Thread: How to Kill Your Orchids (funny article)
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Old 26-04-2004, 11:07 PM
 
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Default How to Kill Your Orchids (funny article)
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When the ancient war dogs did battle on Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:59:00 GMT,
"J Fortuna" did speak the following
bit of wisdom:

However, from what I hear from a
colleague of mine who is into parrots, a parrot is way more commitment than
I am willing to give to a pet, at least at this time.

She's a good little bird. But your friend is absolutely correct.
Living with such an intelligent critter is a bit like having a 2 year
old child (complete with "terrible-two" tantrums) who *never* grows
up. They're definitely a handful as well as a (human) lifetime
commitment. With good care, she can outlive me! But we love the little
grey rat.

She's done this before and it's always been my fault. So I've really
got no one to blame but myself. Still... I wish she would consider
destroying one of the many toys I provide for her -- or even the walls
or window sills. Those items can be fixed. But these orchids make for
awfully expensive chew toys! sigh


Karen, if you haven't tried it yet, you may try to start grass or
alfalfa seeds in small pots to give yor parrot some of the leafy
greens that it wants so badly. We used to give treats like that to
our canaries. Saved a lot of feather picking, too.
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Karen C.
Southern CT / USDA Zone 6
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