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From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR:  Need advice for the purchase of bird supplies.
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Date: 2 Nov 90 20:15:32 GMT
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In article <962@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) writes:

>Does anyone reading know of a product that can be used in heating an ill bird?

    I've seen this used for brooders, so it might be a bit moist, but ...
Put water in a critter pen (plexiglass pen for raising insects), and warm
the water with a fish tank heater.  Mount the cage just above the level of
the water.

>Lastly, I read the Compuserve article posted on changing a bird's diet and am
>interested in switching Frech to a pellet diet.  A local pet shop owner said
>he saw no benefit in providing a pellet diet.  Does anyone disagree with this
>pet shop owner and if you do what are the top pellet diets for cockatiels?

   I disagree strongly with that pet shop owner.  Pelleted diets (the good
ones) provide a completely balanced diet for your bird.  Many birds
(including cockatiels) don't crave variety, so pellets are great.  It
also allows you to adjust their diet when they are breeding, moulting or
ill (by using a different formulation of the same pellet).  All my birds
(finches -> macaws) have been fed pellets since 1987.

   I have used (and would recommend) the following pellets:
       Lafebers Avi Era (we have used since 1987)
       Lakes Parrot Buffet    (we have used since 1989)

   I have minimal use of (and would recommend) the following pellets:
       Roudybush  (never used)
       Ziegler (never used)
       Wings of Life  (used for about 4 months)
       Pretty Bird   (used for about 1 month)

   I would avoid:
       Tropican  (made by Hagen)
       Scenic    (made by some subsidiary of Iams)
      

  Stewart
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VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830   FAX: (613) 738-0002           3755 Riverside Drive
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The bird of the day is .... Peach Fronted Conure            CANADA  K1G 3Z4
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In article <962@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) writes:

>Does anyone reading know of a product that can be used in heating an ill bird?

    I've seen this used for brooders, so it might be a bit moist, but ...
Put water in a critter pen (plexiglass pen for raising insects), and warm
the water with a fish tank heater.  Mount the cage just above the level of
the water.

>Lastly, I read the Compuserve article posted on changing a bird's diet and am
>interested in switching Frech to a pellet diet.  A local pet shop owner said
>he saw no benefit in providing a pellet diet.  Does anyone disagree with this
>pet shop owner and if you do what are the top pellet diets for cockatiels?

   I disagree strongly with that pet shop owner.  Pelleted diets (the good
ones) provide a completely balanced diet for your bird.  Many birds
(including cockatiels) don't crave variety, so pellets are great.  It
also allows you to adjust their diet when they are breeding, moulting or
ill (by using a different formulation of the same pellet).  All my birds
(finches -> macaws) have been fed pellets since 1987.

   I have used (and would recommend) the following pellets:
       Lafebers Avi Era (we have used since 1987)
       Lakes Parrot Buffet    (we have used since 1989)

   I have minimal use of (and would recommend) the following pellets:
       Roudybush  (never used)
       Ziegler (never used)
       Wings of Life  (used for about 4 months)
       Pretty Bird   (used for about 1 month)

   I would avoid:
       Tropican  (made by Hagen)
       Scenic    (made by some subsidiary of Iams)
      

  Stewart
-- 
Stewart Winter                Cognos Incorporated   S-mail: P.O. Box 9707
VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830   FAX: (613) 738-0002           3755 Riverside Drive
UUCP: uunet!cognos!stewartw                                 Ottawa, Ontario
The bird of the day is .... Peach Fronted Conure            CANADA  K1G 3Z4