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From: ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Re: INDOOR - Novice questions about pet birds
Message-ID: <27766494.2CA@intercon.com>
Date: 24 Dec 90 20:27:00 GMT
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In article <3175@legs.UUCP> freds@legs.UUCP (Fred Sieg) writes:

>This may be overreacting. We tried taking all her favorites away in
>order to force her to eat other things. After 36 hours of not eating
>anything, WE gave in 'cause we couldn't stand seeing her go hungry.
>Our vet ( a VERY good avian vet) tells us they can go three days without
>any problem.

Um, I don't want to start a "my vet is better than your vet" fight,
but keeping food away from a bird for three days is really stupid.
A bird's metabolism is so much faster than a humans, that it would
be like keeping food away from a human for a week.  Without any problem?
WRONG!

Sorry for the pissy tone, but I have seen too many "very good" avian
vets kill birds.  Telling owners that their bird can go without food
for three days sends up a clear signal to me that this person is a quack.

Remember, all it takes to say you are an avian vet is a membership in
the Association of Avian Veterinarians.  They do NOT check credentials.

Mikki Barry