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Yes Nancy, this is true. This is the reason that I try to cart Poet around with me whenever and where ever I can so she learns to take everything in stride and she won't die from it. My goffins cockatoo cried like a baby when she was getting her beak trimmed as it was a little long. Interestingly, she told me that was a goffins trait to cry like that. Everything else she took pretty well. The vet I go to is great with the birds and engages with them and they seem to love her.

It sounds like things are going very nicely with you, Asia, and Mr. John Wayne. You are all lucky to have each other.

I stay with my guys in the examination room. I haven't really experienced any sulking afterwards. As a matter of fact my two other birds really like the vet and forgave her immediately for her being so invasive. My baby grey Poet is going next Wed. so I will see how that goes. Personally, I like to see what is going on. I've seen people do some stupid stuff and I don't want anything bad to happen to them. Birds have died from heart attacks just for getting their nails and beaks trimmed. If I see them getting too stressed out I will stop it.

The other two are not trimmed because they are not a problem to me or themselves being flighted. There are only a few spots that they fly to and they don't go for the windows. Yes, I trimmed Poet myself and very lightly. I learned to trim feathers as a kid. As far as toenails go, I'm a little bit leery of that but their perches keep them down anyway.

That's a really cool story of GracieMae. Birds in general and especially greys are amazing animals. More reason to treat them as an equal. Sorry about the argument but it happens, good thing you had your dagger cloak on.

If that is indeed what she was saying then I will certainly try to promote it. I would much rather she learn to tell me "I don't want to" than to just haul off and bite me. That is a lot cuter too. After I thought she said that I left her alone and came back three minutes later and she just stepped up on my hand.

I don't think that is something that I say but I don't know how the lady who bred her spoke to her. She might have gotten this phrase from her.

I was trying to get Poet off of the top of her cage to put her to sleep for the night and she didn't want to come down. I kept on insisting and she kept on resisting. And then, I could have swore that I heard her say in a really croaky voice "I don't want to". That seems to be a bit much for a 5 month old. Maybe I imagined it

Honestly, I think you have to be pretty vigilant whether they are clipped, trimmed, or flighted. I think all have there pros and cons so it just comes down to what works for individuals. I trimmed Poet to keep her a little sane and not fly into windows. She can still fly so therefore can still fly into a window hence the stickers on the windows for now. Having a trim does slow her down a bit so at least she won't break her neck. I don't have a problem saying that I trimmed her and I don't have a problem saying that my other two are flighted. I just do what will work best for the moment. If it turns out to be a bad decision then I'll just make another one.

Very nice, they will grow to love this.

What kind of wire are you using? I want to build one as well but can't seem to find the appropriate wire.

Well, I wheel the birds cages outside and hose the cages down with them in it. At the time of cleaning they really don't get a shower because the water pressure would be too much for them. After the cages are clean I put the sprayer on mist and hang it over their cages. That's when they start to flap their wings, scream and yell, and sing. At first the baby just sat there but in a few minutes she was ruffling her feathers and trying to get wet all over. My baby grey is almost 20 weeks. My other two birds are a goffins too, and an alexandrine parakeet.

I've showered my baby already. She seemed to have a look on her face like she didn't know what was going on but not afraid. In just a few short minutes she seemed to start liking it. What I had falling on her was a very light mist for about 10 minutes. Well, that's the extent of my minimal experience and two cents on showering baby greys.

The same thing happened to me years ago. I was about 18 or 19 and I was babysitting my mothers amazon for the week. She was out of her cage all of the time except for at night. One day I went to go in the house and my little dog came running down the stairs to greet me as I was opening the door. The dog flying down the stairs startled the bird and she took off out of the door. Fully clipped wings and all flew right up into the tree in the front yard. She sat up there on that branch chatting away and laughing at me as I was thinking about how my mom was going to kill me. Luckily I was able to get a ladder and climb up there to retrieve her. I'm so glad that you got your bird back, so many don't.

Yes, I did get goose bumps reading this, and a shiver to go with it.

What you say makes sense. I have three of the most well behaved dogs. They are constantly watching me for the next clue as to what we are doing. I only have to utter a whisper and they are following my direction, except for Joe because he is getting old and deaf, he does know hand signals though. It drives me crazy to see dogs running wild and totally blowing off their owners and ignoring them. That being said, dogs are dogs and birds are birds, totally different animal. You can be a little more over bearing with dogs and sometimes you have to. I suspect that would not work out to well with birds. Don't get me wrong, I don't hit them or anything. Most of the time pieces of steak worked quite well. I'm trying to feel my way with training the birds and will probably make a few mistakes. Any offers of advice and or techniques that work well would be welcome.

I think this would be a cute song to sing to them.

My goffins too loves dubstep Lol

Love this story. Peanut is very smart. Sometimes I wonder if they tell us more than we are ready to listen to.

I talked to everyone involved first. No one seemed to have a problem with it. It's just a matter of working out logistics. Bigger cage, etc. I work with a great crew. If I worked with a different crew I might not even bother or say no way.

You get used to it. They will bite if threatened but for most part they leave you alone. They get on me all of the time when I ride the horses in the woods. I carry a stick so I can take down the web across the trails but sometimes I miss them before it's too late or the horse doesn't stop in time. I prefer them to not be on me but it doesn't freak me out.

You are right about that. 30 yrs. ago my mom had an DYH amazon. She developed upper respiratory problems and was told by the vet to put her in the bathroom and get it steamy for about 15 minutes twice a day. About two in the morning my mother heard a "thunk" and went to check on her, she had fallen off her perch and died. Thirty yrs. ago there wasn't much help for the average parrot owner when things went wrong.

Oh that is too funny and so typical when living your life with parrots.

Great video, LOL. I love peoples imaginations. What a beautiful spider Sterling, I have one of those living on my gazebo in the yard, or at least one that looks like that. I think they're Orb Weavers. I keep on moving her to some bushes and she keeps coming back.

Edi is beautiful, congratulations on your new baby grey. I'm looking forward to more pics and maybe some of Budu as well.