Which BYC member scares you?

[tripletfeb]

Cockatiel dander makes me so sick. All the dusty African and Australian birds do though.

It's true. I knew of someone who had a cockatiel by their desk top computer and the dust actually shorted out the computer and fried their motherboard

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Aren't you the one always saying we need a new plague?

 

[tripletfeb]

Nah, dust doesn't bother me.
I live in the country and have an open concept kitchen (who the hail decided that was what country kitchens should look like?!) So I dust (with wet rags) regularly anyways.
It'd be one thing if I sneezed when I opened the duckling incubator, or had allergies, or had a pristine town home, but I'm okay with dirt and dust.

I have a covered patio area where I'd like to put a large flight cage for eating chop and bathing, and inside I'll have a smaller (but still wide) cage on my dresser next to the snake, where it'll sleep and spend minimal amounts of time.

I hate dust. Let me rephrase that. I hate dusting. And I pay my 11 year old to do it. I live in a 100+ year old farmhouse, in the country. Doesn't mean I have to like dust, it's just a part of life. And with my wood burner in the winter and my cockatiel, I have plenty of dust

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

inside I'll have a smaller (but still wide) cage on my dresser next to the snake, where it'll sleep and spend minimal amounts of time.

This doesn't seem like a good idea to me
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[tripletfeb]

And I wouldn't recommend putting a cockatiel by a snake. That's kinda like a zoo putting the lions by the zebras. Stresses the zebras out

 

[ColtHandorf]

Probably budgies since they're oily and not dusty

Nope. That's what gave me asthma as a kid.

It's true. I knew of someone who had a cockatiel by their desk top computer and the dust actually shorted out the computer and fried their motherboard

Lord. That's like keeping a chinchilla next to one.

Aren't you the one always saying we need a new plague?

Indeed.

And I wouldn't recommend putting a cockatiel by a snake. That's kinda like a zoo putting the lions by the zebras. Stresses the zebras out

Yeah, that's real dumb. It will be freaked out the entire time.

 

[EverythingDucks]

roast chicken is pretty hypoallergenic...

Maybe I'll just stick to that

I love how intelligent some of them are. I think I would enjoying training one and seeing their unique personalities, but I don't think my allergies would agree..

 

[Everose]

This doesn't seem like a good idea to me
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I had that same thought
The snake tank has a heating pad on one side that blocks view. And I would definitely make the cockatiel cage snake proof.
He has escaped three times because he can push the lid open, so I'm definitely considering a different spot.
I tried to feed him a live bunny once and he was scared half to death by it moving.
Also, he's only active at night, I can't get him to budge during the day
So the cockatiel probably wouldn't see him.

 

[tripletfeb]

My sister just sent a mass text to family, they got a new puppy! A cutie chocolate lab

 

[azurbanclucker]

This doesn't seem like a good idea to me
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nono,

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