Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!stewartw From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: mccaw swimming pool Message-ID: <9709@cognos.UUCP> Date: 31 May 91 22:02:39 GMT References: <2500001@otter.hpl.hp.com> <1991May29.174049.8942@cbnewsd.att.com> Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 17 In article <1991May29.174049.8942@cbnewsd.att.com> mep@cbnewsd.att.com (mary.e.pasternak) writes: >wet! So, at that point I put her on one of her favorite perches and >direct a heat lamp at her to keep her warm. In about 2 years of showers, >she hasn't caught a cold yet. (Make sure the lamp and its cord are well >out of the bird's reach -- we had a real scary time once where she >knocked the lamp over and it burned a nice big hole in the carpet before There is another danger as well (if the lamp is too close). If the bird were to shake and spray cold water onto a hot bulb, it is possible for the bulb to explode. Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: stewartw%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.ca Ottawa, Ontario The bird of the day is .... Blue & Gold Macaw CANADA K1G 3Z4