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From: hubler@tomcat.lerc.nasa.gov (Dale Hubler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR - Novice questions about pet birds
Message-ID: <1990Dec26.143531.15098@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 26 Dec 90 14:35:31 GMT
References: <2707@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <3175@legs.UUCP> <27766494.2CA@intercon.com>
Reply-To: hubler@tomcat.UUCP (Dale Hubler)
Organization: NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
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In article <27766494.2CA@intercon.com> ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry) writes:
>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.
>
B
Would you deny food to your dog for 3 days in an attempt to change its diet?

Would you deny food to the cat for 3 days?

How about 3 days for yourself

What vet would recommend 3 days for any animal?

If you must try the hunger/starvation route for diet modification, then
deny the favored food during the daytime.  In the evening you should
relent and return the favored food to the cage, whether the bird has
tried the new food or not.  They really do need to eat every day.



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