Talon

Ray,I LOVE the name of this thread!!!

Welcome to our family! Love your intro. Can't wait to hear more and see pcs!

I have to tell you this story. When I first got Talon (my tag) jaws in my kids playroom watching g tv with them. There was a glass do water on the windowsill. I gave Talon a drink, and she kept drinking like there was no tomorrow. I finally commented on it to my kids. That's when one of them said, "mom,that's sprite!" I freaked out and thought she was going to die! I know they can't burp and I thought the carbonation would kill her. She did spit someup. I called the vet, closed on the weekend....then joined a different bird forums had been lurking on for advice. All was well, but I never gave her more than a sip again as she quickly became an addict!

My thoughts are with you. Please let us know how it goes. Whatever the news, we are here for you. Try not to worry, what's done is done, and I believe you will make things 100% better for this lucky bird, I am sure he already feels better with your tlc.

Hee hee! That is one scary alarm!!!! Seriously tho, he's beautiful! Had german shepards growing up and they are great watch dogs.

Hmm. My thoughts are: teach your baby to step up on the top of your fore arm. I recently sprained my wrist badly and am in a splint, they wouldn't step up on it, so I offered my other forearm to step up on, and they do fine as I carry them into the kitchen to step down onto their potty baskets. I also have cages that have a top down door, I unlatch it, they walk out on it and I have them step onto my shoulder. Hope this helps a bit. I also teach all my birds to "step down" so they will know when it's time to get off of me....

ME TOO! Makes me glad I have an alarm system in my house that we always set!

Nancy,do they sleep in cages, or is the room just a bird room for them? I ask, because I have my 3 in a room we don't use much, but we are not able to close it off completely for them.

Don't know the answer to that Jimmydreams, but my birds drop huge pieces all the time and pick at crumbs. My dogs sit and wait for them to fall......

"STOLEN" (SEE PICTURES) BREEDING PAIR OF YELLOW NAPE AMAZON PARROTS FROM LAWRENCE, MA. DATE: 12/24/11 TIME: BETWEEN 8:00 AND 11:00 P.M. BREEDING PAIR , FEMALE HAS HAD ONE OF TOES ON RIGHT FOOT SURGICALLY REMOVED. ANYONE IN THE BIRD PET/BREEDING AND PET STORE CIRCLE PLEASE PASS THE WORD AROUND. THIS PAIR HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR 15YEARS AND IT IS FAR MORE A MATTER OF THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY THAN WHAT THEIR MONITARY WORTH MAY BE. THERE IS A REWARD IF FOUND. Location: New Hampshire PLEASE PM ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION! This was on Craigslist today.

How adorable!

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Dan said it perfectly! Your patience and love towards this bird is admirable. You are doing everything right by being so patient that in time I am sure you will be rewarded. I ammoving this thread into our new Rescue room for others to see and follow your example.

That is adorable! Great photos!

I read and hear so much about how amazons have a period of the day when they screech or scream. I have had Nilah since she was a baby and I have never found her to do this. Yes, sheis way louder in her talking, but I never hear bird sounds such as screaming g or anything resembling that. I do play music when I am working on my lessons for the day ( I teach dance & and she yells her little heart out by singing along with the songs,but that is the extent of it. Ideally enjoy that time with her, she sits on my shoulder as I dance and sings the various songs,the louder I put the music on, the louder she sings. When I stop the music, She stops When I tell her it's time for Zumba, she listens for the music and when she hears it, I ask her, "what's that?" 100% of the time, she yells, "ZUMBA!" My kids laugh each and every time they hear it. :cool:

Talon loves hanging out in bags and boxes.

This is adorable!

Thought this was cute and wanted to share!

That's soo funny! Love ROM! My amazon Nilah, calls me "bird!" whenever I get home from work or from doing errands and walk in the door, she says, "hi bird!" or if she isn't sure the noise she hears is me, she calls, "bird?" then when I say, yes, or hi Nilah, she says in a relaxed voice, " hi bird" Love it!

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I Use a variety of sizes and types. It's good for their feet. 1/2 is a bit small, but it is good practice for balance!

That is very cute! Guess my 3 should be getting one next year.....they kind of get left out since I am a single mother of 4 kids to buy for... But if I start now, they have a chance!

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