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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Spot the Wonder Dog)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Cockatiel feather picking
Message-ID: <43752@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Aug 90 17:17:28 GMT
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mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler) writes:

>	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.

Unfortunately, the San Francisco area is pretty quiet for some reason.
There's a society out in the Livermore area, one in San Francisco and one
down in the South Bay. The one within reach of me (down in the South Bay)
hasn't exactly impressed me, so I never joined up. 

>From there you can find out where the good vets
>	are.  Don't trust referal agencies, what with their hidden
>	kickbacks and all...

Sally Blanchard is in this area (she writes lots of stuff for Bird Talk) and
would be a good contact point. I have her number at home somewhere. We do
have some good avian vets in the area. I don't know about the Berkeley area
but I can recommend some good folks in Fremont if nothing closer shows up.

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