Re: parrot

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Thu, 22 Jul 93 10:58:22 MST

>Barry, does your parrot live in your greenhouse? I've
>always wanted to have a parrot flying around in my
>greenhouse. I'd like a python in there too but my

No, the bird is in the house. Frankly, birds and greenhouses
don't mix. Parrots are very mobile creatures, inquisitive, and
destructive. Its beak can shear through thin metal and destroy
pens. In addition to destructive potential, it produces potent
bits of fertilizer that would be CP deadly. On the other hand,
they are very sensitive to chemicals and it might be that Pyrethrin,
diazinon, or even fertilizers would be deadly. If you want a bird in
a greenhouse, you really have to reconcile yourself to having a
bird *in a cage* in a greenhouse.

B