Talon

Cute in an odd sort of way.....I would have bought in hopes it would scare Nilah off of a forbidden spot!

I wash mine in High Alkaline water which will remove it as well.

I am the Bookkeeper & Office Manager for a vegetable farm that grows about 400 acres...part of my job entails paying the treated seed, pesticide, fungicide & ALL the chemical bills...

Okay...thank you for that...I think...now I don't want to eat anything ever again...

I don't know, but my parrots love to sit on the edge of the bowl of my bananas that I store them in and help themselves to ALL the bananas as a whole. I think that they are safe, never heard differently. I do know that it is best to use organic ones, as I read somewhere that they may have pesticides on them...but I don't buy organic ones, nor have I washed mine...never thought about it,. but I will now.

That is great! Wow, that's a neat story!

UPDATE on the last 2 mornings: I have kept things very calm in the mornings by not worrying about when I leave for work. I include Nilah in everything I do, talking to her and asking her questions if she decides to go somewhere else. We chat a lot, I keep her on my shoulder as we go about our morning chores. I ask her to come with me when I do things and she seems to love that. WE make breakfast together, start laundry, pack my lunch, eat breakfast, clean up, empty the dishwasher etc. I don't include her in getting the cages ready, I open the window & put her on the windowsill to look out, (her favorite thing to do!) I remember that in the past when ever I put the birds in their cages, it always went better if she went first. But because it is so much easier to put the other 2 in their cages, I have been doing that first...giving her warning of what's to come. SO I keep the tv off, take her somewhere in the house as we chat, and then continue our walk into the bird room and into her cage before she realizes what just happened! then I get the others and put the tv on for them. And give them all their favorite "I just got in my cage special swirly long uncooked noodle treat!" 2 days went well...hope I can keep it up! It's exhausting all this planning in the morning... Anyone who has an amazon knows...they can read your minds telepathically better than a grey. Whatever I ponder...my amazon knows before the others do, she picks up on it and behaves accordingly...me thinking about leaving, she knows before I let on, and keeps away from me if I get anywhere near her cage.

Hi guys, I also can break the rules and have on occasion, but only when I am outside due to Nilah having to be watched so much. When I am going outside, I tell them I am going to feed the horses (they are in the back yard) MY birds fly to the windows in the back of the house or the curtain rods, and watch & wait. IT is one of the rare times they ALL behave! I have to say the words" I am going to feed the horses, be back in a minute", or else it doesn't work. I use those words even if I am going outside for a few minutes for other reasons.

Janet, I tend to think like you, but am a bit of a softy......I do need to be more assertive, I guess at breakfast time. I am going to have to work on that, I am going to try and put her in her cage first before she can see the others in their cages and know what's coming. I always have a bowl of snacks /treats for them, but after breakfast, she would rather be defiant than go with the flow. That is her personality.

That's a very good idea, however, all 3 of my birds & I share breakfast together and they fly off when they are done for some outside time before work. It's all they ever know for breakfast. I have thought about leaving her in her cage in the am, but hate to do that since she would scream my name all morning and would be in her cage until I get home around 5:30.. I am a big Proponent of OUTSIDE cage time..

I would, but it is daylight and I have a lot of windows, drawing the curtains if I could would never darken my house...unfortunately.

Thanks, yes, we did get thru bedtime. That has settled down. I do keep them out of their cages and interact with them all morning for about an hour and a half. I am guessing eventually, she will figure out, she's never going to win in the am.....let's hope she does! Also, I do not let on that I am getting irritated at her, I try and chat with her while she is perched somewhere or go about my business like I don't care where she is and what she is doing....she's not falling for that trick either!

My birds all learn by association as well as by me repeating phrases or songs over and over. Talon can sing Happy Birthday to you & say Merry Xmas ho ho ho. She also says Be back soon, when I am going to put her in her cage for when I go out. They all associate bedtime with nite nites. Talon also says Thirsty Bird whenever she wants a drink. My other two, love to yell at the dog when he barks, and also each other by ssying Bad Bird or GIT OFF OF THERE! The more I talk, the more they do. It took YEAR before Talon would say her own name even tho I worked really hard at getting her to say it. She just wouldn't, but now she says it all the time. AFTER I gave up!

Hi, yes, the title says it all. I am late for work every day 15-20 minutes because of Nilah! She used to be easy to put back in her cage after breakfast so I could eave for work. Then gradually, it became harder to get her into her cage...so I used bribes, snacks, treats, food...her most wanted items.......that worked for a while until she figured out what I was up to. Now, she wont fall for any of my tricks. She flies away from me constantly!!! FOr the last week, I have had to try and grab her, or when she will step up, I can see she is going to fly off, and I have to hold her tightly against me while she makes hamburg out of my hands...Luckily no blood, but boy does it leave red marks for days and it hurts!!! I don't react at all or say a word to her at that point. I DO praise her when she is in her cage and give her a treat just so there's no hard feelings. Any suggestions would be appreciated....please...

That's great news! I have never been able to get mine into their cages for bedtime on their own.

Happy Birthday Cosmo! Sounds like you are very special! Love reading the story on how you came to your forever home. I looks forward to more! Hope you were showered with greyt presents and treats!

Jeff, those are very inspirational words to live by. I wish my kids had been lucky enough to have you for a teacher.

My avian vet only does a Gram stain test, unless the results or my birds exhibit any other symptoms. Checkup & gram stain is under $150

Beautiful pic!

How old is Chili? I went thru this same problem with my amazon Nilah. She was around 2 1/2. My hands felt like they were turned into hamburg, after I finally got her into her cage for bedtime, night after night. But I read somewhere when I first got her, NEVER allow an amazon to win, you HAVE to let them know YOUR the head flock. If they win by biting, it will only get worse and they will become uncontrollable. So...I allowed her to chomp down so she had the last word (she thought) but actually I had the last word, cause she still went into her cage and I never reacted or made a peep to her bite. I would tell her no bites, but I said it calmly so she didn't think I cared. When I was at my wits end, I posted for help here...I had to turn all the lights off as Janet suggests and repeat over and over softly "time for Bed, nuh nites" which she says every night now. It was a stage she went thru as I suspected, and in time her bites became lighter and lighter, and barely anything if at all now.

Yes, beak slaps are common here too. Rikki does it to my cheek, Talon prefers to slap her beak on things that make a loud noise or clinging sound from a glass

Oh Nancy, my heart breaks for you and your family. This is too close to home for me, with Nilah, and I also have a dear friend who lost their grey a couple of months ago as well. I have heard others say dusk and dawn are good times for contact calls and searching by name, many times they hear and answer back or fly to you. My prayers are with you never give up.

My Bird is probably going to get lots of flack about this, but this is what talon and I enjoy doing.........And Feathered Friends, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! Just call us Danger Birds! http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s98/talon1013/20130707_101738_zpsea5371b2.mp4

Oh how adorable! Welcome to our family Thane!

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing that with us. There is a lesson we can all take away from that video.