I agree with all the info :)
--- In [email protected], Nancy Lucky <nancy.lu...@...> wrote:
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> Wow, thanks for the information I did not know that. It is amazing how nature
> works. So if you hand feed a puppy from day one are they different than if
> they were raised by their mother? Maggie was an only child so it was good
> that I have Abbey as she just adores her big sister!
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> Merry Christmas to all!
> Nancy, Abbey-Rose and Maggie-Mae
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> --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Peggy & The Girls <phr...@...> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: videos of my pets :) - another bird sound wav
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 3:29 PM
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> That's because wild birds that are hand-fed by humans become 'imprinted'. It
> means that as a baby they think the human is it's parent. Do you know that if
> a Duck hatches and the first thing that it sees is a dog or a cat or a human,
> instead of it's natural parent it will always follow that animal or human
> because it thinks that is it's parent! I also had a baby sparrow that I took
> care of and it refused to join a flock of sparrows. We use to leave the cage
> door open and set it on the window sill and he would fly out in a circle and
> always come back, even though their was a flock of sparrows on the lawn that
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> From: Nancy Lucky
> Date: 12/10/2010 6:01:24 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: videos of my pets :) - another bird sound wav
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> My girlfriend Gail that takes my pictures I also call her Snow White because
> of her love of animals. She rescued a Sterling that had fallen from a nest.
> She was taught how to get it ready to leave and she worked with him for
> several weeks and then they day came and she let him fly off and he flew over
> the hills and through the trees and came right back to her door. She tried
> several times but he would not leave. That bird is so darn cute and talks all
> the time as I guess they mimic other animals in the wild. He whistles and is
> so cute, she also has a chicken, ferret, several stray cats and one Chihuahua
> - Lexie-Lu. She goes to the Shelter every week to take pictures of the
> animals and has helped so many animals find homes. My grandkids love to go to
> her house and see all the animals.
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> Merry Christmas to all!
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> Nancy, Abbey-Rose and Maggie-Mae
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> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: videos of my pets :) - another bird sound wav
> To: [email protected]
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> that the average person doesn't know how to read into a birds body language
> or sounds. But I know that they are aware of everything and understand
> everything that is going on around them.
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> As far as Beau holding your husbands passing against you, I can believe that
> and know that birds do that all the time. I have heard of it many times and
> they are not quick to forgive either. When I bred and showed my birds I had a
> pair of Grey-Cheeks they were very very tamed and affectionate birds, even as
> a pair. I knew of some one else who had several pairs and was setting up a
> breeding room for his. This particular species likes to breed in a flock
> environment, and I had tried for two years without success. So I checked out
> this guys breeding room and his birds and all looked okay. We made an
> agreement to add my pair to his room of Grey-Cheeks and after breeding I
> would get them back. I had called every week to see how they were doing.
> Around the third month he wasn't returning my calls, so I got ticked off and
> drove to his house. He was reluctant to let me in, until I started to raise
> my voice and demand to see my birds. I was so shocked and
> horrified at the room, all the cages were disgusting, the water was green,
> it was cold and he had sick birds every where including mine! I immediately
> ran my birds to the vet . Poor Sweetpea, the female was so emancipated with
> E-coli that she couldn't even perch herself. My Vet was shocked as he had
> just seen and tested them out 3 months before and they were in prime health.
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> Two days passed by, and Sweetpea got really bad, I knew that her kidneys had
> shut down. So I took her out and just held her in a warm towel in my hands.
> Romeo her mate was on my shoulder. She passed away in my hands as I spoke to
> her (I'm crying right now remembering this) and at that exact moment that
> she drew her last breath Romeo screamed and bit my cheek and hands hard and
> then tried to keep attacking me. Weeks went by and Romeo wouldn't even let
> me clean or feed him without having to put gloves on. Months passed and I
> tried all types of different methods to bring him back. When I would have
> company he was still the same sweet loving bird with any one else , except
> for me. I decided he wasn't happy with me any more and I adopted him out to a
> close friend. He lived to almost 18 yrs old and stayed sweet, except when I
> would visit, he would fly at me for a full blown attack! They don't forgive,
> even though it is not our fault. So I think that it is
> very unlikely that Beau will change. At least he responds to you and allows
> you to be close without attacking.I would have settled for that with Romeo if
> he had let me.
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> From: twope...@...
> Date: 12/10/2010 3:33:52 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: videos of my pets :) - another bird sound wav
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> Peggy, everyone with birds to whom I have sent one of Bunkie's or Beau's
> sound wav, have all told me that their birds respond to hearing them talk. I
> think they recognize it as being another bird. Now, how smart is that?
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