Talon

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....

Hi fellow flock members. This is RIkki. I LUV this room. A secret place with no parronts, now if I can only keep Nilah away, she can be such a brat. More about what it's like living with her later. Sunday is MY special day! It will be 4 years ago that I was brought to this home by my other parronts. I remember it was a long car ride, they put me in a tiny cage, and put my own room into their car. I like car rides, so I whistled and chirped the whole way. After what seemed like we'd never stop, we did. I didn't know what we we doing but they took me out of the car and carried me into a house I had never been in before. There was a lady there who seemed kind of sweet and nice. They put me down, said some words I didn't understand to the new lady, kissed me, petted me, cried and left......it didn't make me sad, cause that was my third home and I had only been there 5 weeks. They didnt like my whistling and thought I was too noisy. So here I was, in another home.....wondering how long I would be here before I went to my next one. I spotted a smaller grey in a cage across the room so that was cool. We whistled back and forth. The new lady opened my tiny cage up, said some words to me, offered me a little treat and I marched out of mycage right up onto her arm. There were playstands, and hanging stuff all over the house. Pretty cool I thought. Oh, and not long after, my momma as we call her bought me a mansion!!!! I felt pretty special. My wings were clipped and I had never flown, so I sat wherever she put me for a long time. I would watch the other grey they called Talon fly and wished so hard I could do the same.....but when I tried, I went a tiny distance and crashed onto the floor It took me about a year and a half before I could fly and go where I wanted to. Boy was that fun!!! I felt like a whole new bird!!!!!! Life was great!!! BUT! I was waiting for the day when I would be taken some where else. I liked this lady and her kids, but I was very afraid to love her. See, I had loved a man and a woman very much when I was a baby living with them. They had me for a year and half, then the man died, and the woman gave me away. I missed him so much, I loved that family. After I was in my home now for 2 years, I startled to realize that maybe I was gonna get to stay here. Momma kept telling me this was my forever home. I didn't know what forever was, but she sounded reassuring. I finally after a couple of years decided, maybe I should love this family too, maybe it WILL be okay.......so little by little, I allowed myself to love this family. Well, Sunday will be 4 years, and I am still here!!!!!! I am very happy! I love all my family. Momma used to tell everyone I was moody, she was right, but what she didnt know was I was happy and loving one day, then remembered that I was gonna be made to leave, and I would get mean and nasty the next. This lasted about 2 years......it took momma a long time to understand why I was moody, but now we are all one happy flock!!!!! And the best part????? I now know what a forever home is....:cool: Rikki

That's fantastic! That last picture is priceless!!!!!!!

Hi ya all, my mommy (who I love dearly) told us all about this room and why she builded it. I don't really believe her, she said it was for all the birds here, but I think she started this room just to keep us busy and out of her hair. See she has a laptop, an iPad and computer, one for each of us at the same time. Hmpf! Well, I just wanted to complain bout Talon, she is such a little tattle tail. Every time momma leaves a dish or plate out on the counter, I run over and try to flip it off onto the ceramic floor to watch the explosion and hear the loud noise. It always sends my momma running to see me and she looks funny running frantically towards the kitchen and yelling. But Talonhas to tattle and yell "rikki, stop it!" then momma hears her and comes in before I get to have any fun. ( ya, I know, pretty impressive I can make a sad face on mommas iPad ) Well, sometimes I hate Talon, she's such a tattletale.....I'm gonna get her back one day......not sure how, but I will! Thanks for listening, I feel a bit better now...Rikki

Thanks Jay, you learn something new every day here....thats what I love about the forum!!

That's great! My birds hate green leafy things.....

Very sweet!

Omg! How adorable!!!! I have never been around a macaw that flies...would love to experience that one day! Never mind 3!! Guess I would follow Rays advice and duck.

Looks great!

I have all girls and they talk lots, so I can't comment on males.

Welcome to our newest room! This was actually an idea put together by Luvparrots & myself. We thought it would be fun, since it appears that our flock members are always trying to get to our keyboards. And when not allowed to express themselves here, they insist on pulling all the keys off in their dismay! The rules are as follows: STRICTLY for birds only! NO ADULTS, NO CHILDREN, NO PARRONTS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN REPLYING TO THEIR POSTS.!!! The birds in this room have the right to free speech, picture posting of their parronts and/ or them if they desire. It is THEIR room to tell it like it REALLY is in their house. So don’t hold back birdies, time to let the REAL truth about your flock family out in the public forum! This room was designed & built by us, but it is dedicated in memory to our much loved friend and inspiration…..SPOCK. You will always hold a special place in the heart of the members of Greyforums. Live Long & Prosper

Wow, what a good looking gang! We've waited far too long for pics. Nice job, and I especially feel good knowing that someone else has window sills that look like mine!!! Thanks for posting these. You have a beautiful looking Flock.

Short and sweet......onions, garlic, raw potatoes, avocados, mushrooms, all toxic to birds. My birds occassionally sneak a bite or two of a tomatoes out of my salad. I have never heard that tomatoes are dangerous.....

How cute! Love all the pics!!

Update! Well, I am on day 3. I bought some liquid bait containers from Home Depot. Tried 4 of them. They contain sugar and water and some chemical. They are enclosed, spill proof, and havea stopper like a sponge on top. I put all 4 under the birds cages, then went outside and sprinkled ant powder all around the perimeter of the house as much as I could, and sprayed ant spray on the outside of the windowsills. We keep the windows closed and use the AC mostly. I dared after one day to give them their regular food, left me toast and fruit for snacks when I went to work, came home many hours later.....and NO ANTS! So it seems to have worked! Thank you all for the greyt suggestions. I did try the peppers, but it only worked for the night. riki would not go in her cage because of the pepper smell......go figure!

Love them!!!!! Wow beautiful pics!

You ain't kidding! She has chased him by running after him across the floor, and she has been seen dive bombing him to bite him!

Yes Judy, you are right I never trust my dogs around my parrots, no mater what! I was right there the entire time. I wouldn't even turn my back on them.

You sure misread those pictures...that is a look of over excitement. She LOVES her showers and can't get enough. I NEVER give her a shower unless she wants it. I can read her to know when she does and when she doesn't. IF she didn't, she would fly off!

Oh wow! Love the idea of soap bubbles in dishes. I may try that, but I wonder if my dogs would drink it. What kind of flowers keeps the ants away? Did you say marigold?

Nancy, do you put the borax outside? I cant get to the underneath part of my house......should I put it around the edges?

Yes, you need totally our bird back to the vet for a complete check up and bloodwork. We are not vets here and can not advise you in that manner. Maybe you could share a bit more history about your bird with us as well.