Talon

Yes! I know others have gone bigger, but I wanted it so my daughters cockatiel and talon my tag had zero chance of getting their head stuck in the little squares.

I'm not sure how or why Nilah started this game, but on occasion, she will walk up onto my lap, pick up her foot, grab onto my finger and roll over onto her back where she decides to wrestle with my hand. Tonight I grabbed my phone with my free hand and tried to snatch a video. It's not great, but you get the idea.......

That is absolutely hysterical! She picked you, and she let everyone know that was that!! Thata girl Cricket! Her life ended and began with that one amazon CHOMP!!!

Luvparrots, make sure you get GAW wire, not GWA

Oh boy.....I can't wait!!! God knows I need all the help I can get with Nilah....I can't wait to learn how to polish my bond with her. She can be a handful, but I'm learning to outsmart her all the time letting her think it's the other way around...it's the only way to handle her at times. No better words were spoken in yor post, great questions for anyone thinking about adding an amazon to their family. It really is all about knowing your place in their lives, not the other way around.

Yay!!! I'm very excited for you! Yes that I think is the best, I am putting window screen on the outside of y aviary, as we have an influx of bees and hornets this year, they occasionally fly in and I am worried about the getting stung, I think it would kill the being so small.

WOW! Congrats to hubby! That's fantastic! YOU must be so proud!

Thank you Muse. I never as a rule bring my outside flowers into the house, but I had cut a few lilies to take to work, but Nilah found them before I caught her.

Oh dear!! I am so sorry...

If it's poisonous or toxic and in my house..Nilah will find it!! Doesn't matter where I hide it, cupboards, closets, cabinets. Yesterday I couldn't find her anywhere...Guess where she was??? She crawled thru the cat door into the basement, and was perched up on some shelves pulling the fiberglass insulation down from the ceiling!! I sometimes wonder how she's still alive! As for WHERE WAS I when this happened?? Folding laundry on the couch, I have an open floor plan, but last I saw, she was on top of the fridge... She's worse than any of my 4 kids were!

So Nilah chewed up a day lily yesterday morning....after researching it today, this is what I found. I hope it doesn't have an affect on her, she seems fine today. We always list plants & types of wood, but I thought this was a quick reference : http://birds.about.com/od/livingwithabird/tp/poisonousplants.htm

Oh how beautiful!!

Ray, NO thanks needed. Judy put it best, no one understands quite like a family forum where we have all become so attached to you & Cricket. I think I can speak for most of us, we all lost a piece of ourselves the day we read your tragic post... OI am just thrilled that you are not leaving us, I understand it can be difficult, but know that we hope to learn more about Corky as well.

Wow! What fun!!

Oh how wonderful!! He is a beauty for sure! Now let the fun begin as he settles in. Although my Rikki settled in quickly, it took her 2 years for her to fully understand that this was her forever home....and we had some moments along the way.

I know what you mean about chasing a flying bird! I've had to do that on more than one occasion with Nilah, but they quickly think its a game, so I refuse to play it, so they give up quickly!

Omg! That's hilarious!!!

I put this thread in the Training Room as our birds really do train us! THIS IS NOT A DEBATE ABOUT CLIPPED WINGS vs NOT CLIPPED WINGS! Any posts that lean towards that discussion in this thread will be deleted by me. For those of you that allow your birds to be free flighted in your home, have you noticed that your birds have YOU trained? Whenever I open the door to let my cat or dogs out, i am constantly listening for the sounds of flapping wings, if I hear them, I won't open a door until I know where that bird has landed. I have double door protection and only open one door at a time oly a few inches as my dogs are small, then it gets closed as quick as it opened. Also, I am trained to look up every time I close a door inside my house, closets, cupboards, etc., as I have closed a parrots foot on more than one occasion when they flew to the door while it was open and I wasn't there .

Yes cedar is toxic. Good reminder!

That's really interesting. Of course Nilah does enjoy climbing and she does love to walk or I should say RUN on the floor chasing the dogs or cats....but she does fly from place To place. I wonder if it's because I don't sit a lot, I'm always up doing things and she has to fly to keep up with me?

Oh yay! I am so excited! Can't wait to here more and see pictures!!

Personally, I would not do that. You will find that most greys never go to the bottom of their cage. They prefer to be up high. And if you happen to have one of the few that would go to the bottom, you don't want him walking around his own poop, or inhaling any type of dust that may arise from the litter or shavings or whatever you use. I have found that the grate is very nice as it catches the dropped toys and they don't land in piles of poop that I would have to dig out. It is very easy to fold up the newspaper under the grate and replace quite quickly. My 3 birds can drop their favorite food and still won't go to the bottom to retrieve it. They never use the bottom half of their cages even tho there are perches and or toys lower down.

Wonderful! I wasnt looking for another grey either, but ended up with my second one Rikki after a new member joined here and posted a thread asking how to keep their new grey they took in as a rehome, QUIET!! I was so disgusted by them and their lack of knowledge and them trying to shut a grey up, that I made a reply that if they didnt want it, I would take it! well little did I know, they only lived 2 hours away from me..and asked me if I would take it..I did t really want another, but there was no way I was letti g this grey stay in home where people wanted it quiet! So they drove to my house, bird and cage in hand...and I became Rikki's 4th and forever home in her short year and a half! And she is a sweetheart, I love her to pieces!!

To anyone here who had ever had the fun of an amazon in their life: Since Nilah is the only amazon I have ever been around, I am wondering if other amazons fly as "gracefully" as she does? Actually, she loves to fly, but she flies like a missile fired out of a rocket ship. When she sets up to fly, watch out, if you are in her line of flight, you better duck, or it's gonna hurt and hurt bad if she hits you! Im curious if others are as graceful in flight and can maneuver as easily as she can! LOL My greys of course are light, graceful and can twist and turn ever so easily and they land so softly, Nilah on the other hand, we she comes if or a landing, it hard and heavy in a clumsy sort of way. It's kind of like a thud!!

Please keep us posted, we care very much about all our family of fids here..