HeatherStrella

Thanks, everyone, for the nice compliments. Look for more tomorrow...I'm going to try again and try to get the roses more in focus this time. Melissa, should I put the new photos in this thread or start a new one? Or does it matter??

I didn't vote...I normally don't if I'm entered in the contest...but I'm curious who the winners are...so..?? Do we have the tallies tallied?

I tried getting her into a little nighty but the darned thing didn't fit right... Here she is looking quite nice though... I like the first one the best..what about you guys? I hope you all had a great day!!!

One sweet CAG here

Such sweet photos. It's so fun to chill with these guys...I look forward to it while I'm away from the house during the day...I'm hooked!! Looks like you guys are too...great photos!! Thanks for sharing...

I forgot something.. Lyric, I couldn't leave her alone in her cage even if the vet told me to. I just couldn't. I kinda tried to just let her be yesterday but I couldn't do it. If it came down to something like that, I might just have to attach her cage to my foot a drag her around with me. lol

Thank you all for your comments. I'm reinforcing her when she doesn't bite me by giving her a nibble of something she likes. If I see body language like danmcq said, I just wait to move her if I can. There's another thing. A few weeks ago, we decided to let the dog in the same room as long as Harrison was on her stand. Everything seemed to be going smoothly...a few times we had to remove the dog if Harrison got spooked or lost her footing and flew to the floor. Harrison really didn't seem to pay any attention to Sandy (the dog). Right now, we're testing it to see if she bites with Sandy out of the room and then we'll try it with Sandy in the room. Maybe Sandy does bother her and I'm just blind to her body language. I'll let you know how things go...thanks so much for your input!!

I think Harrison might be molting. We had a long talk last night...I'm with you, Nychsa, I talk to her as if she understands everything I'm saying. I have said "don't bite" but stopped because she started saying it after she bit me. Little turkey (she says that now too)...Thank you all for the comments. I will try not to jerk my hand...and just go with a stern "no" like you suggested and talk to her after a bit. I remember when we first got her, she all of a sudden stopped eating her pellets. It really scared me and so I just decided to talk to her. I chatted with her about it and I told her how she needed to eat, blah, blah, blah...and she did within 24 hours. It was probably coincidence...who knows. Thanks so much for your comments. I'll keep you guys posted

Harrison is a 2 year old female CAG. We've had her since she was 3 months old. She turned 2 last December. She's got a quite extensive vocabulary and was talking when we brought her home...we thought she was male...etc etc..most people know the story. Anyway, she's really been acting strange this past week. When she's out on her stand in the living room and I have to move her for whatever reason, she lunges at me and bites. There are sometimes when she'll actually get on my hand and bite very hard several times, she doesn't hold on but for a fraction of a second then she's off to another part of my hand. Then there are times when she's perfectly fine. She's happy to step up, she's happy to do whatever. It could be a second later or an hour later. My main question is how should I react when she bites me? My knee-jerk reaction is to kinda flick my hand cuz it hurts so bad. It makes her unstable on my hand and it makes her stop biting until I can get her to a place to step down. She has broken the skin a few times but mostly she doesn't...it just hurts and bruises the ego. Any suggestions?? Thanks P.S. Would it be bad if I just left her in her cage for a day? Maybe she just needs a break from me???<br><br>Post edited by: HeatherStrella, at: 2008/02/11 02:21

I love it!! Thanks!

Bruce, I'm using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Here's another from 1855-1890s

Thank you all for your generous compliments.

I took some pictures of Harrison this evening with some new backdrops and while I was editing them, I found this "tool" that I never knew I had. It's called The Time Machine. Widely used 1839-1855, the Daguerreotype was the first popular form of photography. Images were captured directly on a thin piece of silver-plated copper. Because no negative was produced, copies could not be made, so each image was unique. I copied the bold part from my photo editing software. Here's the picture...I just thought it was cool... Here are some of the other photos I took tonight... There are a bunch of other time periods I can change my photos to...it's kinda fun. Thanks for lookin... Heather & Harrison...

I drink that stuff a lot. I had some with me at the vet once and was using it as reinforcement for Harrison...I asked the vet about it and at first, she said it was ok. Later, she came in and said not to give it to her the rest of her life.

Looks like he's having a blast!! Great photos...thanks for sharing

Beautiful! Nice job on that last photo...they sure are purrrrttty!!!

Harrison was DNA tested and is "whoops she's a female..oh well, we'll keep her name..kind of female.."...lol I thought this pic was good to look at her feathers Here's a good one for the head and feather test The breeder we got her from actually told us she was male because her head was the size and shape of a male...and her eyes were the size and shape of a male. Do you know what she meant by the eyes??

Oh goodness...My dog will never be that close to my birdie. My dog is a bit more crazy than the lab, though. I wish she was able to hang with Harrison...oh well. Cute pictures again

Awww Goober is adorable. Nice bright tail. Very handsome.

Awww...precious. What's his/her name?

Awww...what a cutie...hope to see more pics

While searching my online album for a picture to enter in the photo contest, I found some old photos I thought I'd share... NOSE PICKER Oh, he did not just eat THAT!!! One of the first grade teachers at the school where I work had these printed up and hung them in her class room. I forget what she used as a caption but at the end she wrote, use a tissue. LOL.

Here's my entry

Thanks for the nice compliments...

I would say she knows...Harrison does a similar thing. I say "OW" (like half of ouch)...when she plays rough with her toys, she'll say "OWW!!"...or if she bites me too hard she'll say it. If she bites my lightly...she won't say it. I think these birds of ours just *know* things...B)