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From: helen@argosy.UUCP (Helen Kastner)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR: Parrot toys
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Date: 17 Feb 91 15:59:22 GMT
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In article <1991Feb17.053606.21566@rfengr.com> rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) writes:
>
>> Add all this to rock-hard eucalyptus branches...
[I wrote this.]
>
>Geez, so that's what we've been doing wrong.  Around here we
>think of eucalyptus as being a soft wood and manzanita as
>being rock-hard.

okay. I knew this in some dimly-lit hindbrain area.  But I'm
completely focused on eucalyptus because the bird DOES like to
chew/eat it.  He doesn't fool around with the manzanita stuff
very much at all.  In fact, a standard treat is eucalyptus
bark, which he often nibbles on like an after-dinner mint.
He likes that thick fibrous kind, especially.

And as long as we're on toys, does anybody know anything
about the safety/danger of mango seeds?  He adores the fruit,
of course, but I've not been willing to let him have the seed,
knowing nothing about its innards and possible toxicity.

hk


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