TaraRose

Hi there..my name is Tara and last weekend I lost one of my best friends, a bluefront amazon named Tequila. She was 5 and I was her 6th home, she screamed she bit (hard enough to require sutures on a few occasions) and she plucked..everything but down feathers everywhere she could reach. Despite it all I loved her more than I could tell you, she was my little chicken butt and I miss her SO much. We are still not really sure what happened..she had started getting sick about a month ago. We did every test imaginable and everything came back normal. She finally ended up in ICU after almost dying in my arms last wednesday, and she lost her brave little battle saturday night We are still waiting on necropsy results, but I just miss her energy! I still have my little quaker, but the house just isn't the same without Tequila have been visiting a few of the local rescues and found a 10 year old CAG that I get along pretty well with. His name is Merlyn..if you scroll down to the very bottom of this adoption page you can take a look at his pic: http://www.pamperedparrots.org/AdoptableBirds.html He will probably never have feathers again as his poor little folicles are so damaged they can't grow feathers anymore. But he is an absolutely fantastic little bird! We have visited with eachother twice..the first time he was pretty quiet and standoffish and just kinda wanted to sit with me and watch me. Yesterday I went and visited again, and he was a little more outgoing. He talked a bit and danced for me a few times, and he even played with me just a little bit. He likes to grab your fingers and shake his little head and growl at you like a dog. He is very acrobatic..he likes to hang from your hand and swing around like a monkey (wont let me play with him like that yet, though!) I'm wondering if that is normal for a grey..for them to be standoffish like that? The second visit he was perching on my shoulder on one foot preening himself..the lady from the rescue said that is a very good sign. I'm also wondering if anyone has had real bad aggression problems once the honeymoon period is over? Behavioral issues really aren't a big deal for me, just wondering what I should expect..?? Thanks in advance and I'm looking forward to picking everyones brains!!