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Text Box: that can lead to food poisoning. They can transmit disease carried on their feet, and spread through their urine or droppings. My parrots love to walk around the floors of their rooms and this risk was not something I was willing to take. Mice scurrying around at night, in the Cockatiel and Budgerigar aviaries, can bring on an extreme night fright.
I am an animal lover and hate to kill anything. I do, however, put my foot down to the wildlife moving in. Live traps were purchased and placed in every location that there was evidence of mouse invasion. I caught several within days and was doing the old ‘catch and release’ at a treed area across the street. My hubby informed me that I was probably catching the same mice over and over again. I contemplated, just for a moment, spray-painting their little backsides to see if this was the case. Ha, ha, not really. We decided to catch and then take them for a nice car ride out to the uninhabited fields nearby. So far, we have relocated almost a dozen uninvited guests from our home!

We did have a couple of little setbacks to the trapping. On two different occasions, while checking the traps, my husband commented that I had forgotten to bait them. I was very surprised that I would have done that but accepted the blame. I added the bait and closed the lid again. Hmmm, the next day, once again, no bait and no mouse??? How could this happen? I knew that I had baited the trap that time for sure. Into the trap went more bait and I proceeded to do some chores in the Cockatoo room. All of a sudden I heard a noise behind me and I found the ‘cheese stealing’ culprit. Here was my Moluccan Cockatoo, Peaches, opening the trap’s metal lid, taking out the cheese and closing the door behind him! Well, at least I now know that I’m not losing my mind….well, at least not my memory anyway.

Text Box: Winter is coming
…are you ready?

Carol Davie

Text Box: Although at the time of writing this article, we were still experiencing some mild days, winter is on the way. Our daylight hours are shortened and the furnace has been checking on and off regularly. All of the seasons are wonderful in their own way, but winter is my least favourite. I know my birds are not particularly fond of it either. Less natural light means more artificial lighting. Central heating means dry air and dry skin for birds that were meant to be in tropical climates. Make sure that you are remembering moisturizer for yourselves and lots of extra bath times for your feathered friends. Provide a bath dish for Finch, Canaries, Budgies or whatever species you house. Believe me, they really need it in our winters here.
If you live in the country, as I do, the cold weather brings another problem: Vermin. Wild bird feeders attract not just the birds. We have a steady flow of squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks and yes….the dreaded mice. There were not all that many cool nights when I started to see evidence of mice wanting to move inside here. My Cockatoos are housed on the lower level, with a walkout to their playroom. The mice seem to have found their way in there first. Playstands didn’t pose a problem for these nimble little creatures….you could certainly tell they had been in the seed cups, no matter how high off the ground they were. Mice can pose a serious threat to our property and health. They can cause building damage by chewing on insulation, siding and wallboard. They contaminate food, which they don’t eat,

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