--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBM00004 Date: 07/17/96 From: SUE HATHAWAY Time: 12:33pm \/To: KATHY JOHNSON (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: ASCII drawings wanted KJ> Klaus from Germany is seeking ASCII parrot art. If anyone has any KJ> parrots drawn up, please netmail them to the address at the top of KJ> this post. (Yes, you may run them through the echo once too, to show KJ> them off...). I have a picture of my CAG i drew on the Windows Paint program, but not sure whether that's what you mean... how can you tell if it's ASCII? Sue --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Slings & Arrows BBS - St. Louis, Mo. - (1:100/205.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBT00000 Date: 07/21/96 From: MARION HANSEN Time: 09:38pm \/To: BARBARA HOWELL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Indian Ringnecks BH> As aggressive as RN hens can be I wouldn't be brave enough to do it. I figured as much. Are parent raised RN hens as aggressive as their handfed counterparts? ... ...I'm just moving clouds today; tomorrow I'll try mountains. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: AVIAN INTERACTIVE EXCHANGE (717)755-0819 (1:270/631) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBT00001 Date: 07/22/96 From: SUE HATHAWAY Time: 10:19am \/To: PETE HOPPING (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Greys SH> Not to offend anyone on here SH> from Australia, but i think their policy of not allowing the SH> exportation of their native birds is stupid. Why not allow SH> that farmer to capture those "pests" and make a little money SH> selling them overseas as pets/breeders instead of killing them? PH> I had wondered if those birds couldn't just be trapped and exported PH> to the bird pet trade. The more birds they can get rid of, the sooner PH> the Galah population would decline and with that decline would come PH> a more managable situation. I'm surprised to find out that they PH> cannot be exported. Obviously they have a serious problem and getting PH> rid of as many birds as possible is necessary. Shooting them PH> one-bye-one isn't gonna help much. No, but i imagine that they probably use poison and traps too (like we do here with starlings/pigeons in the cities). That's a shame. Not only are beautiful birds being killed, but that it's such a waste of a resource. That one i saw in the pet store had a price of $3,000 on it. Sue --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Slings & Arrows BBS - St. Louis, Mo. - (1:100/205.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00000 Date: 07/22/96 From: JACE Time: 02:42pm \/To: BARBARA HOWELL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: hello It was in 1989 to 91 that i was in Panama. I was in the military. I had just seen a few while i was there, but i married a Panamanian woman who also loves Parrots and she talks about when she had one that was a baby. Anyway. We decided to buy one. (I think they are cool). Plus my wife has alergies and cats and dogs make her sneeze so we got birds. But. I was in the military. Although i am out at this moment. --- Renegade v10-05 Exp * Origin: Jace's Night Club - 816-587-2645 (1:280/136) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00001 Date: 07/24/96 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 07:55am \/To: SUE HATHAWAY (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: ASCII drawings wanted SH> I have a picture of my CAG i drew on the Windows Paint SH> program, but not sure whether that's what you mean... how SH> can you tell if it's ASCII? ASCII art is made up only of keyboard characters. Windows Paint is not the same thing, unfortunately. --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * No wanna work! Wanna bang on keyboard! --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00002 Date: 07/24/96 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 07:59am \/To: BARBARA HOWELL (Read 2 times) Subj: bin BH>What's going on with BIN? I've tried several times to call there lately BH>and haven't gotten an answer. Any info? Is is still up and running? BH>Please answer. I don't have a clue. I quit calling BIN in January when I lost my job, to keep the phone bills down. Last time I heard anything about BIN, not long after that, it was still up then. But nobody I know who used to dial in there does so anymore due to the change in BIN's Internet provider. The new service was HORRIBLE, and many people dropped BIN because of it. Terry Rune', the sysop, may have finally taken it down--nobody knows. Even Ellen Kessler (remember her?) has not been able to get through, although she says that BIN is still advertising in the local paper out there in Colorado. Nobody really knows for sure what's going on with them anymore. --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * "And this is the airlock, Wesley..." --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00003 Date: 07/24/96 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:52am \/To: JERRY RUDOFF (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: vasoline JR>on my birds for years and if I am not mistaken they are petroleum based JR>such as vasoline. And I have NEVER experience a problem. Certainly JR>these products should NOT be used too liberally over the body but JR>controlled to the effected area in small doses has never presented any JR>problems to my birds. Now there is a product on the market called JR>Bactroban. It is an antibiotic ointment that is not petroleum based. JR>Just another viewpoint... Hmmm, haven't seen Bactroban anywhere. Is it a vet-only product? As for the vasoline, you may be right, but with a small bird like a tiel, and the normal human penchant for "if a little is good, a lot is better", I think that using petroleum-based products is a recipe for potential problems. --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * What was the best thing BEFORE sliced bread?? --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00004 Date: 07/25/96 From: JERRY RUDOFF Time: 02:39pm \/To: KATHY JOHNSON (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: vasoline -> Hmmm, haven't seen Bactroban anywhere. Is it a vet-only product? A prescription is required. -> -> As for the vasoline, you may be right, but with a small bird like a -> tiel, and the normal human penchant for "if a little is good, a lot -> is better", I think that using petroleum-based products is a recipe -> for potential problems. Tiels are what I have but in the context of "if a little is good, more is better" we definitely agree.. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Crime Bytes: Take A MegaByte Out of Crime 1:135/5 (1:135/5.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00005 Date: 07/25/96 From: MARION HANSEN Time: 07:54pm \/To: BARBARA HOWELL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Indian Ringnecks MH> I figured as much. Are parent raised RN hens as aggressive as their MH> handfed counterparts? BH> Dunno.... The two handfed hens I have, seem to have your typical handfed attitude. Which made me wonder if the parent-raised hens are equally aggressive or milder than their handfed counterparts. ... I'm a pseudo-masochist. Just pretend to hurt me. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: AVIAN INTERACTIVE EXCHANGE (717)755-0819 (1:270/631) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: DBY00006 Date: 07/24/96 From: BARBARA HOWELL Time: 06:13am \/To: FRAN WARWICK (Read 2 times) Subj: busy, busy, busy! FW>My Great Bill baby asperated the other night. It woke me up and I FW>couldn't get to him in time. It broke my heart. Oh, Fran, I am so sorry! I know it's killing you. * SLMR 2.1a * Got to go:the dinner's fighting & the kids are burning... --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: AVIAN INTERACTIVE EXCHANGE (717)755-0819 (1:270/631)