Santa Clara Valley Canary & Exotic Bird Club
March 11, 1979

Pot-luck: 1:00 P.M.
Meeting: 1:45 P.M.

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN TABLESERVICE

A-G SALAD
H-P HOT DISH
Q-Z DESSERT

*tis time for something Irish --

May the roads rise wit you - And the wind be always at your back - And may the Good Lord hold you in the hollow of His hand!

Bird Donors for the March meeting are:
Bertha Andrews
Margaret Roche
Emil and Geneva Jacobsen

Those of you who have not paid your dues - please do so immediately.

Bands are now available from Leonard Quieto at 10¢ each in lots of 25. If you desire to have your bands mailed to you, please add 30¢ postage.

Plans for our annual show are beginning to take share. Howard will probably be announcing committees and appointments at the April meeting.

I have been requested to print the "four important needs for the first week's ownership of any bird" as was given at the AFA Mini-convention in Chicago by Dr. Lafeber:

  1. Security - cageand suroundings
  2. Freedom - room to fly in cage (proper size of cage)
  3. Companionship - another bird - or people (don't leave him alone)
  4. Work - preening, hunting for food, using a cuttle bone

The March meeting will be a repeat of the February meeting - BY REQUEST!!!! Lona says she will have other leaders for the discussions.

The next Executive Board meeting will be held at the home of Charlotte A. Le Doux.

See you March 11
Editor - Charlotte A. Le Doux

(I understand that if you wish, you may bring a bird with which you may be having problems - or one which may be treating you as a problem!)


SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: --

I'd like to teach Big Mac, my Macaw, to eat out of my hand. I have two questions for you. First, how fast can I push his training and second, what does it mean when his tail feathers are spread and the pupils of his eyes continually contract and dilate?

Answer: Your questions are quite closely related. In the first place, you had better not push Big Mac Macaw or he will be eating your fingers, not eating from them. An excellent time not to push training is when his tail feathers are spread and his pupils are dilating and contracting. These reactions indicate that he's agitated!

My wife is so serious about trying to breed this pair of cockatiels that she has turned our spare bedroom to them. I read they are quite prone to getting egg-bound and that this can be fatal to the hen. I read good nutrition helps prevent this. Is there anything else?

Answer: yes, nutrition is important, particularly quality proteins and adequate minerals. Of equal importance is adequate exercise. Cagebound cockatiels are likely to become egg-bound. Since your pair is provided with a whole bedroom, the hen should be able to exercise adequately. You can encourage this by placing food and water stations and perches at both ends of the room with little interference with their flight.

Look out for hazardous gifts for your birds!! String is especially dangerous. They can become ensnared in it; they can try to swallow it. Avoid dangling toys; these can trap a toe, leg, wing, or even a neck!

More questions and answers at a later date.


FOR SALE

PARAKEET NEST BOXES
$5.50 each
Jim Mocko

CANARIES FOR SALE
Hens - $15.00
Males - $25.00
Charles Borg

7' LONG ELECTRIC WATER HEATER
thermostat controlled $50.00
Leonard Quieto

WANTED: Used show cages, Border and Domestic - Bill Cooper

TO TRADE: Young Red Factor Crest male for a Young Green Gloster Crest Male. Dan Gamma

Lona lost a spiral notebook and an orange ball-point pen at the last meeting. If anyone saw them or picked them up by mistake please return them to her.

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