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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Cockatoo feeding problems
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Date: 20 Jul 89 23:52:19 GMT
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>    You nasty guy you.  Every cock I've had has been the most clowny
>    and "fun to whistle to" bird I've owned.  They are also VERY loveable
>    and loyal and heardy.  Boring, they ain't!

Definitely! My breeding pair are amazing clowns. Grace (named for her
ability to *never* figure out if you unlatch both legs while hanging from
the top of the cage, you fall -- gravity is not in her vocabulary) and
George are amazing fools. Grace sits there, looking dorky and screeching and
George spends his time whistling, preening and trying to prove to everyone
in the room that he's the biggest bird in the room and keep between them and
his female (he's not, by the way -- the cockatoo is). They've figured out
that dinner is a great time for fooling around -- we eat, George whistles.
Try explaining *those* noises to company sometime.

You know, they're a lot of fun to have around. A couple of cockatiels really
make a house sound lived in...


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