ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (10/12/88)
Does anyone out there have hookbills? If so, I would like to talk about them. I have a Molluccan Cockatoo and will soon have a Grey-Cheeked Parakeet.
jtb901@leah.Albany.Edu (Jim) (10/13/88)
In article <IXIqQoy00V488Hyl1o@andrew.cmu.edu>, ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes: > Does anyone out there have hookbills? If so, I would like to talk about them How about Cockatiels? (Besides you, BMG 8^) -- | BITNET: jtb901@albny1vx | "I can see the future, | | jtb901@albnyvm1 | and it's a place about 70 miles | | INTERNET: jtb901@leah.albany.edu | west of here." | | | -Laurie Anderson |
ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (10/13/88)
I would love to hear about your cockatiel. I would like to hear any story that anyone has about any bird, hookbills or not.
jtb901@leah.Albany.Edu (Jim) (10/13/88)
In article <IXIz=Dy00V4MMD515J@andrew.cmu.edu>, ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes: > I would love to hear about your cockatiel. I would like to hear any story that > anyone has about any bird, hookbills or not. Okay, well, he's a grey. I got him about 3 months ago, at which time he was about as unfriendly as possible for a bird. Over the weeks he's become used to "humans", but he'll still only sit for long periods of time on *my* arm/hand/shoulder... He's not, um, "cage trained" yet, so I have to clean up after him. If he's been sleeping (it's dark), and a light is turned on, putting your hand into his cage elicites a rather angered response and snapping beak. He's not good at waking up. 8^) -- | BITNET: jtb901@albny1vx | "I can see the future, | | jtb901@albnyvm1 | and it's a place about 70 miles | | INTERNET: jtb901@leah.albany.edu | west of here." | | | -Laurie Anderson |
miller@galaxy.ee.rochester.edu (Ruth Miller) (10/14/88)
I bet you don't know what "unfriendly as possible" means! Try threatening a lovebird who thinks the paper bag she's in is her nest! Did you know birds hiss, just like cats? On another question, our Fischers cost $50 each. Peach-faced ones are usually cheaper in the pet stores here (NY)--around $40 or a bit less. I'm not in touch with any breeders, but the pet store I frequent has had Lutino Peach-faces on and off -- about one every month or two. Almost always hand-raised, always cute, and priced about $200. As I understand it, a hand-raised lovebird is about the friendliest thing going, though the cockatoo sounds like a very nice bird. Does he like strangers? On waking birds up--our birds wake up slowly too--it usually takes them a few minutes to become cordial if you suddenly turn on lights in the dark. Mornings, they are up before we are, so that is not a problem. Is the cockatiel a baby? The ones I've seen here, they get used to people before they sell them, but unfortunately that doesn't work with grown lovebirds. --Ruth Miller
ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (10/14/88)
> As I understand it, a hand-raised lovebird is about the friendliest thing going, though >the cockatoo sounds like a very nice bird. Does he like strangers? My cockatoo absolutely hates anyone outside his few friends. But that is expected, since he was caught as a wild adult. I have seen hand fed babies going for $2400 and being as friendly as can be to the butcher. But that's beyond my price range now. Anyway, I enjoy his jungle calls, which a hand fed lacks. >the pet store I frequent has had Lutino Peach-faces on and off -- about one every month or two. >Almost always hand-raised, always cute, and priced about $200. Can you find where they get these birds? I would love to have a Peach-faced Lutino for that price.
mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Michael DeCorte) (10/15/88)
In article <1521@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> miller@galaxy.ee.rochester.edu (Ruth Miller) writes:
As I understand
it, a hand-raised lovebird is about the friendliest thing going
I used to breed cockatiels and lovebirds. I did hand raise one lovebird.
It was the most affectionate bird I have ever known.
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------------------------------------------------------------pkb@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Benson) (10/15/88)
How do you housebreak, cage train, perch train etc. etc a hookbill????? Didn't know it could be done. Pam B. ihlpa!pkb