Do NOT boil water with Flighted birds!

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Do NOT boil water with Flighted birds!
Topic Started: Aug 19 2009, 06:42 PM (159 Views)
KatTheHippie	Aug 19 2009, 06:42 PM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 106 Group: Member Member #862 Joined: May 23, 2009 Gender: Female # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Katherine Johnson Location: Greenport, New York My Conure/s are: Marcello, Blue Crowned Male. SunDance, Sun Conure Female.	My Aunt Carol used to have two Cockatiels, Cocoa and Baby. They were in the livingroom, which is a straight shot to the kitchen, and both birds were flighted.. one day, she was boiling water for Spaghetti, and Cocoa tried to fly to her, he landed in the pot. She didn't get him out in time >< she said it was the most horrible noise she's ever heard in her life. She cried for days, poor thing, and ended up giving Baby to her sister, because she felt so horrible. so, Keep the birds in their cages, and the lids on the pots!



conure58	Aug 19 2009, 11:04 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 4,750 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	I guess I've been lucky with all of the different birds I've had over the years. There are so many things I never thought of when I first started keeping birds in 1990.



Dusky Lover	Aug 20 2009, 01:35 AM Post #3
Moderator Posts: 1,180 Group: Staff Member #817 Joined: April 6, 2009 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Phil Location: Western , Connecticut My Conure/s are: Conrad the Dusky , Sunny the Sun Conure	Wow , that is horrible ! Thats why i keep my birds in the Master Bedroom , and they dont have access to the kitchen .



hal9000	Aug 20 2009, 09:13 AM Post #4
Super Moderator Posts: 1,414 Group: Staff Member #166 Joined: July 6, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Haley Location: Right Behind You... My Conure/s are: Petrie the Pirate (FS), Phoenix (JC), Marvin (GC) My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter myspace.com/elf_monkey_queen	Oh, that's too bad. I'm sorry about your aunt's cockatiel.



kermits	Aug 20 2009, 10:10 AM Post #5
moderator Posts: 1,132 Group: Staff Member #608 Joined: October 26, 2008 Gender: Female # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: jackie Location: York Yorshire England My Conure/s are: green cheeked	That is so sad : but i know what you mean, i remember when i was younger we had a couple of cut throat finches which had the freedon of flight in the living room, one of them escaped into the kitchen and landed in the chip pan my mum had just put on the stove but luckily the oil was still cold, but it took me ages to wash all the oil of the poor little bird. I always keep my birds well away from the ktichen now. Edited by kermits, Aug 21 2009, 05:07 AM.



kiddo76	Aug 26 2009, 06:56 PM Post #6
Conure Crazed!!!!!!!!! Posts: 722 Group: Member Member #679 Joined: January 4, 2009 Gender: Female # of conures: 8 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Jo Location: Near Pittsburgh, PA My Conure/s are: Tee-Jay, Mattie, Miley, Marley, Sarah, Loki, Edward and Bella My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter send me a message. Facebook and MySpace are set to Private	Another reason for wing clipping. sorry folks. I'm a fan of wing clipping. I currently work at a petshop now and you wouldn't believe the escapees we've caught or customers had brought to us from outside. One happened to be a blue and gold macaw. Another was a budgie that was found wandering around the K-mart parking lot. One of my best friends said a budgie wandered in to the service garage he manages so he took it home to his girlfriend.



Galens Mommy	Oct 26 2009, 01:13 PM Post #7
Advanced Member Posts: 23 Group: Member Member #997 Joined: October 23, 2009 Gender: Female I'm a conure: Owner # of conures: 1 My name is: Amber Westerlund Location: Fairbanks, Alaska My Conure/s are: A very spoiled Peach Front Conure (Angel)	I used to believe in wing clipping, til Galen almost got eaten by out puppy... we are very cautious to put Galen away if we're opening a door, or have another dangerous activity going on! Just part of being a parrot parent... I had a cockatiel that had her wings clipped before she was done being hand fed, she would try to fly, but end up falling off whatever it was, it broke my heart! (she ended up dying before she was two months old, she had a condition from her breeders, I forget what it was, but both hubby and I shed a tear for that bird, she was a sweet baby!



Cathy	Oct 26 2009, 02:03 PM Post #8
Senior Member Posts: 361 Group: Member Member #254 Joined: October 11, 2007 Gender: Female I'm a conure: Owner Location: Norway	Dont even have words for how awful that must have been. I'm against wing clipping and think thats mean to the bird thats my opinion. Ppl should NOT take the birds into the kitchen when ppl are fixing food there. Put them in the cage while u make food and eat.



Dusky Lover	Oct 26 2009, 02:48 PM Post #9
Moderator Posts: 1,180 Group: Staff Member #817 Joined: April 6, 2009 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Phil Location: Western , Connecticut My Conure/s are: Conrad the Dusky , Sunny the Sun Conure	Cathy Oct 26 2009, 02:03 PM Dont even have words for how awful that must have been. I'm against wing clipping and think thats mean to the bird thats my opinion. Ppl should NOT take the birds into the kitchen when ppl are fixing food there. Put them in the cage while u make food and eat. I agree with Cathy , i prefer not clipping wings . Just my ( For what that is worth ) So sorry to hear about the early death of your baby Tiel .



kermits	Oct 27 2009, 08:04 AM Post #10
moderator Posts: 1,132 Group: Staff Member #608 Joined: October 26, 2008 Gender: Female # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: jackie Location: York Yorshire England My Conure/s are: green cheeked	I agree with Cathy and Phil It is just my opinion ,but I prefer not to wing clip aswell.



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