--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300019 Date: 08/01/95 From: OLGA JOHNSON Time: 03:04pm \/To: MICHAEL WENMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: FALSE NAME -=> Quoting MICHAEL WENMAN to JOHN O'NEILL <=- MW>To me, it is apperant by your message that someone has gained MW>access to the real persons name and password. You have jumped to conclusions and are really off base. The real Ellen Kessler uses the Colorado Connection BBS (aka BIN - Bird Information Network). The Ellen Kessler who has posted recently in the Parrot Echo has posted from an Oregon BBS, as others have already have noticed. While it is possible that there are two users with the same name in an international echo, the intent of the Oregon Ellen Kessler has obviously been to impersonate the Colorado Ellen Kessler, judging from certain posts and from references by the imposter to the Colorado Ellen Kessler's Internet name & address. If the imposter had generated messages from the Colorado Connection BBS, you can be assured that the problem would have been whipped with the first posting. And yes, the only way someone can log into the Colorado BBS is with the real Ellen's name and password. This has *not* been the case. Olga Johnson Colorado Connection, Co-sysop --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bird Info Network (303-423-9775) (1:104/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300020 Date: 07/30/95 From: TAMI UNDERWOOD Time: 11:15pm \/To: KATHY JOHNSON (Read 3 times) Subj: PETSMART >The sign went up this week just down the street from my workplace. >They're building a PETsMART as part of a new mall. >What can I expect from Petsmart? Gimme the good and the bad, please. Kathy, Our local PetSmart doesn't sell anything live except fish. It seems like a nice place. The local APL is in there on a weekly schedule to educate the dog and cat owners. I have seen other posts on the Internet that would imply some PetsMarts do carry birds, and reptiles, but ours doesn't and I am glad! Maybe yours will be the same. Tami --- * UniQWK v3.0 * The Windows Mail Reader --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bird Info Network (303-423-9775) (1:104/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300021 Date: 07/30/95 From: TAMI UNDERWOOD Time: 11:15pm \/To: DENNIS LAFONTAINE (Read 3 times) Subj: PETSMART > >Petsmart is run by some members of top animal rights extremists groups. >You can get Kaytee food (including Rainbow pellets) real CHEAP there. Guess they are not all the same! I wouldn't say the prices on Kaytee prducts are CHEAP at my local PetSmart. But at least they carry them! Tami --- * UniQWK v3.0 * The Windows Mail Reader --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bird Info Network (303-423-9775) (1:104/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300022 Date: 08/01/95 From: DENNIS LAFONTAINE Time: 11:51pm \/To: LUKE STRATTON (Read 3 times) Subj: Meyer's Parrot In a message of 31 Jul 95 16:57:40, Luke Stratton wrote: LS> I was at PetClub the other day and absolutely fell in love with a LS> Meyer's Parrot. Unfortunately, it was already sold. I was wondering if LS> anyone out there has one and could tell me about them. If any breeder's LS> out there raise Meyer's Parrots, I would greatly appreciate info and how LS> much they sell for. I'm not ready to buy one yet, but I might in a few LS> months. I try to obtain only hand-fed birds. If you have a chance, LS> give me a yell. They sre from the poicephalus group, in general are good talkers and make very loveable companions. Senegals which are popular are in this parrot groupd too. Are you ready to take on such a responsibility though? --- FIDOdoor+ 3.2.7 [JetMail 0.99beta9] * Origin: SEVAC-Tempe, Arizona USA 602-968-5165 USR V34 DUAL (1:114/299.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300023 Date: 08/01/95 From: DENNIS LAFONTAINE Time: 11:58pm \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: __BAD__ Diets It really ticks me off to do a job in someone's apartment and see a bird fed improperly. Obvious 4 day old newspaper on bottom and nothing but sunflower seed in the dish and sunflower shells on the paper (and poop too). Good thing the resident is not home because I would probably say something regretful and risk losing my job over it. Throughtout the past 2 years, i'd say I saw this diet and setup on 2 different Quakers, 1 red-bellied parrot, and several cockatiels. How do I be inoffensive if the person is home? Is there anything I can do to leave them a message if they're not home?; This could be sensitive and backfire because it is in writing. My biggest problem when dealing with people is I don't fluff things up, I say it like it is. --- FIDOdoor+ 3.2.7 [JetMail 0.99beta9] * Origin: SEVAC-Tempe, Arizona USA 602-968-5165 USR V34 DUAL (1:114/299.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300024 Date: 08/01/95 From: JOSEPH MACK Time: 07:28am \/To: REGINALD ATKINS (Read 3 times) Subj: LANDED:KEN,WA On 07-29-1995, REGINALD wrote about LANDED:KEN,WA: RA> The birdies are doing ok and are still in the RV. We are sparying RA> like mad to rid the fleas and are having some success but it is RA> going to take a while. They are tenacious little monsters, that's for sure. A friend of mine from back home (with 2 black labradors) has been through this more than once but now seems to have it licked since he started using those little flea pill things (if I sound unsure of what exactly I'm talking about, I am <:-( RA> Do you have a Ruby Throathed Conure? That would be the nutty one, Randy. He'll be 2 in Nov. of this year and is one typical non-stop action bird. Peace, Fr. Joe and the Feathered Flock <> --- KWQ/2 1.2i Worf: "Phasers ineffective, sir. Shall I upload Windows?" --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: The BMT Micro BBS - Wilmington, NC - 910-350-8061 (1:3628/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC300025 Date: 08/01/95 From: JOSEPH MACK Time: 07:51am \/To: SUE TURO (Read 3 times) Subj: KLUTZY COCKATIEL On 07-30-1995, SUE wrote about KLUTZY COCKATIEL: ST> Yea...I talk to him...like he understands ST> everything I say....I never claimed to be sane...:-) Hey Sue, Guess what?? I bet if you took a poll out here you would find the majority of us talk to our kids like they understand every word. Perhaps to the outside world we are not sane, but then, in the echo, it's part of being normal. (And then, there are times when I would swear they *did* understand!) Peace, Fr. Joe and the Feathered Flock <> --- KWQ/2 1.2i Polygamy: The smell of an unwashed parrot. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: The BMT Micro BBS - Wilmington, NC - 910-350-8061 (1:3628/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC400000 Date: 08/01/95 From: TOM WEISS Time: 05:35pm \/To: AUDRA MCMASTER (Read 3 times) Subj: Green wing On 07-3095, AUDRA MCMASTER wrote to ALL: AM> I'm looking into buying a Green Wing Macaw. He is 12 years old. AM> ... My question is: if he has AM> been with one owner for 12 years can he be trained and have a good AM> trusting relationship with a different owner? First of all I am not a bird expert, but I have read quite a bit about them and I do own 3 African Greys ... with that said, here is what I would expect. First you said (and I didn't quote) that he was owned by a man. A 12 year old bird that has 'bonded'(?) to a male may have a minor adjustment to make to learn to be handled by you, a female. 12 years is a long time to develope habits -- and habits are hard to change. If this bird was a domestic hand fed baby then I would think the conversion is duoable, if not, you would have to be a very patient person with moxie to handle him. Time and love heal most anything ... [the crowd goes ahhhhhh ... ] AM> She said he is suppose to be able to say " Hello and Shut up" (some AM> vocabulary huh). Can he still pick up words and talk? Suspect so. After all he still is a teen ager ... I've heard and read that parrots continue to learn even in advance years. (Adrian Laidlaw -- where are you?) AM> Any helpful advise would be great. Again, I am not an expert. Two of my 3 birds are wild caught. The male is one I would say could not be tamed. He is very, very wild. As a teenager living in Wisconsin I once caught a weasel in a live trap. My brother and I watched him pace back and forth in the cage for several minutes. He then laided down and just panted. We released him by dumping him out to the grass, left and came back an hour or so later ... found him dead. My guess, he was so wild (weasels are very high strung as opposed to a racoon, for instance) that he could not be tamed ... rather die than be caged. My Wild breeding AG has much the same nature, IMO. Not all AGs are that way. My DHF is not, by any stetech of the imagination. So why the weasel story? The point is that each bird species is different as are each bird. If he is not DHF, be wary. The leg band is your clue. === * Freddie 1.2.5 * --- DB B2300sl/002493 * Origin: Wolverine (1:239/1004) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC400001 Date: 07/31/95 From: CLAIRE CONNER Time: 10:59pm \/To: REGINALD ATKINS (Read 3 times) Subj: GREM AT SEATTLE! Hi Reg, RA>Grem is settling in ok as are Pax and Phoenix. Now, just to GET A JOB! Glad that they became good travelers for you. Did they customize your motor home? Due to the government cutbacks, Wallops is going 80% or so commercial/private. Perfect site for satellite launching. They voted last week to keep Goddard open, therefore the Wallops facility will still have the tracking apparatus. You may want to keep an ear out to see if they are doing anything "across the bay" that would help you. I believe the state of VA is financing this deal; they may be doing others. TTYL. Claire claire claire.conner@logon-philly.com ___ * UniQWK v4.1 * The Windows Mail Reader --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: LOGON: Philadelphia 215-572-8240 (1:2614/723) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CC400002 Date: 07/31/95 From: CLAIRE CONNER Time: 11:54pm \/To: TOM WEISS (Read 3 times) Subj: OLD FRIENDS Hi Tom, TW>1) Vita lites 2) outdoor aviary 3) surgically sexed - I got him DNA'd. TW>Zoogen. I suggested bedroom, not outdoors. No vita lites. Surgical sexing (sometimes triggers something). TW>My pool required a few major expenses. Amy goes in for knee surgery soon. TW>Zonker has learned lotsa new phrases. She still is queen of the house. TW>Nothing new on the breeders. What about you, what's new? Three babies hatched within the last ten days - seven more eggs to go! TW>Sigh ... the same address I've tried and tried and given up on. You would TW>think anyone who can cut a sunflower seed in half with a chainsaw could TW>manage TW>E-mail to you ... sigh ... In your message, first line type: TO: claire.conner@logon-philly.com (skip next line) start message here. Try that. Hope the knee surgery goes well. TTYL. Claire TW>=== TW>* Freddie 1.2.5 * TW>--- DB B2209gb/002493 TW>* Origin: Wolverine (1:239/1004) claire claire.conner@logon-philly.com ___ * UniQWK v4.1 * The Windows Mail Reader --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: LOGON: Philadelphia 215-572-8240 (1:2614/723)