Joyvke

Aw she's a cutie!

Nah Lorrito doesn't look like that. Apparantly he's an Red-Lored Amazon . http://www.koppiekrauw.com/Soorten-PA/Papegaaien-Psittacidae-Arinae/05-Amazon/autumnalis-autumnalis.htm at least he looks most like this one . Thanks for trying to find what he is though! I'm also starting to fear he may have been a wild catch, since he has an open ring and it's not a species I see very often over here either...

Blacky was almost able to lick him today. Good thing my mum managed to keep his tongue away, poor Django if Blacky would have succeeded . I'm also not sure if this is coincidence or not. Every time when I take him out of his box (he's in a big plastic box for the time being, since he can hardly sit ) he makes these sounds. At times more so than other times. Whenever I put him back in his box, he shoots out a big poo. This happened 3 times with me and one time with my mum and brother. I wonder if he's already holding onto his poop when he's outside his box. I sure was proud of him and praised him for it . He's a lazy fella though. Tonight I took him out and he was afraid of some toys. Was laughing really silly(the way they like it) and suddenly he had an interest in the toy. He was just laying down and playing.... LAYING DOWN! I had to go to school for 3 days so wasn't able to spend alot of time, but according to my mum as soon as he hears me he's acting differently. Looking where I am. I'm kind of glad about that means he loves me most mwahahah. Really loving this little guy already . edit: will make some clips and photos again tomorrow. Is this still the right thread for it? Or do I need to make another one somewhere else?

I'm sorry to hear about Echo. I really hope it won't be any of the polyoma/ pbfd or pdd virusses .

I'll talk about it with the family if we can drop the latest one. They dropped the one at 12 o'clock but he was so hungry and begging they gave him 50cc at 2.30pm. He does taste different things, also drinks (which is really cute when he does that ). Thanks for your response!

10 weeks now. The vet (also breeder) said he was one of the hungriest/ latest weaning babies he's ever had. He does eat pellets, but only when they're soaking wet. Does manage to eat seeds and peeling them himself though. I was thinking of not giving him the pouradge in the morning. Or leave one of the other 2 feedings out. Yet he keeps begging even after he's had his food. The vet suspects he will be fully weaned in 2 or 3 weeks. Also read that babies will eventually stop taking the feedings themselves as well. With this guy I'm a bit afraid he will be lazy and won't stop taking it.

We got Django for almost a week now and he's doing great. However he's almost not eating by itself. The vet/ breeder where we bought him from told us to just give him Scenic handbreed pouridge. Four times a day about 50CC. Between meals we feel his crop and there's not really much food in there at all. How do we know when he's had enough of this? The vet/ breeder said he's one of the more hungry babies he's ever had (after every 50/ 55cc meal he keeps begging for more, but his crop is full enough). During the meals he eats some seeds, pellets and fruits. The vet is on his holiday now (also the reason we have Django now and not when he's been fully weaned - so he thought us how to make the stuff and how to feed him and that goes really well. They usually go to a shop of some sort.). His schedule at the moment is 7am, 12am/pm, 5pm and 11pm. I'm thinking that spoonfeeding might be a better option since he's have to work for his food then?

Django is doing this as well. Brabbling a bit then attempting to sleep on one paw, nothing to be concerned about. It's a good sign from what I know .

Django has arrived! Our dog Blacky already took the role of guardian on her and growls to anyone or anything coming close . Had to hold her back in order not to have her lick Django soaking wet. For some reason she really takes to baby creatures, wonder how it will be when Django is older! Django tried to sleep on one paw and slept with his head in the neck. Also made the crunching sounds after he had his porridge. I think he feels pretty at home already. Trying not to take him out too much but do occasionally open the cage and pet him. After he had a meal we put him on our lap, the full crop is still a bit scary, we don't want to let him get troubles with it. He also got his own passport - I guess for when he feels like taking a holiday . He does seem to have a bald spot where the crop is, but I guess it will grow closer as he gets more feathers. He's born on the 19th of june, so is 9,5 weeks old .

Thanks! The workshop was very informative, but alot of things I already knew. For my mum it was all new though so it was good. Apart from spilling hot tea on my lap (very painful, I'm not sure what I screamed, but it was foul, apologized immediately though ;p). it was a great evening. The lady who does behavioral stuff is most likely coming to us in the future to see what Lorrito's problem is with his aggressive behavior to some family members. Since I'm terrified what he may do to other people (or birds) when we would go to the other workshop. Just a bit scared for Polyoma really. Got budgies in my room and they are apparently known for having the disease. Going to change clothes every time I go downstairs to make sure nothing, or a very small chance of something happening.

Yea, it's frustrating! When we got Lorrito, he was taken out of the transport cage and he immediatly flew to my brother to attack him... We think something has happened to him before he came to us. None of us had the guts to do anything with him so he just sat in his cage for a long time. A few months ago I decided it was enough and started to train with him. With a towel and balded fist at first which he bit in. Then when he didn't bite the towel anymore with my bare hands. He did bite me real hard a few times where one time he bit me to the bone, but even though it hurt I tried not to take my hand away. After a week he didn't bite anymore or just nibbled - but managed to take him off that as well. Second week I was able to get him out of the cage and he loves a pat on the head. Sometimes he can be very cheeky. When I want to put him back in the cage he runs away from me. Or when I tell him to step up he slaps his head against my hand so I can pat him, but refuses to get on ;p. Tonight we have a "parrot" party which is an informative meeting, so I hope I can get something out of there as well . For Django I am trying to involve my mother and brother as much as I can, since they are still a bit scared. I'm hoping to get to the workshop and maybe bring my brother along as well, but we'll see. I don't think Django is old enough then (9wks), but doubt Lorrito might be an option. I'm a bit scared he doesn't like the other birds and starts doing things out of my control! Last week when we were at the vet to look at Django he literally gunned/ shoot out a poop. Is that normal for babies? There seemed to be quite alot of force with it . I'll include a picture, but from what I've been told by the vet that's normal! It's roughly the size of the width of an a4 printer paper. So 20 cm/ 8.5 inches. Counting from the brown goo (pellets) to the end of the watery bit.

Thanks all . I shall post pictures of the budgies later on as well. Lorrito doesn't look too well with his feathers ruffled up, but they're fine again, he's not molting. Lorrito and our other parrot didn't like each other. I have trained Lorrito and he's the sweetest guy for me, but he's aggressive to other family members, even if they give sweets. Going to follow a workshop and maybe 2 training sessions at a specialized behaviorist for birds. Since I have tried alot of tips from internet/ parrot sites, but I can't get him to be nicer to others.

It's unsure what he is. From pictures I think it might be an equador amazone. Though others say it might be a yellow cheek one. I reckon it's the yellow cheek one . Included some pictures of Lorrito as well.

Hey all! My name is Joyce, I'm 29 years old and I live in the Netherlands. In our family we have 8 cats, 2 dogs, 2 bunnies an Amazone parrot and myself got 6 budgies who live with me on the top floor. This weekend we will be expecting our first African Grey! We used to have 2 Amazones, but Lorre sadly passed away after 38 years of being in our family and being 50+ of age. Lorrito is with us for about 13 years now and we expect him to be around his 20's. We are all very excited to get our baby bird. I have included pictures of our first visit on 6th of August, second visit 10th of August, third visit at 13th of august and our visit from the 20th of August. So you can see his growth . He's already a very big boy (we think it's a boy, but he's not been sexed yet). He is roughly estimated around 8 weeks, but we will hear this weekend what his birth date is I think, this is when we will pick him up and bring him home with us . His name is possible going to be Django, depending if our mum can master to pronounce it.

Thanks Dave . I have read and read and read multiple articles on the subject. In Dutch and English, shame I'm limited to those two languages ;p. I was more hoping for individual experiences in case people did have birds who sadly had the disease on them. I have had contact with an avian vet who researched the disease and mentioned to me that African Greys are not really a species they find AVP to cause diseases in, only when they have PBFD as well.

Hey Dave, Thanks for your answer. The parrot is coming from a vet and has had all tests done as well and came out clean itself. He has taught us how to hand feed the baby and will write down the feeding schedule for us as well. He has raised many baby parrots and his/ her brothers/ sisters were send off 2 weeks ago. I would have preferred it to be with us when at least 12 weeks as well. However certain circumstances are making it to be this week. It might be slightly older as well, though that won't matter too much I guess. Mostly just curious about polyoma in African Greys as I can't seem to find information on the virus on it's own - it's most of the time accompanied with PBFD.

Dear all, First of hello! I tried looking for the subject in the forums, but I didn't seem to be able to find it. We are expecting our baby African Grey at the end of the week, he's roughly 8 weeks now. We have an amazon parrot that has tested negative for polyoma, pbfd, chlamyedia en PDD. The parrots are housed downstairs. I have read cases about African Grey with polyoma, but they mostly had it in combination with PBFD. What are the experiences in this forum? There's a few articles that mention that greys don't seem to develop disease, although they could be infected. Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but I thought it was appropriate for the question I had. Regards.