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I,look forward to that and hope you are right!

Nice thread. Thank you Ray for starting it. I don't have anything to offer, as I got Nilah when she was 6 months old, so lucky for me she really had no baggage in a family envirement before us. She does live in the moment as Ray keeps teaching me, she loves me the most and is very attached to me. She is Incredibly affectionate towards me and loves to snuggle and cuddle. I do have to put her in her cage before visitors arrive or she will fly onto their shoulder and let no one near her, she will bite hard if I try and take her off and then fly away so it's impossible to get her in her cage at that point.....she's so different than my greys.

Her delightful treat is an uncooked Butternut Squash!

Hi, welcome and it is great you are doing your research before making such a lifelong commitment. I have 3 parrots and when I first got them, I didn't work many hours, I was able to be home and they were out most of the time I was home. Fast forward 4years, I am now working full time and also part time so I am gone a lot. My birds get an hour and a half out inthe morning before I leave for work and then most nights, they are our when I get home ASAP. Some nights they get 3 or more hours, some nights they only get 1 1/2 hours....they have mcaw size cages, lots of toys, perches and swings. Always a full snack bowl along with their food and water bowls and the tv on. On the weekends they are out most of thedays. They seem to have adapted well, but sure do miss me, try are all over me when I am home. I feel bad for te change in thir life style, but financially this is the way it is for now.

This is a daily battle with Talon trying to get into all my kitchen cupboards. She one this o e as well.

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That's a riot! Thanks for the good laugh at work today.. I needed that!

I agree totally!!

Nilah LOVES to yell at everyone & everything!! My dogs bark and she's yelling "QUIET!" Stop it!

She already does...

Jay, all you post is helpful to many of us. Stand by your convictions & beliefs. Stop worrying about hurting others feelings or upsetting anyone.......sometimes we need to be set straight, or to see things from an outsiders perspective so that we may become better parronts. I believe you and many are helpful in this matter. After all, thats why we have this forum to help each others and see ourselves and what we are doing thru others eyes. Keep it up my dear friend. we need you,

One of Nilah's favorite spots, one that changes her whole outlook for the day is hanging out in front of an open window.....doesnt matter the temp...she just LOVES it! My daughter thought it would be cute if Nilah would yell.." HELLO WORLD, THIS IS NILAH!!" (in a hpyy excited tone), well she started saying it to her last week...so far, Nilah has the first part...Hello World!" The other day, Talon & Rikki for the first time got into a fight over a kitchen cupboard that Talon opened above the miccrowave...Rikki wanted it, Talon wasnt giving up either. I had Nilah on my shoulder in the bird room getting their water bowls to bring to the kitchen, I heard them start to fight, then Talon squawk, and I yelled at them, They were still fighting and I was running frantically into the ktichen and at the same time yelling "Stop it, Talon, Rikki, Stop" over and over I guess....cause now Nilah yells, the same thing over and over, and every once in a while changes her tone and throws in a "Hello World!" It sounds quite funny.....

Jay I have no reason to get upset with you or anyone. I asked for help, and love all the responses I get, whether I agree or not, they help me think at things from all angles. I must say, many times, what I write is so quick and misleading as I am at work sneaking things in. I didnt explain well the scarey tube in my house. This is a play tube about 4" long that is a noise maker. It was a present my son recieved as a present many years ago. when you tip it from one end to the next, it makes a funny sound....it has been broken for about a year and it is just an empty cardboard tube now. It is ble with yellow strips. It is the only thing in my house that will keep Nilah away from the "forbidden" items, such as the coffee beans in my expresso maker, I put it near the stove when I am cooking to keep her away from the burners until they are cooled, things like that. It is only used when necessary for the safety of her or others...sometimes I put it near the door when someone goes in or out so she won't come near it as well. She isnt so fearful of it that she won't come within 5 feet of it, she just stays away from you if you hold it. SO, hopefully that helps. ON those 2 days when I saw that NIlah wanted to attack my daughter, I put it on the couch next to her knowing NIlah wouldnt bother her. Much of the time, she wants my daughter to rub her foot.....but right now...I have a house FULL of 4 female birds...let's just say, there is a lot of fighting over certain spots abouve my cabinets going on.......I am on constant watch when they are out lately...but I know this too shall pass. I have had to take some things awasy that they were fighting over.......jeez..FEMALES!!! I dont know how you men put up with us...

Trancework. This is great information. I think this should be made a sticky in the Welcome Room. Is it possible for you to get permission from them for us to copy it?

Thank you all for the advice. I think you are onto something Ray. I know people say she is too young for sexual behavior, but she has been exhibiting it since last springtime. So I feel that is why this is at its worst now. Today, I kept a very close eye on her whenever my daughter is around. We have a tube that she is incredibly fearful of, so I keep it next to my daughter at all times. I did try and distract her whenever she got that look in your eye.....the nice things about amazons is you can always tell what they are thinking, so I was able to have her step p and move her interest onto something else. After work, I went to the Dollar store and bought some tacky decorations to hopefully scare her off. One is a heart shaped tinsel thing to hang on a wall, i put it on my daughter head while she watched tv....you should have seen us at the dinner table, my daughter sitting at the table with a sparkly tinsel heart shaped crown on her head, and the rest of us looking so plain and undecorated... I know, one day at a time.......

Wow! Thank you for this life saving information! !

Jay, that makes perfect sense, and I understand that, but it isn't always the case. Today for example, she hadn't seen her boyfriend, and was wearing clean running clothes as we ran our first mother/daughter 5k together, twice she has attacked her when she walked into the kitchen to thornton I have to almost swat her off, it's terrible, hair and wings flying....I'm trying to seperate the two......

I need help with a huge problem in my house regarding Nilah. It started around a year ago, whenever my daughter who at the time was 19, had her boyfriend over, Nilah who gets very obsessive over the boyfriends..would attack my daughter if she went anywhere near her and the boyfriend. It wasn't every time, just occassionally. Well, now she will attack her more often, some times, she sits with my daughter as happy as could be, she likes my daughter to massage her foot. Other times she goes after her, latches on but only when she is up and won't let go.....it's very upsetting. And no, it isn't what she is wearing or her reactions ect.....I've racked my brain with all those things......my daughter is very upset, as am i, she feels like she can't even walk around in her own house unless Nilah is in her cage or sitting quietly with me.....I need some advice on what to do.....

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What a great idea!! Thank you for this cone suggestion!!

Just to clarify me previous post. My light was not close to Talon's cage. It was on a stand, and was over 18 inches away from her. I am not sure if it was the reflector that made it burn her or what, but as soon as I changed the light and threw that one away, her eye nd skin healed up quickly. I use these lights and rest them on the top of their cages. I have uses these for years, but when Talon's broke, I bought the previous one I mentioned. Never again! http://www.featherbrite.com/whcaunli.html

Yes, make sure it is Bird specific. I bought a light that came with a bulb which said avian and reptile. I used it for 21/2 weeks, 2 vet visits, eye drops into my greys eye for 5-7 days.....no results, then I realized the new bulb was giving her eye a sunburn instead of an infection which the vet thought.......took lots of thought trying to figure outif she bumped it, got injured, infections......it was terrible. This is the one I used and Talon got sunburned. I threw it away and replaced it with a different one. http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-AvianSun-Deluxe-Floor/dp/B006L49LHC/ref=pd_sim_petsupplies_4 I use the Featherbrite bulb in a new lite and have never had any problems.

Bout time you got it right Dave.......

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