http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/ 4 the Love of Cockatoos..ds Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:34:18 GMT sue http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1355 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1355 I can imagine that was not a pretty site. We had a canary that got egg bound when I was a kid. Fred seems to be doing ok with laying eggs so I won't worry too Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:55:28 GMT sue http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1354 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1354 I would NOT wanna exist without my Fred bird or my Cabbie bird either but esp not my Fred bird. I hope you can find Coco a good home too. So sorry you have to Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:58:20 GMT Rita Corcoran http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1353 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1353 Good luck with that.  I'm sorry you feel you have to give him up.  I have an inhaler and a breathing machine . . . I just think I'd die without my Beau - so Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:40:31 GMT brenda http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1352 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1352 Yea...Coco gets showers every day. Seems like as soon as he's dry, it's just as though I'd never bathed him. I have an air cleaner in his room also. It gets Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:46:08 GMT Rita Corcoran http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1351 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1351 I have pretty bad asthma.  I know how awful it is.  Have you tried bathing Coco each and every day -- to the saturation point?  It helps me a lot.  The Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:29:19 GMT brenda http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1350 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1350 I've had my 'Coco' since he was 4mths. old. He's now almost 11yrs. old and the love of my life. Unfortunately, due to the onset of asthma, most likely caused Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:22:43 GMT Rita Corcoran http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1349 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1349 I use apple cider vinegar . . . I LOVE the smell -- it's apple-y and cider-y as well as vinegar-y.     I would say that it's probably good to do a wet swipe Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:05:27 GMT Rita Corcoran http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1348 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1348 I don't think egg-laying is necessarily a problem.  They are birds and birds lay eggs.  It's pretty natural.  I think you don't need to fret unless you Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:11:32 GMT sue http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1347 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1347 TOOOOOOO funny!!! A bratz doll head. LOL. Well, Fred does not lay eggs in her cage. She lays them on me usually. Any suggestions??? She only lays one at a time Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:14:07 GMT w.o.w. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1346 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1346 Once a parrot starts laying eggs, they may need a little trickery to get them to accept the fake eggs. Once they accept them and sit on them, they will stop Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:30:24 GMT sue http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1345 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1345 I am not quite sure if that would work with Fred or not. She has already laid quite a few eggs just in the last 3 years. I pray nothing bad ever happens to Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:24:29 GMT w.o.w. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1344 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1344 Ivory has never laid any eggs while with me. We give her fake eggs to stem that ol' hormonal need. I cannot imagine losing her to egg-binding so it is best to Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:45:02 GMT sue http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1343 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1343 AWWWWWWW!!!!!! My Fred (girl bird with a boy bird name cuz her original owner thought she was a he LOL) bird is 13 now. I love her to pieces too! I also have Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:39:17 GMT w.o.w. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1342 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1342 My Ivory is 11...she just turned 11 in April. She is the sweetest U2 I could have ever hoped to own. She has never bitten me badly...has drawn a couple specks Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:35:15 GMT Donna http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1341 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/umbrellacockatoolovers/message/1341 I've used vinegar & water to clean with but I hadn't thought of putting lemon in it - I'll try that next time.. Donna Gadget - U2 Bailey & Jazz - Alexandrines