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Re: Attack Amazon
Posted by Jo-Ann on 11/03/06

On 11/03/06, LauraJ wrote:
> On 11/03/06, Debbie wrote:
>> WOW a piece of cothing with his scent.....Now thats a good idea for
>> even different types of animals as well as birds too!
>> I say try anything and to me it doesnt matter what board you are on
>> we try whatever might work and its nice to hear ideas of what works
>> on any bird.
>> Have a good weekend everybody,
>> Debbie
>>
>>
>>> On 11/02/06, Jo-Ann wrote:
>>>
>>> Another thing to try is have hubby read to the bird and spend some
>>> time with her (Yikes! maybe the gray will get jealous!) I know
>>> it's hard to find the time for everyone and everything, but a
>>> little extra time spent may well be worth a pound of cure!
>>>
>>> One thing I tried to get my tiel (sorry - I know this is an amazon
>>> board) a bit used to my husband was to put a piece of cloth in her
>>> cage that had his scent on it. We hung it in the cage with a
>>> safety pin (might need something a bit stronger for a zon) and
>>> she played with it. We think it worked but she just may have
>>> gotten a bit more used to him.
>>>
>>> Good luck
>
>
> My avian vet says that a bird has no sense of smell and I have read
> this in several books but just try telling my parrots that when I am
> cooking spaghetti or frying chicken. They go nuts and they are not in
> the same room nor can they see what I am cooking...lol
>
> LauraJ


According to the tiel stuff I've read, their sense of smell is close to
human - I don't know if it pertains to all parrots.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Attack Amazon, 11/01/06, by Robin.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/01/06, by Debbie.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/01/06, by Robin.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/01/06, by Debbie.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/02/06, by Jo-Ann.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/03/06, by Debbie.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/03/06, by LauraJ.
• Re: Attack Amazon, 11/03/06, by Jo-Ann.