Those are odd looking fish

[Jason McK]

Hey, this is Jason's wife!
Your birdies are beautiful!

There's a lot to learn when owning birds, it's almost a life altering experience!

In addition to teflon, there are a lot of things you should avoid around them. Basically anything "smelly" is bad, scented candles, incense, strong smelling cleaners (especially pine scented), wood burning fire places, oven roasting bags, I could go on for days!

There is a great book in "birds for dummies" that is a good reference to have.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

In addition to teflon, there are a lot of things you should avoid around them. Basically anything "smelly" is bad, scented candles, incense, strong smelling cleaners (especially pine scented), wood burning fire places, oven roasting bags, I could go on for days!

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Cats, don't forget to add cats as a good thing to avoid. Unfortunately my love bird fell in love with the cat. I'm not sure the feeling is reciprocated in quite the same way

[digital-audiophile]

I appreciate the advice Before we even thought about getting birds we did as much research as we could find. (surprisingly there is not near the amoutn of online info for our feathered freiends as we have for our fish friends)

I'll have to take some pictures of our cat watching the birds.. he still thinks we brought him home a snack.

[randallino]

Cat saliva poisonous. All it takes is one little scratch.
A really good book is called "Companion Parrot Handbook" by Sally Blanchard.
In Van. there's a good bird pet store called West Coast Tropical Bird Studio http://www.wctropicalbird.com/. Vicky does sell online and is a wealth of information. I highly recommend both.

[Jason McK]

In Calgary you are lucky to have Parrotdise Perch, they are a great store for toys and info

www.parrotdiseperch.com

[digital-audiophile]

Originally Posted by randallino

Cat saliva poisonous. All it takes is one little scratch.
A really good book is called "Companion Parrot Handbook" by Sally Blanchard.
In Van. there's a good bird pet store called West Coast Tropical Bird Studio http://www.wctropicalbird.com/. Vicky does sell online and is a wealth of information. I highly recommend both.

Awesome thanks for the heads up. I'll have to pick it up. We grabbed these two books already

Originally Posted by Jason McK

In Calgary you are lucky to have Parrotdise Perch, they are a great store for toys and info

www.parrotdiseperch.com

I saw their webpage through a link on the genesis aviary homepage.. looks like cool stuff there, I am assuming it is a home type business but they do have a few times they are open.. next saturday I want to try to visit.

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by digital-audiophile

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I saw their webpage through a link on the genesis aviary homepage.. looks like cool stuff there, I am assuming it is a home type business but they do have a few times they are open.. next saturday I want to try to visit.

Nope they actually have a retail store. It's in a very odd location though. It's in a strip mall in the middle of a residential area. Took me hours to find the 1 time I was there.(this is Jason), But my wife can find it blind folded

J