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by mgeorge
Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:26 am
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: What to Feed Your Parrot (recipes, toxicities, links too!)
Replies: 183
Views: 676913

Re: What to Feed your Parrot (recipes, toxicities, links too

Thank you for this elaboration. I will definitely print it out in order to always have the list when I need it. I always check to not have plants or flowers at home which could be toxic for the birds. This year I received a big bouquet of valentines flowers and the best thing about it was that it we...
by mgeorge
Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:02 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Why is my bird acting like this ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2343

Re: Why is my bird acting like this ?

I have to agree, birds keep up with boredom in a number of ways and what your bird is displaying can just be one of the number of ways they expose it. What I do is to place them at various positions in the house so that they do not get bored by seeing the same things over and over again. And that pr...
by mgeorge
Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:00 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Yay, our family is growing!
Replies: 3
Views: 2010

Re: Yay, our family is growing!

As for any animal, it would be a lot better to separate them first but not to the point of excluding them as it would still be good to have them exposed so that they will start with that level of knowing each other. The last thing you would want is for them to fight and cause an ugly scene. While th...
by mgeorge
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:58 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Tender Loving Care
Replies: 22
Views: 6171

Re: Tender Loving Care

That really is great news. But there are still those who still could not find their niche even after extended times of being under tender care. I have adopted mine and it took me about 2 months to get him to keep up with me. He was so grumpy that he would stay up al night with all this noisy sound u...
by mgeorge
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:56 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Why I hate to buy pets in petshops!
Replies: 17
Views: 7326

Re: Why I hate to buy pets in petshops!

I can't believe that would be a legit petshop as well. If anyone has to look after their back, it would have to be those pet shops who bank on being trusted to be able to sell their stuff. And if they are going to operate that way, I would not be surprised if the animal welfare society would come kn...