The man I bought mine from here in Florida, is Bill Higdon.
Becky & the girls
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On Apr 29, 2012, at 10:24 AM, "sheila" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a cousin in Florida that breeds and raises birds. Wonder if he raises
> these? I need to ask him. They sound delightful
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> From: Becky
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:23 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OT: My Silly Rainbow
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> Have you all ever heard of a Lineolated Parrot? We share our home with one
> named ZaZoo. Wonderful little parrots!! A vocabulary that seems to never
> stop. They seem to be more popular in the northern states, hard to come by
> here in Florida.
> ZaZoo says, "Good morning", "Whatcha doing"?, "I love you", "Come here
> kitty", "KITTY KITTY", "I don't know", "Mom", and laughs just like me!!!
> Very affectionate little birds. And not screamers and not messy.
> Kind of like chihuahuas, alot comes in this small package. LOL.
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> Becky & the girls
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> On Apr 28, 2012, at 11:42 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> My parakeet, Buddy, said ‘You rascal, you!’ That was the funniest.
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>> But, messy…yes! Besides the hulls I think he saw himself shining on the
>> bars and he did all that spit stuff on the wood paneling (that I heard was
>> like a mating thing…could be wrong!)
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>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Peggy & The Girls
>> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:27 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OT: My Silly Rainbow
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>> My guys actually get a mixture of pellets and seeds, plus of course veggies
>> and fruit and eggs, cheese, and they love a couple strings of plain
>> spaghetti as a treat.
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>> Years ago I bred lots of the smaller birds, and the parakeets and English
>> Budgies were my favorite. What makes them so messy in a cage is that they
>> fly back and forth a lot and thus the hulls get blown all over. My English
>> Budgies were better talkers then most of the large parrots.
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>> Beau was my first male English baby......so sweet and what a talker!. He
>> would say 'Morn Mom!', when I got up in the AM. He called every bird in the
>> house by their names and gave a kissy sound. Some times he would call a
>> buddy in another cage by name and then add 'watch'a doing?' When my son
>> would go out the door, he would say 'close the door!' He spoke very clearly
>> and had a sweet baby sound to his voice. I really to this day miss that
>> little fellow.
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>> From: Pam Dean
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>> Date: 4/28/2012 2:52:57 PM
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>> To: [email protected]
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>> Parrots are much less messy than parakeets too. Mu Quaker eats pellets and
>> people food vs seed and that leaves much less mess than a parakeet
>> engenders. I love Ozzie but find him much more emotionally needy and
>> attention needy than my dogs. But there is something about a species that
>> can actually tell you "Mommy, I love you" in your own language that melts
>> your heart not to mention endlessly singing Jingle bells and Old Mcdonald,
>> lol. Ozzie is a ham and loves to be photographed...
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>> From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OT: My Silly Rainbow
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>> That's sad. Some people have no common sense with animals. I knew of one
>> jerk that took a wire dog brush and was going to brush his small parrot!
>> Duh!!
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>> Rainbow is not messy at all. She is a green-cheek conure, one of the quieter
>> birds. She is bigger then a parakeet, but much smaller then a cockatiel.
>> Her species can't scream, they only have a low sweet sound. Being messy
>> depends upon the bird and the type of cage and the type of feeders that you
>> use. Rainbow has large hooded ceramic feeders and the hulls just fall back
>> into the dish. She has a deep tray that holds the wood shaving and she is
>> very clean about it. When she poops, she goes to the bottom of her cage and
>> pushes the shavings over it and then pushes the little pile to the corner of
>> her cage. She is a sweet bird that loves to be held and
>> scratched, and lay on her back in the palm of your hand. I have had since
>> she was a hand-fed baby and come July she will be 22 yrs old.
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>> From: [email protected]
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>> Date: 4/26/2012 12:35:17 AM
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>> To: [email protected]
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>> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OT: My Silly Rainbow
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>> So cute! I love parrots, but SO messy! We had an African Grey that died
>> too young... Think Jer gave her chocolate coffee!!!! Can you believe
>> that?!
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>> From: Peggy & The Girls
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>> Date: 4/25/2012 8:24:18 PM
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>> To: [email protected]
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>> Subject: [Chihuahuas] OT: My Silly Rainbow
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>> It has taken me 22 years to finally get a shot of Rainbow laying on her back
>> and playing with her favorite bell. She got mad this time too, and lurched
>> at the camera, lol! Too funny! This shot is a treasure for me!
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