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From: mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Cockatiel feather picking
Message-ID: <1919@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Date: 8 Aug 90 14:12:15 GMT
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In article <1990Aug8.054800.677@agate.berkeley.edu>, boris@ocf.berkeley.edu (Boris Chen) writes:
> Do you (Mikki Barry, and Mike Mahler, or anyone else) recommend
> that I remove the Elizabethian collar?

	If it were my bird I would.

> I recieved a recommendation for an avian vet. The vet I went to didn't
> seem like he really knew what he was talking about, and that was
> probably the sign that should make me walk out the door before
> spending all that money.

	I'm SURE that in your area (Berkeley) there are a few groups
	devoted to the discussion of exotic birds (check San Francisco).
	Look in the back of bird magazines, they usually have club
	listings.  From there you can find out where the good vets
	are.  Don't trust referal agencies, what with their hidden
	kickbacks and all...



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