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From: barb@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Barbara Stemm)
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Subject: Age of Birds
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Date: 26 Jul 89 14:44:31 GMT
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         We had adopted a green parakeet that was only fed pot seeds.  
         After feeding it a normal diet, it's plummage looked 100% 
         better.  It also went from a bird that just sat in its cage 
         to a lively talkative bird.  When it was about 10 years old 
         it's plummage turned from green to yellow.  When it was 13
         years old it's plummage turned back to green again.  It died 
         at about 14 years old.

         Between my family and I, this is the longest any of the birds
         have ever lived.  I think that most birds die an early death
         because of sicknesses caused by drafts.  Although I did have 
         a parakeet that died of a broken heart. (I swear.)  I had two
         parakeets and the male was just nuts over the female but the 
         female first got along with him but later snubbed him out.  
         He was devastated.