)