Saw this in Dear Abby today:

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20050507

DEAR ABBY: I am heartsick as I write this. I have just lost the
closest thing in this world to me outside my immediate family. I just
buried my sweetie-pie Sandy, an Amazon parrot I have had for 26 years.
That's longer than my two sons lived with me.

Sandy died because I burned a Teflon pan, and learned the hard way
that Teflon fumes are deadly to birds. (They can also be harmful to
small children.)

Bird owners, if you're considering buying a Teflon product, please
reconsider. If you own one, get rid of it. If I can save just one
person the grief I'm going through, it will make me feel better. Yes,
I know I'll get over this -- but it won't be easy. -- BOB IN ATLANTA

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca