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    Pizza Pans

    We used to use a cast iron one, similar to a griddle, on which we could cook large flat round pizzas - it made them very nicely and didn't stick too much. However, it is thick and extremely heavy (hard for the wife to manage, though it tends to be me who makes pizzas from scratch round here, she...
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    7 month old conure attacking my kids

    Biting because he doesn't want to go back in his cage is entirely possible; they are very aware that this means playtime is over. Solution for this may be to convince him to associate his cage with fun things such as treats and more play, so that going back in there does not seem so much like a...
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    My Amazon Parrot holds her beak on the cage bar and doesn’t move, I am slightly worried as I don’t know know why she does this.

    I think the use of the beak is most likely to help support her weight so that she can stay there longer with less strain to her feet. Are you certain that she is scared when she does this in the evening though? Hanging on the side of the cage close to the top is indeed something birds do when...
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    7 month old conure attacking my kids

    Probably best to get this thread back on topic, as the original question was really about the bird biting rather than the rights and wrongs of wing-clipping. OP has probably had an earful on the topic already, particularly as the breeder was the actual culprit! @K9danny - I think it might help...
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    Green cheeked conure biting

    Sounds a lot like our crimson bellied conure at around the same age; she metamorphosed into a ferocious little bitey warrior and has never really stopped. Actual hard bites (as opposed to the odd naughty lunge that doesn't usually result in damage being done) occur pretty seldom now, though...
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    Getting rid of flies in house

    What we've done here, where there are worse insect problems than houseflies to worry about, is to put a fitted mosquito screen over every window, and we keep the doors shut at all times except when going through them. Even so, the odd bloodthirsty pest gets through somehow or other (three itchy...
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    Common Wasp

    Nice picture, but I must admit to being disappointed. I thought you were going to say that you'd adopted a friendly wasp as a new pet, @dianaT - or maybe the whole hive!
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    Conure hideaway?

    Ours have always slept in a cockatiel-sized pine nestbox as recommended by the breeder, and seem happy in there (has been replaced a couple of times due to "remodelling" though). They've never shown any interest in sleeping on a perch or out in the open. A couple of times when they were babies...
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    Unusual bird

    Vaguely heard of this species, but don't know much about them. Very pretty and unusual birdies anyway. Looks like they get tame too!
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    I guess its time for me to introduce myself

    It may be just as well all those cats live outside with a little bird in the house. You seem to be over-run with rodent hordes at your place, wherever that is!
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    Hey there

    Welcome, @Petals333 :welcome: We have a couple of conures here too - cute little things, but oh such trouble.... I had two fluffed-up strutting little balls of feathers having temper tantrums at me earlier for daring to put guava in their cage - which they like, and hadn't had for a while, so...
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    I guess its time for me to introduce myself

    Welcome, @Keiichi18 :welcome: I don't think I have any excessively personal questions that I would want to ask in any case! I'll try this one, though: Do you have any other pets?
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    Nigel

    That's sad to hear. I was just wondering how he was the other day, as I hadn't seen him around for so long or heard anything about him. I knew he'd gone into some kind of residential care and didn't seem able/willing to post himself any more, but I hadn't seen updates from anyone else for a...
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    Chattering Lori and kids

    Depends on how you define "fair", really. Many breeders in the Americas (especially here and in the USA, where distances are so great and it is commonplace to send pet birds by air to other states), have considerable experience of sending birds long-distance, but as Michael says, you may run...
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    Chattering Lori and kids

    Lories are quite commonly kept as pets here in Brazil despite not being native parrots. Chattering lories seem one of the commoner large species (the various types of rainbow lorikeet being the commonest). Red lories and Black-capped lories are also widespread, although most species are...
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