Talon

Oh my, the poor thing....he is probably in a bit of pain and soreness for now. That can make any bird grouchy. I would watch him carefully for the next few days to make sure nothing is broken. If he is able to use it and stand on it for a bit, then he probably is ok, but he will be sore for a few days and favor it for sure. My amazon and grey both got their foot shut in our house door, and they were grouchy, wanted no one to touch them, so I allowed them their time and when they wanted to be with us or on our shoulder, we allowed them to decide when and for how long. It can take to a week for the soreness to completely go away. But certainly if you suspect anything serious, please ake gim to the vet asap. Once he is feeling better, he will allow you to touch him again, they are very forgiving...

Wow, never knew that. I do cover my cockatiels cage on 3 sides with a lite blue sheet. He doesn't seem to like being covered, but onc it's done, he seems to enjoy the privacy. Thanks for the info.

Closed until further notice.

I am sooo very sorry.

The bottom row are older pictures of the birds on top. I have 6 birds, 2 cats, 2 daogs, 3 horses and 3 teenages of 4 kids still at home. Not so bad, you have a lot at your house too!

Nilah says, mommy has been working full time plus overtime........she took on 2 jobs on top of her others... She says it should slow down a bit so she can tell everyone all the bad things I do when she comes home and lets me out of my cage, but she barely has time for cuddles. Soon it will get better she says.

I will have to post a pic of Nilah on hers . As per your recommendation, I bought many things from Oliver's Garden and they were the best purchases ever made. My birds love their toys etc.

I habe 3 of them but My 3 birds don't like them.......wish they did, they hung for 3 years, and they aren't too interested in them.

Nancy, my amazon Nilah chews all my wooden window panes....

As Dan has so nicely stated, this is a perfect example of misreading one's intentions on their post..... it was never my intention for you to think I meant to sit back and be quiet.....

Criticism of others does NOT breed respect.......

This is an absurd idea, a huge mistake, and i feel sorry for any baby bird you may get. Thats MY opinion based on many years of experience and research. And you will find that many of our past members who behave such as you, cant get along here because they ask for advice and if they don't get the answers they want to hear, they move onto that forum you speak so highly of. I am locking this thread for a "cooling off" period .

I agree with Judy. We all have problems with many members here, and as admin, God knows I have complaints about many things that I witness here, but in the best interest of the forum and in caring enough to not hurt others feelings, I feel most of us put our selfishness aside and choose to respect others and put up with each others quirks. As a person, I feel it is a good quality to have, tolerance of others opinions and way of doing things, whether it be punctuation, writing abilities, spelling, etc. many of us have iPads that love to correct us and change our words, but we as busy People dont have time to go back and re read our posts, NOPE, not me, so be it!

Sophie, momma has been working for 2 weeks straight, 10-12 hour days! We are used to being OUT of our cages, not IN!!!!!!! She does spend as much quality time with us in the am and the pm. We are used to getting up around 8 or 9 but now momma gets us up at 7 so we can join her in breakfast time.....we are getting used to it tho. But we miss her, she tells us she misses us to, we wonder where this work is and why it is more important than us.. Typed by Rikki and complained by NIlah, talon and me

On second thought, WHYpost something like this that obiviously WILL stir the pot and hurt many feelings? Better to just walk out the door quietly if we annoy you. I don't believe that was your intention, cause I know you better than that (I think)

Good job Dan! Oblivion, I believe you just complained about EVERY member here including me.......my saying is, if something bothers you, the don't do it, or go there. This forum certainly isn't here to annoy people, those people should go elsewhere. or not visit us.

That's terrible news.

My ZON has never fallen, she can climb like a monkey, do flips on the perches in tiny spaces, hang upside down on one foot and swing.....but she's too quick and agile to fall even tho shes big.

My birds go crazy for cheese of any kind. My cag Rikki will pay the consequences for it the next day though......she gets very cranky and has water, yellow poos all day like she has the runs.... But that doesn't stop her from wanting cheese like she's never eaten before. I have to be careful with her, this happens even when she only has a little bit.

Yay! Cricket, she had been waiting a long time to let her feelings known! I believe they NEVER forget...

Yes, Nancy is right, vet ASAP!

Wow, beautiful picture. What a great idea to put sisal rope on the basket handle. I use those same type of baskets on my kitchen counter. They are potty baskets, I put a 5lb weight in the bottom, cut up puppy pads and put in the bottom. But my amazon loves to chew the handles and I am replacing them every 2-3 months. Those might actully last longer! Thanks for the idea, you just saved me lots of $$

This story reminds me of when Rikki dove off of my shoulder in a split second into a full boiling pan of water as I was pouring pasta into it....... You can NEVER be too careful!!! !

I am so sorry for your loss.. Thank you Jayd for your comment, it did come across as cold and uncaring post with advice not needed, IMHO But somewhere in there, I don't think it was meant that way either

Oh my! Do I have a story and photo to show you!!!! Nilah pulled a good one on Friday evening, in fact she was quite proud of herself judging from the look on her face! I am headed off to teach Zumba right now, so I will share tomorrow.....but I will give you all a hint, it ended up costing me $475....