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by CatsChair
Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:10 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hi Everyone! I'm so glad I found you!
Replies: 9
Views: 2448

Hi Tami! Welcome to you and your new buddy. Are you looking to work in a small animal or mixed practice? Maybe we can get you hooked enough on birds to want to work with an avian vet!
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:07 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: Housing IRN with other birds such as a cockatiel
Replies: 12
Views: 5948

Congratulations on your new additions. A week is not very long for birds to settle in, sometimes it takes weeks or much longer. Did they have toys in their previous home? You may need to show them what to do! Would love to see photos and hear more about your little ones.
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:00 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: advice please anyone
Replies: 15
Views: 3081

The thread has drifted a bit (very interesting though), but I wonder if it is worth pointing out that there are poison control centers (at least in US) that you can call to get quick information on potential toxicity of ingested compounds. They may not be completely up on avian medicine, but can usu...
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:56 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: yuck... raffles
Replies: 5
Views: 2144

I think lots of folks enter raffles just to win (anything). I seem to remember a big fuss about a charity auction with someone donating a purebred dog here, think a celebrity bought it to be sure it had a good home....big kerfuffle (though you can tell how much stuck in my mind). Would it help to wr...
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:33 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: NUTS.???
Replies: 9
Views: 7990

You make me feel much better Imran -- everytime I see this title, I want to answer....

:lol: YES OF COURSE I AM!! 8)

and yes, the fids like most any kind of raw nut that I give them!
by CatsChair
Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:30 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: hi there
Replies: 2
Views: 1268

Glad to meet you! Welcome....
by CatsChair
Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:29 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Hey Yall:
Replies: 6
Views: 2355

Awesome digs! Glad to hear all goes well.
by CatsChair
Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:23 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: hi new to the forum
Replies: 6
Views: 1719

What a beauty! Welcome to the "flock". Sorry to hear about your loss, but delighted you and Hodgie found one another.
by CatsChair
Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:16 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Happy St Patrick's Day!
Replies: 2
Views: 1255

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Think with our global community we can party the clock around! We will count on you Aussies to get us started (and we know you can)
by CatsChair
Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:15 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: proper quarantine
Replies: 8
Views: 2389

I dunno....but I want to see your new babies!!!
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:26 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Esape Artist!!
Replies: 7
Views: 2723

Great shot!!
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:25 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: say what?
Replies: 5
Views: 1811

What a sweetie!
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:01 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: I got a good one today!
Replies: 7
Views: 2456

Ouch! And that is a bad spot -- bet it feels even worse today. I admire your forbearance and hope I wiill be able to do the same if someone ever really takes a chunk out of me. I've never had a bite that wasn't becuase I was doing something (eg moving a budgie or tiel) that alarmed them. Thanks for...
by CatsChair
Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:27 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: tragic accident
Replies: 90
Views: 57281

You are doing such a great job! I hope to have someone like you around if I ever need to get better -- you are an inspiration.
by CatsChair
Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:15 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: I want to see, too!!
Replies: 8
Views: 2670

Funny you should say that since someone tried for my margarita earlier (this is the after photo....not to worry, I drank it, she did not!)
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by CatsChair
Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:42 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: I want to see, too!!
Replies: 8
Views: 2670

I want to see, too!!

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What is everybody doing out there??
by CatsChair
Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:47 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Cocky
Replies: 10
Views: 2916

I am SO jealous. Also found it pretty amusing that the google ad says who is God...promptly followed by the photo of a 'too. Might explain some of what is going on in the world, eh?
by CatsChair
Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:44 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Adoption!!
Replies: 3
Views: 3238

How exiciting! Can't wait to "meet" the new kid on the block
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:30 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: Shikoba is having an identity crisis
Replies: 3
Views: 2733

My IRN is not such a copycat, but my tiels can make the noises of every other bird in the house. Wonder if they are actually communicating :o
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:27 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Alexandrine!!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 2072

Congratulations! Can't wait to see the little one......
by CatsChair
Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:54 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: ummm yeah soo
Replies: 12
Views: 4678

I love a happy ending! So glad your baby came back. Not sure why it is so quiet. Have a touch of spring fever -- supposed to be in the 80's today and 90's tomorrow, so I am off to the home improvement stores with list and credit card in hand.
by CatsChair
Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:52 am
Forum: News
Topic: fighting spam
Replies: 3
Views: 3102

Kudos
by CatsChair
Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:29 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Seeing Red
Replies: 16
Views: 5611

Hey Sakib, your avatar sure did grow up in the last couple of days! What a cutie!
by CatsChair
Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:25 am
Forum: IRN Video Forum
Topic: Not IRNs but CUTE!
Replies: 1
Views: 2043

and the ones outside my house make enough noise that none of the neighbors hear my crew!
by CatsChair
Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:23 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: People vs Fids
Replies: 4
Views: 1623

Yep, fids would win in my house too. If they really want to chatter, they wiill. From time to time, my budgies (caged and covered) decide 2 AM is a cool time to start chattering. Of course, once one is up they all start. Suspect they do it more often than I realize, since I could sleep through the s...
by CatsChair
Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:06 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: meet Lulu
Replies: 9
Views: 4629

She is adorable. I am so very happy for you!
by CatsChair
Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:05 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Newest member
Replies: 5
Views: 3024

what a cutie!
by CatsChair
Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:17 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: *eeek*
Replies: 2
Views: 1749

We will forgive you....only based on all that snow you had to endure this winter!
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:58 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: NAIL POLISH
Replies: 5
Views: 2301

My mind is wandering..... down in the Islands, I stayed in a resort with a whole mess of iguanas. They thought my nail polish was food and would come lick my fingers. I thought it was cute, though many of the other women would run screaming (to the great amusement of the men and the iguanas). None o...
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:53 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Blue IRN
Replies: 18
Views: 6634

Magellan is blue, has a "shadow" of a ring. I don't know how old she is, so may surprise me and be a he some day. Think I have created a monster .... she actually seems to pose for the camera. The little red eye reduction light blinks and she stands up and gives it a nice attitude. Good t...
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:49 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Meet Sayde Rose!!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 6005

What a sweetie!!
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:48 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Sharing my flock...
Replies: 2
Views: 2334

Would love to see photos of the fids. I have quite a collection of tiels (along with the other birds) at the moment and am learning all sorts of things about them!
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:43 pm
Forum: News
Topic: really cool article
Replies: 7
Views: 4540

How cool, I have seen the clip, but did not know the tale. Awesome!!
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:40 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Don't look at me!
Replies: 2
Views: 1003

They are little individuals, aren't they? I'm amazed how different each of my fids seem to be
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:38 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Pics of our new baby, and Peanut too!
Replies: 7
Views: 2252

What a little pumpkin!
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:36 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: AHHHHHHH !!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2348

who knew I should be grateful for a "back-up" computer at work!
by CatsChair
Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:34 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Think we have a secret talker in our house!
Replies: 2
Views: 1053

How funny! Magellan only talks when she thinks I am not paying attention. It is funny, since the tiels and I make noises back and forth all the time and she doesn't start until I am otherwise engaged. Go figure!
by CatsChair
Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:28 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: We got snowed in. Pic
Replies: 14
Views: 5341

Was thinking about you all as I watched the news (and heard my friends in Toronto talk about the ice). Seems we always had the worst storms right when we thought winter was almost over. Hang in there -- you will have tulips and daffodils in no time! (and yeah, it is supposed to be in the 80's here t...
by CatsChair
Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:25 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: tragic accident
Replies: 90
Views: 57281

That is wonderful. It is good to know that Luna is hanging in there. You all keep fighting as long as it is right; we are in the trenches with you!
by CatsChair
Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:22 am
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Drooling
Replies: 11
Views: 4251

What a beauty! Good thing he is so far away or I would have to plan a midnight adventure and borrow him :twisted:
by CatsChair
Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:20 am
Forum: IRN Video Forum
Topic: Mr Bojangles says "crikey"
Replies: 5
Views: 2937

What a hoot!
by CatsChair
Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:17 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Love the new look!!
Replies: 7
Views: 2882

It did seem to me that it was finally time for a new monitor, but it has grown on me once I realized it was supposed to look like that (just took some coffee). Love the IRN!
by CatsChair
Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:25 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: OMG Cricket just wont shut up. .....
Replies: 8
Views: 2506

I would love to get to any of your neighborhoods! But, count your blessings.... all of my birds are in my living room. Think the little birdie hormones are running rampant, because everyone is much noisier than usual, but they have learned that "talking" will get my attention and screaming...
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hi from FGM and Mr Bojangles!
Replies: 6
Views: 2451

What a cutie! Magellan thinks Mr. B must be a twin of hers that was separated at birth and sent around the world!
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:08 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Our very first clutch
Replies: 5
Views: 2457

I think you would feel much better if you posted pictures of your babies for us (okay, even I could not say that with a straight face -- but we do love pictures). Welcome to the flock!
by CatsChair
Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:05 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: tragic accident
Replies: 90
Views: 57281

Hang tough. Spinal cord trauma can take a really long time to heal (or for the swelling to just go down). I know this is incredibly hard for you and your family, but trust your vet would tell you if Luna was in any pain. That being the case, he is already in a better place, or taking a nice rest. Do...
by CatsChair
Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:13 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Preening Time
Replies: 9
Views: 2512

says something about my grooming habits <ROFL>
by CatsChair
Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:39 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: I love my baby!
Replies: 5
Views: 1748

what a cutie!!
by CatsChair
Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:38 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Preening Time
Replies: 9
Views: 2512

Aside from IRN spit, I have had really good luck with the Pantene Breakage Defense line -- with the lotion you put in after the shower, I can even comb it. Who knows...Mom and I might have been much nicer to each other if they had it when I was a kid with "rats nests" in my long thick (but...
by CatsChair
Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:35 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: We got snowed in. Pic
Replies: 14
Views: 5341

Oh, how I miss the upper midwest (NOT!!) I do keep the snowshovels (regular, car sized and ergonomic) in the garage to remind me how lucky I am to be home!

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