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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Re: INDOOR - Novice questions about pet birds
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Date: 16 Dec 90 05:33:09 GMT
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In article <2730005@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> ellen@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Ellen Osinski) writes:
>Subject: Re: INDOOR - Novice questions about pet birds
>
>> One other thing:  always give your bird vegetables--fresh ones every day.
>
>Our bird REFUSES to eat veggies, fruit, rice,...  And we have given up trying
>to force her.  We tried the route of 'forcing' her by removing her other
>food for a few days.  She would rather starve then eat soft, mushy, strange-

Well, you came pretty close to the death alternative. You should *never* deny
food to a bird. Their digestive systems cannot take fasting. 

Bob Church
bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu