Talon

That was Wonderful! Thank you Dan, (Talon thinks she famous now!) what a greyt Xmas gift that was to all of us at Greyforums! Happy holidays to you, Kim, your kids and grandkids, and especially your flock!! (oops, and your sweet 4 legged ones too!)

Happy Holidays to all! May next year bring peace and happiness for all! Dave,thank you,best wishes to you, your flock, and your family!

He's adorable! I would love for you to start a new thread for him, and I an't wait to follow his progress. We have so many stories about other types of birds,but having a budgie story to follow would be very fun! I think us large parrot owners tend to forget the joy and intelligence of these marvelous little ones. I have 2 at home, but they haven't had much hand interaction with us. They very much enjoy watching the big birdies at meal time, (their cage is next to the kitchen table) they run to that side of the cage and appear to get excited in the mornings when I get my parrots up. I do try to give them some of the toast mine get for breakfast, they will pick at it..... They also (believe it or not) like it when my amazon crawls all over their cage....I do have to watch carefully, cause my blue budgie will try to play thru the bars and of course they are no match for her! One time, Talon bit the nail off on him! It was horrible, I was so upset, I called the vet, and they said to just watch it and it should heal up fine, which it did. Can't wait to hear more from your new one!

I don't have any experience with this, but i am so very happy you have this love and will do all that is necessary for a clean bill of health. I am sure all will be fine, but it may be a long road with a step at a time, so be patient. The best thing you have done is rescue this sweetie and are on a mission to do all theright things. All will be well, just take your time, calm down even tho you have a right to be angry, and relax so that your new sweet bird will relax as well. Please keep us posted.

Very cute! I taught Talon to say "merry christmas ho ho ho!" but we didnt practice over this past year, so I has to start again...

What are you going to use it for? If on a shirt or soething like that, it should be fine especially if you do it in another room.

A little more history would be helpful. Is this a new behavior? Has something changed in your household, new toys? cage moved? Lots of things it could be, but we can't give advice without knowing mre...

Where did you purchase this...?

Dont understand what you mean by "foundation salty foods" .. Salt will accumulate in a birds system and become toxic and could very easily kill them.

Sorry, I thought I typed the name...Bird Of Paradise! And I WILL meet you there Janet!!

They have the most unique and beautiful cages, lots of inventory! You can rest assured there will be NO window shopping for toys, and their prices are very reasonable! I usually spend hundreds of $$ as this is the only time i buy lots and stock up for my birds. There really is no place near me and if there is the prices are way too high!

They are in Burlington, NJ It really is worth the trip!

I have finally decided to take a 4 hour one way trip to my favorite Bird Store! Some of you may remember it is where i bought Nilah, a tree stand and lots of toys 2 years ago. Last time i went, i went the night before and my kids and I stayed overnight in a hotel so we could spend the whole day in this store. It was my kids who talked me into getting Nilah, and I am happy they did. But this time, I want to go ALONE so idont come home with another bird. I am almost at my limit, and I am holding a place for a special bird that will live with me one day soon, but more on that later. There is over 40000 toys in that store! Rooms and rooms of toys, the place goes on forever! Not to mention the rooms of birds! I have next week off ( first time ever ) and was planning on getting up early and making it a day trip, but I desperately need new brakes in my car before I can go...........Merry Christmas to me.... Can't really complain, my car has 95000 miles on it and never had the brakes done, so i'm due I guess. BUT I CAN't WAIT!!!!!!! I want to stock upon bird toys for my 3 parrots, they are in dire need of new things. We don't really have any petstores here, so they don't get them too often unless i order online which mostly i do, but to hold and see them is WAY better! Will let you know when I go and what i buy!

Happy Birthday Cricket! Don't know whose the luckiest in that house, but you are all blessed!

Hi Heather, i have the same problem with my 2 greys. I let them bathe as they please adter having the same issuesyouare. My cag would get so upsetthat itaffected her health, somi choseto let it go. I do find that when i vacume orwash the floor, they decide thats a good time to bathe in the water dish, and they do!

Luvparrots is correct...I am linked to the Head Honchos! FYI: the owner lives in Israel...that is where this site is based.......

I LOVE this thread. You are so right, although I LOVE LOVE LOVE my greys, they are both so special to me in their own sweet ways. I feel I have a special relationship with them both that is different from each, and different from my other pets and family members. When i first brought my amazon, Nilah, she was a baby, not a rehome. As you know, she was bought on a whim. I had no knowedge of an amazon. I became very nervous once she was here and I began researching amazons. I read very negative things about them, such things as they are moody, difficult to handle, stubborn, difficult to get along with and that they needed a strong person to be the dominate them, that they needed to be trained properly by someone who would tolerate their nasty bites, not a softy like I am......i had read that most owners give their amazon away because theynbecame so nasty, or they kept them in a cage all the time because of their mean ways. I was very upset and nervous wondering what have I done and what was I in for? I thought I had made a HUGE mistake and I would have a nasty amazon just like all the ones I had been reading about. So, I started the amazon room here as I saw that many members also had one and I knew I would need all the help I could get. Needless to say, Nilah is the most special bird ever. She adores me, and i have always tried to teach her preferred behaviour from wrong.... I always try and keep the upper hand with tlc, and I find her to be the most fulfiLling, loving family member ever. Yes, she tries my patience on many days, but mostly, she just wants to be with me and love me....when i take the time in my busy life to remember that, all goes well. Nilah adores me and I can't imagine my life without her in it. I know in her heart and in mine, she means well and only wants to be loved and adored, and she is. I feel she gives me MORE enjoyment than i culd possibly give her.

Great advice from Ray, i would do the same if I were in your shoes. Take him home with you, he will know you and trust you the most. Welcome to our family, look forward to hearing more from you!

it is NEVER a threatening hiss. She does it in amwhimsical kind of way. Believe me, i KNOW when she is mad or showing off her threatening amazon strut with pinning eyes, tail fanned and festhers extended every which way she can while she struts back and forth. I onow to stay away from her at that point.....

Thanks Talonsis for posting these! Nilah is such a show off! Great pictures as always.! I miss your beautiful photography here on the forum.

Talon my grey, sleeps upstairs in my bedroom. Right next to her cage is an air cleaner, it goes 24/7. It seems to filter out other noises. When we lost the power, she was stirring all night..too quiet for her I guess. My other 2 birds sleep downstairs with an air cleaner in the same room, plus whatever nightime noises are going on by me teenages...they seem to do fine. But, I do cover the top half of all the cages so they won't get distracted and they will feel secure.

Personally, I would not use a corner cage. It limits your options as to where it can go, and if you are ever going to move, it could be a problem. I also feel it limits the openness of a cage. there is less viewing space in a corner....

If you check out my thread: out of electricity You will see that we lost power for 6 days and the only way to keep my 5 birds warm and alive was by moving them into my living room and heating the room with my fireplace. We closed the room off and having a fireplace that was cleaned over the summer and being careful waht kind of wood i burned, they did fine. I kept the fireplace going fron 6am in the morning until 10pm at night. My birds did fine. As long as smoke does not enter the room, you will be okay. There have been times prior to this when i neglected to warm the flu first and the house filled with smoke, we had to run around putting the birds upstairs in a closed room far from the fireplace, then running downstairs to open all the windows up to air the house out. We brought the birds back down when all was fully cleared.

YES! it does work , doesnt work on my greys as they just bite and fly off! But an amazon will just latch on and not let go, thus lightly blowing seems to work with mine.

I am curious if anyone in this room has an amazon that does the following...... Nilah will occasionally make a hissing sound when she is trying to be intimidating. She also does it when she is looking to get into trouble. Its not a hissing sound with an 'Ssss' sound, but the same type of sound with her beak open and no 's' in it. In the past, when she is biting onto me and won't let go, i will lightly blow on her to mess up her precious feather-do on her head, and she doesn't like me messing her feathers up, so she will let go to shake her head. I dont know if her hissing sound is from that, or if it is something an amazon does.