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The next meeting of the Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club & Rescue Mission
Is 7:00 PM October 18, 2007 @
Galilean Lutheran Church 3321 Cimarron Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
October edition Published monthly by the
Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club & Rescue Mission Since 1983
http://www.cbcbirdclub.com
C.B.C.B.C. & R.M.S. Officers
President - Lorie Schwar [email protected] Vice President - Joe Ross [email protected] Secretary - Debbie Clanton [email protected] Treasurer— Aurora Silva [email protected] 855-8114 Fair Director– Chad Clanton [email protected] Newsletter Editor—Kellie Ross [email protected] Photographer--Joan Latham [email protected] Monthly Raffle Coordinator- LaVerne Silk-wood [email protected] A.F.A. Representative - Lorie [email protected] Web master and advertisement - Jim Harmon [email protected] Membership- LaVerne [email protected] 991-3138 Head of rescue comm. - Chad Clanton [email protected] Other Volunteers Needed on a regular basis.
MISSION STATEMENT The Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club and Rescue Mission seeks to promote
an interest in companion birds through communication with and education of pet owners, breeders and the general public. In addition, the CBCBC&RM strives to promote the welfare of all birds by providing monetary donations for the rescue and rehabilitation of wild birds and by placing abused, abandoned, lost or displaced companion birds in foster care until permanent adoptive homes can be found.
The Newsletter can be viewed In color
on-line at the Club’s Web Site
http://www.cbcbirdclub.com
This month, I would like to nominate some of the most dedicated and hard-working people in our club. These members have given their all to the success of our bird mart and the club in total. And what a success it is! We had more vendors, and greater numbers come through our doors this last Saturday, then any mart in most of our memories. So this month, I would like to name Joan Latham, Chad and Debbie Clanton, and Jim Harmon as members the CBC Bird Club is honored and extremely lucky to have as members. While many of us gave our time and energy to help with the bird mart, (and we are thankful for every one of you!) there a few members who went give far beyond a few do-nated hours. They have not only given freely of their time and resources, but have created numerous opportunities to let the community know about our club. Joan Latham attends each and every activity the club has. She is out talking to the community about our club, about birds, and especially about our calendar. She has done more for our club membership then most of us could find the time to do in months or years. She is also active in rescue, as well as being our stand-ing photographer for all our events. Her open, friendly ways make her friends everywhere she goes, and we are very lucky to have her. Chad and Debbie Clanton are our incredibly hard-working members who run the bird mart. They both have given freely of their time, as well as their home for the rescue birds that come to the club looking for a new family. They have put resources and money at the disposal of the club needs, and were part of the largest advertising campaign for the bird mart, that the club has ever accomplished. Debbie also functions as our secretary, helping the club keep immaculate records of our ac-tivities. Their passion for the birds have added a great deal of strength and com-passion to our club. Jim Harmon is our web master, and has done an unbeliev-able job of bringing our club’s web site into the 21st century. He has given so much of his time and talent, it is hard to imagine (or remember) what our web site would be without him. He has spent untold hours gathering names and web sites (into many hundreds...even thousands) for contact advertising. He has spent even more time putting our name and web site into every community list and resource available. I think it is safe to say the club has been modernized al-most single handedly by Jim. Were it not for these very special people, our club would not be the strong, ac-tive club it is. These guys are the kind of people that every club wishes for. They add so much to our club, that it is impossible to calculate how much they mean to us. I want to say a great big “Thanks!” to these people for all they give.
Something new to help our pluckers??!
Noni juice I was sent this article, from Joan who knows that I struggle with my rescue baby Emmy. She also sent it to a couple of others in our club who have adopted our “raggedy feather bunch”. I know there are lots of us who have taken these “bald is beautiful” birds into our hearts, and it is not that we don’t love them exactly the way they are. But, in my case anyway, I also listen to her hurting herself day after day, when she pulls feathers out, and wonder if there is anything I can do to help. Belinda Waite went out and bought some to try on her three. I am waiting to hear from her about if it helps….it is a nutritious drink, so there is no pos-sibility it will hurt anything. But I thought I would share this with you. This in no way offers this product as a kind of miracle cure. In my case, I have (and continue to) perform all the activities that I have been told that would help prevent plucking, including frequent showers, and spraying with undiluted aloe after each shower, nutritious eating, direct sunlight for thirty minutes several times a week, lots of exercise and stimu-lation outside of the house, etc. If anything, it could be one more addition to the arsenal of weapons against feather shredding and plucking. If you do have positive results, I would like you to let me know, so we can all share the results. Of course, Belinda and mine first reservation was, what could a nutritious drink do for behavior problems. In both Emmy’s case and Belinda’s babies, the medical problems were dealt with long ago, and what is left is strictly old behavior. Anyway, for those interested, this is supposed to be great stuff. My CAG River plucked himself completely bald on the front. We tried everything we could think of. I kept a daily journal of what he had eaten, bed times, anything differ-ent that happened etc. Finally after 6 months and $750 at the vet, I was resigned to the fact that my baby was going to be bald, and that would be ok because he is beautiful to me. Well. I saw an article in a bird club newsletter about an Umbrella Cockatoo who self mutilated, and his owners gave him Noni juice and it helped him. So I decided that I would try it. It's a fruit juice, so it's natural--why not give it a try? River went from plucking 50+ feathers per day to just 8 literally overnight. Then less and less each day. Within 8 weeks he was fully feathered! This was 7 years ago, and he has been feathered since. It really worked for him, and we still give it to him daily. You can find at health food stores, Costco, or you can even get it on ebay. My vet was so impressed with River's recovery that she became a Noni Juice distribute, and she says that most birds do improve when they take it. Give it a try, it can't hurt! Good luck!
Board of Directors Meeting
CBCBC & RM Board Meeting minutes 10-4-2007
7:42 Meeting called to order by Lorie. Board and committee members present were Lorie, Aurora, Chad, Debbie, LaVerne, Joan, Jim, Paula, Joe and Kellie. President – announced that 2 ½ minute spots would be presented at 6:30 on channel 3 and 12:00 noon on channel 6. She asked for volunteers to bring their birds and appear with her. Chad and Joan agreed to meet her there with birds. Secretary – minutes were approved as written. Treasurer - Aurora gave the treasurer’s report. We had a beginning balance of $4,720.45, $510.00 income, $2,878.05 in ex-penses and an ending balance of $2,352.40 as of the end of September. The treasurer’s report was accepted as written. Vice President – nothing new to report. Membership - LaVerne stated that membership is still the same. Bird Mart – Chad reported that due to the efforts of Joan and Jim we now have approximately 21 vendors coming with about 38 tables reserved. The reminder postcards were mailed that day. Set up for the bird mart will be held from 12:00 noon – 5:00 on Friday, October 12. An ad has been placed in the valley papers to bring in buyers. Rescue – We still have the same birds in rescue waiting for adoption. An email send out to club members generated no re-sponse. We do have a non-member interested in adopting the cockatiel and parakeets, but we are leaving the option up to club members first. Newsletter – nothing new to report. Please be sure to forward any ideas or items to include in the newsletter. It was sug-gested that photos and information of adoptable birds be run, along with request for donations. Calendar Committee – The calendars have slowly started selling. The club goal is to have each member sell 10 calendars. Members are encouraged to check out calendars from Joan, LaVerne or Paula to sell. Webmaster – Jim got over 700 hits to the website in one month. Old Business – LaVerne turned in $32.28 in donations collected for Celebrate the Animals to purchase animal respirators for the fire departments. She has also gotten permission for the club to sell our calendars at the club table on the day of the event. Joe announced that due to a change in employment he is now available to attend meetings and will continue in the position of Vice President. New Business –
Joan and Aurora went to the Caller Times and personally asked them to run an article on the bird club and its mart. They left plenty of information and pictures, so hopefully we will see something in the paper this week.
Chad has suggested that the club begin charging a $35.00 adoption processing fee for non-members. Most of the other clubs charge this fee and it will encourage new bird owners to join the club when they adopt a bird. The board agreed that this was something that the club would vote on at the next general meeting.
Debbie submitted that although it seemed to be the secretary’s duty to take care of sending get-well cards, sympathy cards and other greetings, she has not been fulfilling that obligation. She suggested that a former position of hospi-tality chairman be brought back to the club committees. Joan had graciously agreed to take on the position since she enjoys creating cards. The board voted to make the position official.
Jim has been in contact with a vendor who is extremely interested in selling reptiles at our bird mart. He asked Jim to check into the possibility of joining our mart to see how the public would react to the sale of reptiles. After a lengthy discussion, the board agreed that it might bring more buyers in the door. A vote was taken and it was de-cided by a narrow 3 to 2 margin to allow reptiles to be sold on the stage at the upcoming mart.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:10 so that the board members could work on creating a 30 commercial to be aired on KORO television station. (Thanks Aurora for getting this spot for us! It will be aired every day this week, all day!)
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Birds in the wild instinctively hide illness in an attempt to avoid predators who prey on sick or injured birds.Pet birds are also just as effective in hiding illness as their wild counterparts, and it is up to bird owners torecognize subtle behavioral and physical signs that may indicate their birds are sick.
Any of the signs listed above, or any other unusual signs, may indicate your bird is sick. You should take imme-diate action by making an appointment with your avian veterinarian. Waiting even one day to resolve the prob-lem can jeopardize the long-term outcome of your bird’s health.
How to tell if your bird is sick By Don J. Harris, DVM
Behavioral signs may include:• Sleeping later in the morning than usual• Sleeping more during the day• Irritability• Unusually compliant or passive• Sitting on the bottom of the cage• Picking at food and/or not eating at usual times• Eating less overall• Vocalizing less• A change in the voice or hoarseness• Different breathing pattern• Making unusual sounds when breathing
Physical signs may include:• Coughing or sneezing• Discharge from nostrils (nares)• Matted eyes• Eyes are dull and closing excessively• Matted feathers on the face and head• Diarrhea• Black stools• A change in the white part of the droppings to
another color such as red, yellow or green• Weight loss—can you feel or see the breastbone?• Unusual swellings, especially around the eyes• Irregular discoloration of the feathers• Feathers are “fluffed up”• Random or generalized loss of feathers• Scaling or crusting of skin• Increased temperature of feet or beak
You know you're a bird owner when: 1. Last night for dinner you gave your birds a hot meal of pasta with a well-chopped assort-ment of fresh vegetables. Your kids had a bowl of cold cereal. 2. You call your friends on the phone so that your bird can talk to them. 3. When talking to your bird about your friends, you refer to your friends as Auntie or Uncle. (Of course, talking to your birds about your friends may be a sign in itself.) 4. You spend more time cuddling your bird than cuddling your spouse. 5. Instead of your bird talking, you find yourself making bird noises. 6. There's a picture of your bird on your desk at work. 7. You can pronounce "Psittacine, poicephalus and psittacula." (Bonus points if you know what they mean.) 8. You would never consider going to see a therapist yourself, but are seriously considering going to see an avian behaviorist. 9. You find yourself eating more veggies, seeds, nuts and dried fruits then you used to. 10. You sometimes spell a word rather than say it in front of the B-I-R-D.
Here are the pictures of our current orphans in need of a new home. We got many applications at the mart for these wonderful guys. If you are interested, members get preference in adoptions. Just let Chad, Debbie, or Joan know you are interested. It will probably get voted on at this meeting.
CBCBC & RM General Meeting minutes 9/20/2007
Meeting called to order at 7:15 PM President – Lorie welcomed everyone and recognized visitors. Members were reminded to please sign up for Petco Meet and Greet on Saturday, October 6. Secretary – Debbie asked for corrections to minutes. A motion was made to accept the minutes as written, it was seconded and the motion carried. Treasurer – Aurora stated that our July beginning balance was $4,776.93. After income was added and expenses deducted, we had a balance of $4,720.45. The treasurer’s report was accepted as written. Vice President – Joe will once again be able to attend meetings due to a change in employment. Membership – LaVerne reported that membership needed a correction. We have 22 singles, 17 families, 8 Life Time members and 4 vendors. Calendar Committee – The calendars are here! Members are asked to purchase a personal copy and use it to promote sales. Calendars will be sold for $15 each. A payment was made to the calendar printer for $2,263.00. It was suggested that maybe a table could be set up at the Aquarium Rehab. Day to sell calendars to the public. Lorie will check with the Aquarium to see when Rehab day will be held. Mart Director – Flyers are ready for members to take and pass out to friends, families and businesses. Rescue – Frito the 50 year old double yellow headed amazon is still in foster care awaiting adoption. We have also taken in a pied cockatiel with two cage companions that are parakeets. A green Indian ringneck with a deformed leg has been taken into foster care and is looking for a good, loving home with someone who can spend a lot of time working with her. A breeding pare of Red Rump Parakeets have been taken into rescue, but the owner has donated them to the mart raffle to serve as a large prize. It is possible that Jim may be picking up a pair of conures from the valley that will be brought into rescue. Debbie C. will send out an email to all club members notifying them of the availability of Frito, the cockatiel & parakeet trio and the Indian ringneck for adoption. Webmaster – Site continues to gets lots of hits. Newsletter – Nothing new to report. Old Business: LaVerne will be attending meetings to gather information about Celebrate the Animals. The donation jar will once again be at Petco at the club table. New Business: Lorie asked that members please be sure to check the floor and clean up after pet birds. A list of volunteers to work the mart was started. Joan will contact volunteers to set up times and positions. Meeting was adjourned at 8:40. Raffle
How To Potty Train Your Parrot By: Nora Caterino Parrots can be potty trained if you are willing to perform some dedicated and consistent training. Seldom are parrot perfect about their potty training but with some work, you can get near-perfect results. In fact, you can usually obtain results so good that when the parrot does have an accident, it is because you failed to pay attention! Parrot characteristics vary according to their various conditions. Wild parrots do not potty where they sleep or eat. They move to another spot. In case of caged parrots, an adult bird will usually move to a spot far from its food and sleeping perch to defecate. Birds can be trained to "go" in different places, but often the cage is the preferred location. SunDance Trained Me I must say that I did not invent this training technique. SunDance taught me how to train parrots this behavior. When-ever she would potty on a shirt, she would be taken back to her cage and told to "go home" while I changed shirts or cleaned up the mess. Often, I might get busy and not go back to get her immediately, so she was not happy with this situation. Soon, she began to say "go home" before she defecated, giving me time to take her to her cage, let her poop and take her back with me. She liked this much better! If I did not respond quickly, she would nip gently on my neck and repeat her command to me to take her home. After she told me the third time, she would simply let go. It was up to me and her other humans to respond to the command she gave us. Potty Times Parrots go potty at specific times that can be used to train them. First thing in the morning, they will potty. About 10 minutes after eating, they will potty. This is reliable and you can use these times to know when to give the command and expect results. Other parrot characteristics include getting into a certain posture before pottying. They sort of squat down and spread their rump feathers so they do not get them dirty. You will learn to watch for this body language and use it as well during training. Train Parrot Choose a word for the action of defecation. "Go poop", "go poo", "potty please" or something similar works just fine. Use this word whenever you see your parrot potty. First thing in the morning, after saying "good morning", tell your parrot to go potty. Wait; it will happen very soon. Once it does, lavish praise on your parrot. Make a really big deal about what a great bird he or she is. Watch for your parrot to finish eating breakfast and repeat the potty process. Also, watch for the potty body language and use the potty command and praise again. In Closing Some parrots learn this behavior quickly; others take some time to get the hang of it. But most parrots will get the idea in time and become reasonably consistent in avoiding messing up your clothes, sofa or carpet. The key to training this behavior is consistency. After your parrot begins to let you know it needs to go potty, do not fail to respond. Stop what you are doing and take your bird to potty and praise it. If you sometimes ignore the need, you will not be nearly as successful as if you take the bird to potty promptly.
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Club MeMBer’S ADS
Greencheeks for sale: 4 pair pineapple G.C. conures, very pretty $595 per pair ( would consider reasonable offer for all 4 pair) 1 male turquoise G.C. conures, $495 (these 2 not related) 1 female turquoise/pineapple G.C. $395 3 male, 1 female yellowside/turquoise $275 each (Female related to the 3 males) 3 triple split (cinny/yellowside/turquoise) males $395 normal appearance) Offers on multiple birds considered
All above birds are 2007 hatches Will ship or meet for distance, e-mail only please [email protected] or [email protected]
Here is what I have For Sale: 2-Male Double Yellow Heads (Breeders) $650 2- Un-Sexed Mexican Redheads $400 I Am also looking for a PROVEN Male Goffins for my proven Female. Linda Young My Phone is : (850) 453-6854 Cell Phone: (850) 516-7631 E-Mail: [email protected]
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The bird mart is a fabulous success! Our bird mart is now officially a huge success! I know I am just one of the crowd that is really ex-cited about our mart. It has been a successful culmination of many people’s time and hard work. On the second page, I named 4 people that I know put in hours and hours of work to make the mart the success it was. But, there are so many people who helped, and we are grateful to and for each one of you. There are so many thanks to give out, I hardly know where to start….Thanks to our treasurer Aurora Silva for her efforts in getting vendors to attend the mart, and her great accomplishment of acquiring free advertisement time for a week on our local Spanish TV station. The news about the mart, was a benefit for the Spanish speaking (parrot loving) citizens of our community to know about. Thanks also go out to Laverne Silkwood for her time spent getting us ready for “Celebrate the ani-mals” celebration coming up the 28th of Oct. (12-5) by getting our fund raising jar to Petco, so we can do our part in raising money for the fire dept. to buy animal respirators, to help save the animal vic-tims of fires. I don’t know about everyone, but I am proud of the fact that our club is an active part of this great community, and we will work to stay that way. I also noted on Sat., that one of Amanda Heatherly’s sisters won a small bird from the raffle table….another birder for our future (?)! I know there are many members who have given their time and energy to our club. There is no way I can thank each and every member. Our club is a vibrant and active part of Corpus Christi, and that is all because of our wonderful members. I feel very lucky to have a place to go, and have friends that understand my passion for my birds. But even better, I have a place to go that shares my desire to be an active part of my community, and I can include my birds in much of this. I just don’t think it gets any better then that! It is my hope that all of our members can feel proud to be a part of something as good as that! Our bird mart was a huge success, and we can all be proud of that!!!
Thank you for all your hard work! We are nothing without our Members!
TOXIC PLANTS Submitted by Barb Tagg (The Avicultural Journal 1999, Vol. 22. #3) The following is a list of potentially toxic plants to birds. Spp. means subspecis. Acokanthera - Acokanthera Amaryllis - Amarvllis spp. Angel 's Trumpet - Datura spp. Apricot - Prunus armeniaca (leaves, pits & bark) Apple - Malus spp. (seeds leaves & bark) Avocado - Persea americana Azalea - Rhododendron canadensis Balsam Pear, Bitter Melon – Momordica charantia Baneberry - Actaea rubra, Pachypoda Belladonna - Atropa belladonna Bird of Paradise -Poinciana & related spp. (seed pods & flowers) Bittersweet - Celastrus spp. Black Locust - Robinia pseudo-acacia Boxwood - Buxus spp. Bracken Fern - Pteridium aquilinum Buckthorn - Karwinskia humboldtiana & related spp. Burdock - Arctium spp. Buttercup - Ranunculus spp. Caladium - Caladium spp. Calla Lily - Zantedeschia aethiopica Catclaw Acacia - Acacia greggii Caster Bean - Ricinus communis Cherry - Prunus spp. (pits, leaves & bark) Chinaberry - Melia azadarach Clematis - Clematis montana & related spp. Coral Plant - Jatropha mutifida Crocus (autumn) - Cholchicum autumnale Cycad or Sago Cycas - Cycas revoluta Daffodil - Narcissus tazetta Daphne - Daphne mezerum Death Camas - Zigadenus venenosous & related spp. Delphinium - Delphinium spp. Devil 's Ivy - Epipremnum aureum Dieffenbachia (dumb cane) - Dieffenbachia spp. Eggplant - Solanum melongena (unripe/over ripe fruit leaves) Elderbeny - Sambucus mexicana Elephant's Ears - Colocasia Euonymus - Euonymus spp. European Pennyroyal - Mentha pulegium Figs - Ficus spp. (sap) Four O'Clock -Mirabilis jalapa Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea Heliotrope - Heliotropium spp. Henbane - Hyoscyamus niger Holly - Hex aquifolium & related spp. (leaves, berries) Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum & related spp. Horse Nettle - Solanum carolinense Hyacinth - Hyacinthus orientalis Hydrangea- Hydrangea spp. Iris - Iris spp. Ivy (Boston, English and some others) - Hedera spp. Jack-in-the-Pulpit - Arisaema Jerusalem Cheny - Solanum pseudocapsicum Jessamme, Yellow-Gelsemium sempervirens (leaves, stems) Jimsonweed - Datura spp. Jonquil - Narcissus jonquilla Juniper - Juniperus spp. Lantana - Lanlana camara Larkspur - Delphinium spp. Laurel - Kalmia spp. Lily-of-the-Valley - Convalleria majalis
Lobella - Lobelia spp. Locoweed -Astragalus spp. & Oxytropis spp. Lupine - Lupinus spp. Marijuana - Cannabis sativa Milkweed - Asclepias spp. Mistletoe - Phoradendron villosum Mock Orange - Philadelphus Moonseed - Menispermum canadense Monkshood - Aconitum spp. Morning Glory - Ipomoea violacea (seeds) Mushrooms - Amanita spp. & many others Narcissus - Narcissus spp. Oak - Quercus spp.(?????) Oleander - Nerium oleander Peach (leaves, pits. bark) Pear (leaves, pits. bark) Peony - Paeonia officinalis Periwinkle - Vinca minor, Vinca rosea Peyote - Lophophora williamsii Philodendron - Philodendron & Monstera spp. Pigweed - Amaranthus spp. Plum (leaves, pits, bark) Poison Hemlock - Conium maculatum Poison Ivy Poison Oak Poison Sumac - Rhux vernix Poinsettia Poppy - Papaver somniferum Pokeweed - Phytolacca americana Potato (sprouts, leaves, berries & green tubers) Pothos - Eprimemnun aureum Primrose - Primula spp. Privet - Lipstrum vulgare Ragwort - Senecio jacobea Red Maple - Acer rubrum Rhododendron - Rhododendron Rhubarb (leaves) Rosary Pea - Abrus precatorius Sage - Salvia officinalis Shamrock Plant - Medicago lupulina, Trifolium repens, Oxalis ace tosella Skunk Cabbage - Svmplocarpus foetidus Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis Sorrel - Rumex, Oxalis spp. Spurges - Euphorbia spp. Star of Bethlehem - Ornithogalm umbellatum Sweet Pea - Lathyrus odoratus Tabacco - Nicotiania Tomato (stems, leaves) Tulip - Tulipa spp. Virgirnia Creeper Vetches - Vicia spp. Water Hemlock - Cicuta Waxberry - Symphoricarpos Wisteria- Wisteria spp. Yew - Taxus spp.
Box Office Box 6023 Corpus Christi, Texas 78466
Contact Chad Clanton [email protected]
The Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club & Rescue Mission SPRING BIRD-MART
October 13, 2007 Shriners’
Al Amin Pavilion 2001 Suntide Rd.
I - 37 Exit # 7 Corpus Christi, Texas
