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From: bamford@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Harold E. Bamford)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: It's all your fault! (was Re: Hookbills)
Keywords: You've done it now!   Baby Cockatiel  Cute
Message-ID: <6564@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 88 19:21:57 GMT
References: <599@dinorah.wustl.edu>
Reply-To: bamford@ihlpf.UUCP (Harold E. Bamford)
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In article <599@dinorah.wustl.edu> mary@dinorah.wustl.edu (Mary Leibach) writes:
>	1. How do you get the seed husks out of her cup?  Currently I dump
>the contents onto a sheet of paper, take it outside, and grab big handfuls,
>sprinkle them back on the paper blowing like mad to get rid of some of the
>husks.  This is time-consuming, and dependant on the weather.  I have to
>do this nearly everyday due to the large quantities she eats.  Is there a 
>better, faster way of doing this?

The problem is that Cally isn't able to get all the seeds from the
husks.  If you put much less seed in the seed-cup, Cally will get a
higher percentage of the seed and then it will be practical to just
throw away the rest without trying to blow away the hulls.  Also this is
much more sanitary.  It DOES mean that you must refill the seed-cup more
often.

Be sure to give Cally other kinds of food besides seed or vitamin
depletion could result.

				Harold Bamford