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From: mm@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Mike Mahler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR Biting Conure
Message-ID: <10144@cloud9.Stratus.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 89 22:59:53 GMT
References: <4950001@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM> <1612@intercon.com> <631@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM>
Distribution: na
Organization: Stratus
Lines: 12

In article <631@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM>, bjb@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM (Barbara Bowen) writes:
> Try a squirt gun or squirt bottle, accompanied by the word, "NO!!!"  

    Although this is very effective on cats, I don't think you'd
    want to use a stream of water on a parrot.  Parrots love baths
    and if you use water to scare them, they might not like to bath any
    longer and their plumage will suffer.  Also, although you did 
    mention NOT to get the water near the cere, you can't guarantee
    if won't happen and you could give the bird a nasty sinus
    infection.

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