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Alfie likes to crawl the wire like GreycieMae. I'll bet he was totally pooped after coming in from a day in that aviary!

We’ve also brought another CAG into our lives who lost her previous owner due to illness. This is JoJo. She is 17 and a total chatterbox sweet heart.

We have progress!!! 20 years locked up in a cage in a room by herself. After 3 months she sure has come a long way

Ok Penny I will try this again. Forgot to submit the first one. When they first come into season for the first time and their pubic feathers pop out they can be very difficult for a number of years, When they get too about 12 years old they start to mellow a little and get better with years. Amazons can be and very often are one person parrots. One thing I believe that when it comes to resocialization of a amazon it should be done with a group of people who will take an active part with their socializing. Also a group that can display self confidence. Amazons seam to respect self confidence in a human. If you are afraid a amazon will bite, They will bite !! If you try to bully a Amazon. They will retaliate !! Meet your Amazon on equal ground and display lots self confidence. Also talk in a soft sweet voice, Cricket loved that Just remember Amazons will from time to time display some aggression most of the time when they are in season. If you show fear than you lost the race. If you try to bully you will lose the race. These are lessons from Cricket. I miss her so much.

I've done some research, and as I suspected, the whimpering, slightly drooping of the wings and regurgitation motion is a sign of affection towards me. Pretty amazing since we've only had her 6 days. But not surprising due to her behavior since we got her. Should this be encouraged or ignored? Or just let it slide? Nothing I've read so far has said to ignore it. She's been the best bird ever, so far. Other than wanting me for her own, she's eaten anything we've given her, out of our hands (blueberry, pepper, broccoli), even on day 2. Amazing! She's easily converted from the crap sean/nut mixture she's been eating her whole life, to colored ZuPreme pellets. And she's coming around on stepping up. She's certainly not the fussing, sometimes bitey Grey I've read about. I know that could change.

Yes, everyone who served are our heroes. ❤️

I did finally do that. The first video came through fine, but the 2nd one would not load for love nor money. But the first one is in the Health room.

Alfie got to go out to the aviary again today. It was his second outing. There was a lot less faffing around today - he went into his travel cage quickly and spent most of the day outside. I set things up the same as I did last time so everything was roughly in the same place. He was happy to explore within minutes of getting out of the travel cage and was moving around a lot more this time.

I know, I'm going to fast. But when a walk by she moves towards me, and if I open the cage and don't put my hand in she will climb onto the top and walk to the front and stick her head out. If I put my hand near she nibbles on it. All friendly and curious behavior. Or sexual... I've never had a bird this "interested" in me. Well, my male Alexandrine has always been interested in me, but he's a guy. Of course, we're assuming she is a she. We should get the DNA results in a week or 2. She's small, she interested in me. She's gotta be a female. I'm amazed she isn't freaked out by our loud barking 85 lb pit bull. He's friendly and curious and wonders what this thing is. And he wants my attention. Barking is his way of saying lets play. If he comes over barking she doesn't move away. This has to be the most fearless bird I've ever seen! Or she will do anything to get my attention. It should be interesting when I'm gone for the whole day tomorrow back to work after 3 days home.

Everything I've read here and other places says it is best to ignore the behavior. Also, don't touch her on the back or tail, which I don't think you are doing anyway if I've read your posts correctly. Timber tends to get a bit too "affectionate." When that happens, I just put him back on his cage.

Hello CTGull and welcome to our family. I am so glad you could give this girl a new forever home and she is making great progress. Poor dear has been thru a lot but with your love and attention she will flourish and make a great addition to your already large flock of animals. Everything in a greys world moves slowly so what may look like slow progress is actually a big deal in grey time, lots of time and patience is needed right now and she will let you know when she is ready for closer or more intimate interaction. She is lovely though she looks a little ratty but I imagine in a years time there could be quite the difference but only time will tell.

I'm gonna burn for this one... I put a new toy on the outside of her cage not far from her water bowl. As long as she doesn't avoid that corner, it'll go inside in a day or 2. And I put a shallow ceramic baking pan on the bottom if she wants to bath. I splashed in it a bit so she's know what it was.

And I got her to step up after she came out onto the top. Although I don't know at what cost. She was kind of lightly huffing or crying, with her wings slightly open and slightly drooped and a slight shake. I'm thinking I got too touchy and she got "excited". Al she wants is scratches. Out of the cage she went easily from one hand to another, unlike our other 2 birds that are right hand only. She kept looking up at the ceiling. Maybe she's not used to the popcorn ceiling texture. I didn't take her more than a foot from her cage. And put her back after a couple of minutes. Once inside she was back to not wanting to step up. Although she's getting less resistant. A little while later we did it again. Same result.

Finally a picture!

If I may, Water is drying, water nor Aloe is absorbed into he feathers, only the skin. Try the Aloe if you like, bathing helps...Rev Jayd

I actually have Aloe Vera juice for me. Problem is, Dave tried to spray her with water and she got scared. Can I put it in her water or won't that help? Thanks for your help.

Thank you everyone, so far!! I should be able to get some pictures this weekend. A little update from last night: I made some progress last night. I've noticed she spends a lot of time looking up. There is a large tray on the top of the cage, about 1" from her head. When I got home last night I removed that tray. Now she can see all around her, and it's easier to see her. I did my usual of picking up the Alexandrine a few times to show he's OK with it. I said step up to him. I tried step up on her and got the usual growling, warning open mouth lunges (no bite) and moving away. Then she changed to putting her head down for scratches. I'm thinking this bird is more intelligent than me. By putting her head down she blocks access to her feet!!! All I can do is try to push her head out of the way, which isn't appreciated. My son and I and I spent 45 minutes talk each other, my daughter, the other birds, and her. I would occasionally pick up one of the other birds, using step up. The other progress, major progress, is she is eating the colored ZuPreme pellets without a problem. She ate for at least 10 minutes of the time the cage was open and we were talking to her. Picking up individual pieces, biting, chewing, rotating, biting, chewing, etc. After the 45 minutes by back was sore from bending over so many times. She never stepped up, but she's allowing scratches. Any attempt to touch her feet gets a small growl and she will move away, even up the side of the cage, and put her head down for more scratches, blocking any other attempts to touch her feet. I think she will come around quickly. She sees and hears the 2 other birds in the room. She sees them getting picked up willingly. She is very curious about what is going one. Her eyes were open very wide just about the whole time last night. I may be pushing it, but I'll bet I get her to step up this weekend. We'll be moving her into our room this weekend, where my wife usually is, the TV and the lovebird. But I'm wondering if maybe she should stay in the "flock" with the 2 larger birds for a while. Not sure what to do. Once I get her out of the cage willingly, or she ventures on top, I'd like to move her primary high bar down slightly, maybe only 1-2 inches, but to get her head a little farther away from the bars, but still have access to the food bowls at that level. And she needs some new toys, the existing ones are tired.

Wow, looks great! Alfie seems to be taking right to it. Loved the pics

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