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Julie White
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Joined: 17 Nov 2005
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Location: Staines, England |
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Tim is still obsessed with his food bowl, I've covered up the outside of it with a cotton handkerchief but this now has several small holes in it and he now sits on top of the food bowl trying to remove this from the outside. Before I covered the outside of the stainless steel bowl he was obsessed with his reflection in the outside of it and would spend ages gazing at himself and tapping on the dish. Another thing is he has attacked Aimee my dog again, she was standing with her back to him and he suddenly flew down and attacked her on the back of her head and instead of just giving a quick nip and flying away again he held on with his claws and kept up the attack. Luckily Aimee has very thick fur so he didn't do any damage but he wouldn't let go until I got to him which took 3 or 4 seconds. He's still very sweet to me but I must find a solution to these problems, perhaps I should get Aimee a helmet  |
Saturday December 2, 2006 8:44 pm |
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Jrmno1
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Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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Location: Ohio, USA |
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Originally posted by Julie White
perhaps I should get Aimee a helmet
No Just Combat Pay..
The Dish problem can be handled by getting a new dish
http://www.fluffies.org/en/flu.....ry_id=1335
Something like this will work fine, they come in different sizes, and they are reasonable priced..
It sounds like he is flighted? Maybe you should clip his wing for awhile. This will bring him down a notch or two.
The dog, personaly we keep a heathy distance between our dogs and our birds. Dog seliva (sp) has toxins in it that are deadly to birds. (So when a dog bits a bird it will die even if they should escape.) Even if your dog does not mean to harm the little guy, he could very well kill Tim.
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Saturday December 2, 2006 9:43 pm |
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Julie White
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Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Hi John I tried to access the link you gave but for some reason my computer won't show the pictures. Luckily Aimee is very good with the birds, people and other animals and I make sure that I'm always in the same room at all times. It would be difficult for me to separate Aimee as she is anxious when left alone, this is because I had her Mother until last Christmas Eve when she died of ald age and Aimee herself is 11 years old. She never retaliates as I don't think he's managed to get through the fur and since the last attack Aimee hasn't left my side when he's out. He doesn't try attacking her when she's right by me so maybe this is the answer, I'm working on Aimees separation anxiety but it takes time. |
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Sunday December 3, 2006 12:01 am |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Yikes, that sounds like quite a 'Vampire' bird.. (Sorry it's not funny!)
The bowls John showed were the plastic ones that come in different colors. They can be twisted, so that they cannot be removed. (Well, almost, Zazu removed it and destroyed one of them.  ) |
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Sunday December 3, 2006 12:25 am |
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Julie White
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Joined: 17 Nov 2005
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Location: Staines, England |
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Hi Sue I really wish I could bring up the photos of those bowls, I haven't seen anything like them here and I would definitely try them if I could find out where they are sold. John said about wing clipping him but as he doesn't have a full supply of flight feathers anyway I don't know if it would do any good. Before he came here he had chewed his feathers really badly and some of his flight feathers haven't grown back properly, he has a full set of primary feathers on his left wing but on the right one he only has the outer two and he manages pretty well with those, it took him a long time to learn to fly again when he came to me, as I remember it was the best part of a year, it took nearly 3 months until he was happy being out of his cage before he even thought of flying, then he flew like a stone for a long time, after that he had to learn to land and we had a lot of scary times when he crashed into walls etc and got himself into trouble. We thought of padding the walls for a time but he always took off in a different direction and the times he landed behind things and had to be rescued doesn't bear thinking about. With hand raised birds you can plan for what might be a dangerous situation, but with a rescued wild caught one it's a whole different kettle of fish. |
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Sunday December 3, 2006 10:50 am |
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Jrmno1sCarrie
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Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 718
Location: Ohio |
We had to use a crock for Cody as he could pull the metal dish out and he would have water all over the place. That might be an option. The plastic ones John mentioned work well and they are pretty hardy especially for a senegal. Cody figured out how to undo his though. They also sell a plastic dish with a cover insight clean cup. Here is a link to it.
http://www.petsmart.com/global.....7&Ne=2 |
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Sunday December 3, 2006 5:05 pm |
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Julie White
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Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Thanks for those links John and Carrie, I'll look and see if they can be ontained in the UK, I havent seen them at my usual parrot food supply place but now at least I can ask to see if they're available here. I think there are branches of Petsmart in the UK but don't know where one is located. Tim hasn't been out of his cage yet today as I've been getting over a stomach bug so I haven't been well but he has had a lot of new feather growth around his face and neck so maybe he's had a surge of hormones affecting him. |
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Sunday December 3, 2006 6:07 pm |
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