[rec.birds] INDOOR: Help!!!

shari@wpi.wpi.edu (Shari Deiana VanderSpek) (07/23/90)

I just got a new cockatiel to keep my old one, Tyrone, company.  He's not
finger trained, and Tyrone is.  He freaks out when I go near the cage - I
desperately want to calm him and get him used to me, but he bites like a 
savage.  :-)  I tried using gloves when handling him, but I'm afraid I'm
hurting him.  Any suggestions!  Thanks!

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 Shari Deiana VanderSpek, College Computer Center, Fuller Laboratories
         Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609
                           shari@wpi.wpi.edu