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This
one doesn't have that much to with bird training, unless, like me, you get bit a lot. It's about tea tree oil. You'll understand in
a minute. Anyone who has attended a workshop of mine knows that
my approach involves absorbing and diffusing a bird's fear and
aggression. Since I can work with as many as 20 birds in a weekend event,
and I don't back down from bites, I get
pretty
nicked up.
The most painful bites are
the ones on top of old wounds that are trying to heal.
That makes it pretty important for me to heal quickly so I can get back to work as soon as possible.
It doesn't look very good when the bird tamer is whimpering and whining from the pain.
I was visiting a good friend
after a
weekend
where I conducted two workshop
with a group of birds that were, well... let's say they were passionate biters.
As I was
dressing some
wounds on my battle scars
she left the room and came back
with a small bottle of a natural product called tea tree oil.
I had never heard of it. She started extolling the curative powers of the strong-smelling extract from the leaf
of a native Australian tree as she dabbed some on my
wounds, which were inflamed to varying degrees.
 It
seemed as if the infection in the worst of the wounds dried
up right before my eyes. The redness went away
immediately. I was stunned. And convinced.
Since then I acquired my own
supply of tea tree oil. I even bought a few extra bottles to hand out to friends.
Aside from flesh wounds,
I have since used the stuff for a variety of
ailments. When I had a very sore throat, I gargled with a few drops of the
oil mixed in warm water. I used a slightly stronger mixture for an abscessed tooth and it
cleared up in three days.
According to the material I’ve read, tea tree oil is one of
the few substances known to humankind that is anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal. It's
good for everything from foot fungus, to dandruff,
acne and nasal congestion. Amazing stuff. It has such powerful healing
properties that
scientists are doing AIDS research because of the oil's immune system
strengthening properties. I have the
feeling that we're just hearing the beginning of the tea tree oil story.
tea tree oil is now available via the web or at most drug
stores
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Warning!
Tea tree
oil,if
ingested,
can be toxic to birds
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