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From: stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Contributions from Exotic Bird owners.
Message-ID: <7273@warpdrive.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 89 22:07:10 GMT
References: <7995@cloud9.Stratus.COM> <5280002@hpavla.HP.COM> <4337@jake.UUCP>
Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <4337@jake.UUCP> dc@jake.UUCP (Don Chiappone) writes:
>In article <5280002@hpavla.HP.COM>, przybyls@hpavla.HP.COM (Tom Przybylski) writes:
>>      I find this intriguing.  I would love to give my pet cockatiel, Annie,
>> more freedom, but I find that I must keep a very close watch on her when
>> she is out of the cage.  It seems that you would have to go *way beyond*
>> childproofing a house to let a bird run/fly free when your not around.
>>      How do you handle things like that?  What about the mess issue?  I 
>> 
>>      Maybe I worry too much?

>I have an African Grey and an African Senagal and neither bird is caged.

   That's hardly a fair comparison.  Cockatiels and budgies will fly around
all the time.  Most larger and medium sized parrots would sooner walk than
fly, so given a fun environment they will stay (relatively) put.  This
simply isn't true for cockatiels.  Cockatiels can easily get in trouble
chewing on powercords, poisoness plants, etc.  Better that they are out
under supervision.

>them some freedom.  A caged bird is a sad sight.

    All pet birds are caged.  Your's just has a house as a cage.  Hope
your birds aren't sad.

   Stewart



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